There are so many flavours to choose from when enhancing a dish and there are also many ways to extract flavour. We transform wastefulness into pure tastiness. About 25% of the mushroom, the ‘foot’ or stem, is never used for fresh or preserved mushrooms as it is not visually appealing to consumers. These parts are normally thrown away – but they are still full of mushroomy goodness! And the grower has to pay for the removal of this waste product. Since 2008, we started collecting these mushroom stems to process them in our ‘Waste2Taste’ production process.

Scelta Umami produces mushroom concentrate in liquid form. Concentrate can also be spray-dried into powder form. These flavourings are used in a variety of products, such as dry and liquid soups and in sauces. The result is an extremely concentrated, 100% natural taste – 1kg concentrated taste equals 25kg fresh taste! To top it all off, when used in low doses, this 100% natural taste enhancer (mushrooms are naturally rich in ‘umami’ – the fifth taste) does not give a pronounced mushroom flavour, but instead deepens the flavours around it. It’s nature’s answer to MSG – otherwise known as monosodium glutamate and E621.

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A classic method of preserving vegetables involves adding salt and various acids to stabilise colour, flavour and pH levels. Traditional preserves are energy intensive to produce, with high amounts of waste and a taste that never compares to that of fresh produce.

In the form of Ecopouch®, Scelta Mushrooms has developed a unique procedure; top quality Dutch mushrooms are boiled in their own juice after having been packed in a pouch that is easy to open, convenient to store and cheaper to transport. Further, no chemical additives – otherwise known as E-numbers – or salt are used. Ecopouch® mushrooms combine the best of both worlds: shelf-stable mushrooms in pouch packaging with long shelf life and fresh taste and texture. We go by the motto “Use the Juice”, because the juice makes a 100% natural base for soups, sauces, stocks and much more. Energy efficient to pack and preserve, zero waste, shelf stable, no E-numbers, compact for transport … and delicious as well.
The Ecopouch® is really preserving for the future.

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