Growers given go-ahead to add salt to their mushrooms.

Growers given go-ahead to add salt to their mushrooms. While adding a little salt to enhance the flavour of mushrooms is common in cooking, mushroom growers are now able to add salt to their crops to help with the control of a range of fungal diseases. The European Commission (EC) has approved the use of salt (sodium chloride) under its basic substance programme. It joins a list of 16 other everyday substances – including vinegar, sucrose, sunflower oil and whey – that arable and horticultural growers are now authorized to use to control a variety of pests, weeds and diseases. Other unconventional plant protection products currently being reviewed for basic substance approval include soap and skimmed milk. Growers given go-ahead to add salt to their mushrooms.