fbpx
Search

Global mushroom news and trainings worldwide

Global mushroom news and trainings

Romania: why 25% go for brown mushrooms? And other facts

UMDIS PARTNERS

This post is also available in: English Russian

Romania: why 25% go for brown mushrooms? And other facts

In Romania 93% of mushrooms produced are button, and 7% are oyster mushroom. There are two largest button mushroom producers – Boglar Champ and Iazul V&V. And nearly ten smaller producers of button mushrooms, plus number of producers of oyster mushrooms.If we look on the percentages – they are like this: 75% of mushrooms consumed in Romania are produced by Boglar Champ and Iazul V&V. Another 10% are imported from abroad. And the rest 15% are produced by smaller Romanian mushroom farms.

– That is quite impossible that our smaller producers will organize themselves in sort of cooperatives. Because the quality is very different on different farms, and also, they are far from each other, – explain UMDIS Calin Cohut, representative of Amycel in Romania.

Farm gate price for white button mushrooms here is 2 – 2.1 Euro. In Romania mushroom producers have lower VAT taxes – 9% for mushrooms. The price in the supermarket is 3 Euro per kilogram.

Advertisement

That is quite unusual that the cost of white and brown mushrooms in Romania are nearly the same. Notably: nearly 25% of mushrooms produced in Romania are brown. Quite unexpectedly as Romania is not a reach market for which such percentage would look usual – however remembering that the price is the same, it shows that lots of people would really prefer browns.

– Here if you ask people why they prefer brown mushrooms – they give two reasons. They are more natural, and have better taste, – explains Calin Cohut.

94-95% of mushrooms in Romania are sold to the supermarkets – while just 4-5% to HoReCa sector. But that is a strong tendency that restaurants buy products from Metro supermarket – so the real proportion is quite larger for restaurants` share.

In Romania there is no working compost yard – so compost is imported, large amounts from Hungary. There is one producer of casing soil here in Romania – casing from him costs 1000 Euro per truck, without transportation. Cost of big bag is nearly 50 Euro.

Our social media
Our advertisers
Publications

Hungary’s mushroom consumption up by 60%- József Rácz, Korona Mushroom Union

After a recent mushroom harvesting course, UMDIS visited Fruit Logistica, where we met József Rácz from Korona Mushroom Union, one of Hungary’s leading mushroom producers. Founded in 1990 by Rácz’s father, Korona has grown into a successful family-run business. “Together

Italian mushroom growers are facing compost challenges amid market competition- Giorgio Grespan, Fungi De Treviso

UMDIS Mushroom Agency reached out to to Giorgio Grespan the vice president of Fungi De Treviso, a big mushroom cooperative in Italy. He shared their thoughts on the problems Italian mushroom growers are dealing with. One big challenge is competing

We just concluded our Mushroom harvesting and organization Course

We just concluded our three-day Mushroom Harvesting and Organization Course at Fungus S.C. Bracia Marciniak Farm in Wioska, Poland on 3–5th February. The farm, which produces over 450 tonnes of mushrooms per month, offered a great learning environment with hundreds

Spain’s mushroom industry  facing tough times

Mushroom cultivation in Spain is in a critical situation. According to FleshPlaza, the industry is struggling with rising costs and challenging weather conditions. The price of straw has shot up, and the spread of pests and diseases has become a

100 tons of champignon weekly from Philippsburg

A large mushroom farm recently opened in Philippsburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, as reported by Gombaforum. Located at the outskirts of the town, the newly built industrial halls have been cultivating and harvesting champignon mushrooms for about two weeks. The farm is

Importance of a compost production technologist – Insights from Andrey Repin

Andrey Repin Composting specialist, consultant. When compost yard’s operations appear stable and the quality remains consistent, it’s easy to think everything will continue running smoothly without a compost production technologist. But is this really a safe assumption? The first and

Search for publications