Other names: Enokitake, Enoko-take, Velvet Foot, Velvet Shank, Golden Needle Mushroom, Winter Mushroom, Collybie à Pied Velouté, Fungo dell’olmo, Baršunasta Panjevčica

Enoki is a late fall and winter mushroom that lives in clusters on dead trees worldwide. It is cultivated in Japan, where its caps, due to cultivating conditions, are much smaller and lighter than those of wild fungi.

Enoki is a highly nutritious food rich in protein, vitamins, minerals, carbohydrates, and crude fiber. Its polysaccharides are reported to possess a wide spectrum of biological functions including anti-oxidation, anti-tumor, anti-virus, anti-fatigue activities, and improvement of memory.

Enoki may be beneficial for digestion, cancer, high cholesterol, obesity, allergies, diabetes, anemia, high blood pressure, and to boost immunity.

Compliance: cosmetic ingredient – not as a single ingredient

Compliance varies from country to country. There is no harmonized botanical list of allowed botanicals in food or food supplements for all EU countries. Compliance for cosmetic ingredients is harmonized in EU.

Please check your local regulation.