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IPFS News Link • Agriculture

Mushrooms Go Under UV for Vitamin D

09-14-2011 • arclein

The technology, which involves exposing mushrooms to the same kind of ultraviolet light that produces suntans, can greatly boost mushrooms' vitamin D content. It appears in ACS' Journal of Agricultural and FoodChemistry. Ryan Simon and colleagues note that many people do not get enough vitamin D in their diets. Few natural foods are high in the vitamin, and there are limits on what foods can be fortified to boost the vitamin D content.

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Reported By robert klein

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