Health Professionals

At the Mushroom Council, we share your passion for improving public health and admire your hard work to help today’s consumers make healthier choices.

Long celebrated as a superfood source of powerful nutrients, fresh mushrooms are a healthy addition to your plate. Mushrooms provide many of the same nutritional benefits as vegetables, as well as attributes commonly found in meat, beans and grains.

Nutritional Benefits of Mushrooms

RD Toolkit Materials

Mushroom Monday is an all-new campaign to create a special day each week for us all to gather around the plate to enjoy one of the most delicious, nutritious and Earth-friendly foods: the fresh mushroom. The Mushroom Council® has created a Mushroom Monday toolkit for RDs featuring Mushroom Monday materials:

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Resources
& Research

The Mushroom Council has spent more than a decade investing in scientific research to better understand the nutritional benefits of mushrooms. These fact sheets address some of today’s most relevant nutrition topics from weight management to sustainability. This section is designed for health professionals and the audiences they serve.

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Retail Dietitians

This section is designed exclusively for retail dietitians to support you as you help shoppers make healthier choices. We’re here to assist you in your efforts by providing you with resources and are available to provide consultation and training on how to increase mushroom sales and get The Blend™ on the menu at your retailer’s deli or grocerant.

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Nutrition News About Mushrooms

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“As a mushroom lover myself, it has been a pleasure introducing The Blend™ to Weis Markets customers through cooking demos, magazine/social media content and sampling events. Not only do they find the technique to be incredibly easy, but they feel good knowing that it’s improving the nutritional value and flavor of their family’s favorite recipes. At Weis Markets, educating customers on The Blend™ has also proven to be an effective way to produce positive sales results in the mushroom and meat categories. ”

Weis Markets, Inc

“ I started using The Blend™ a few years ago, so I jumped on the opportunity to share this trend with my customers. Our team of TasteStation ambassadors spent a weekend cooking and teaching our customers The Blend™ and the results were outstanding. Not only did sales increase on mushrooms and meat, we made many new friends by showing them a quick, tasty way to add nutrition to their family meals!” ”

Redner’s Warehouse Markets

“The Blend™ is the exact type of unique, creative, and applicable concept that is perfect for the retail nutrition space. It makes for a great demo, object lesson, or talking point for store tours. The creative use of mushrooms in this fashion fulfills so many objectives: increase fiber, decrease saturated fat, and boost veggie intake. Every retail RD should have The Blend™ in their personal toolkit!”

Kroger Corporate Dietitian

“Partnering with the Mushroom Council was a helpful tool for the work that I do for inspiring healthier shopping choices with our customers. They were easy to work with and helped make my work more efficient since they provided me with their expertise in artwork and talking points to use. The Blend™ concept with mushrooms is not only super tasty but also easy, economical and nutritious… every aspect that a dietitian needs to incorporate. Customers love the mushroom burger. It is such a clever marketing idea for mushrooms that I never would have thought of in this way, without them. I highly recommend others to use their resources.”

The Kroger Co. Dietitian