Functional fungi: UK embraces mushroom coffee as latest ‘healthy’ food trend

Functional fungi: UK embraces mushroom coffee as latest ‘healthy’ food trend

Mushrooms turning up in hot drinks and supplements as demand grows for ‘health products you don’t need’

Sipping mushroom coffee sounds like a weird camping trip anecdote but more Britons are embracing this alternative morning pick-me-up as “mushroom mania” sweeps the high street.

With the food industry eager to cash in on demand for “functional foods” that promise extra health benefits, medicinal mushrooms – not the button kind you put in a stew – are turning up in hot drinks, supplements and even beer.

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