The so-called vitamin D fungi that have been processed with ultraviolet light must be healthy. The Stiftung Wartentest has now examined them.
Are vitamin D mushrooms a promotional lie or really useful?
A great champignon with sunglasses and hat announces on the website of the company Pilzland for so-called mushrooms vitamin DIt is said that they contain 30 times more vitamin than other mushrooms to withstand healthy bones and teeth.
Normally, people use sunlight to make the vitamin important through the skin, and food is usually scarce. So are the mushrooms one? Is advertising really useful?
Vitamin D fungi are exposed to UV radiation
Mushrooms really provide a higher content of vitamin D, informs him Stiftung Warentest after examining seven examples. Mushrooms would not be fortified with artificial vitamin D, like some margarines, but exposed to UV rays.
This imitated the strong sunlight, under which Mushrooms form a lot of vitamin D.However, the values would vary significantly: between 5.3 and 15.1 micrograms of vitamin D per 100 grams of fungus, the report of consumer advocates.
The German Society for Nutrition also confirms the effect
Extra doses of vitamins can not be well metered. They are also for the calls new foodsUnder which irradiated mushrooms fall, according to EU regulations, only 10 micrograms of vitamin D per 100 grams are allowed. However, consumers should not fear an overdose, explain the examiners.
Even several packages a day would not hurt. The European Food Safety Authority recommends Efsa Five micrograms of vitamin D per day – With fungi, this need could be easily covered, so the consumer advocates.
Even the German Nutrition Society confirmed, at the request of the commodity checker, that fungi can "significantly improve" the state of vitamin D in healthy adults.
Verifiers advise on preparations
However, not everyone necessarily needs vitamin D. However, according to the Robert Koch Institute in Germany, only half of children and 44% less than half of adults are supplied optimally with the vitamin The rest of the population does not automatically suffer a serious shortage. Vitamin D deficiency? So it survives the cloudy weather.
This affects only 15% of adults and 13% of children and adolescents. You have one Greater risk of getting osteoporosis,
High-risk groups could also meet their highest requirement of about 20 micrograms of vitamin D a day with mushrooms, testers explain. However, they recommend more reliable dosage preparations, which are taken after consulting with a doctor. However, some supplements can also be a risk.