A recent national survey conducted by University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences researchers reveals that relatively few people are aware of the health benefits of mushrooms.
Only 18.5% of survey respondents said they knew the health benefits of mushrooms, according to the online survey of 674 consumers. “Potentially, increasing knowledge about health benefits would be useful to the mushroom industry,” Lisa House, a University of Florida professor of food and resource economics and an investigator for the study, said in a news release from the university.
Stalker wonders if the knowledgeable consumers in the UK and Ireland are more aware of the health benefits, especially following the good PR of late by the Mushroom Bureau and Bord Bia.
One would think so, but then again one could easily be biased. It would be interesting to see some solid figures!
