Germany: mushroom consumption falls slightly
63,000 tons of the 145,000 were imported from outside Germany, almost all coming from within the European Union. Most of the imported mushrooms came from Poland (roughly 39,000 tons) and the Netherlands (roughly 22,500 tons). Mushroom consumption per capita has been stable the last few years: in 2009 each German ate, on average, 2kg of mushrooms, in 2011 this number was 1.9kg.
In order to fill the demand for mushrooms year round, they are grown continuously throughout the year by more than 30 companies in Germany. Only the companies that grow mushrooms on at least 0.1 hectares are included in this number. In 2013 these 30 companies harvested more than 59,000 tons of mushrooms on 260 hectares. 99% of the production of edible mushrooms is therefore carried out in Germany, reports the BMEL.