The Application Value of Salt Water Shiitake
In the field of catering, salt water shiitake is an ideal choice to balance flavor quality and supply chain efficiency. It can provide stable ingredient support for various catering formats. For high-end restaurants, although the flavor of fresh shiitake mushrooms is outstanding, the short delivery period, large price fluctuations, and uneven quality have been bothering the back kitchen preparation. Through the scientific marinating process, salt water shiitake can maximize the unique mushroom flavor and firm taste of shiitake mushrooms. After desalination, whether it is used to make French shiitake mushroom soup or Japanese-style grilled shiitake mushrooms, the flavor can be similar to fresh shiitake mushrooms. The degree of similarity reaches more than 90%. More importantly, the supply of salt water shiitake is stable throughout the year, and restaurants can lock in costs through bulk purchases without frequently adjusting menus or taking the risk of out-of-supply. For fast food chains, the advantages of salt water shiitake are reflected in the convenience of processing. The desalinated shiitake mushrooms can be directly diced and sliced without additional cleaning or processing, which greatly shortens the pretreatment time and adapts to the needs of the fast food industry for rapid meal delivery.
The food processing industry is the field with the most concentrated application value of salt water shiitake. Its storage-resistant and easy-to-process characteristics are perfectly adapted to the needs of industrial production and promote the development of various types of shiitake deep-processed products. In the field of condiments, salt water shiitake is the main raw material for making shiitake sauce, shiitake oyster sauce, and shiitake monosodium glutamate. Crushing and boiling the desalinated shiitake mushrooms can release a richer umami substance, and the salty taste that comes with the salting process can reduce the subsequent addition of salt, which is in line with the trend of healthy consumption. In the field of snack foods, salt water shiitake can be made into instant shiitake mushroom chips after drying and seasoning, opening up the healthy snack market. In the field of baking and convenience food, salt water shiitake ground shiitake mushroom powder can be added to bread and biscuits to enhance the nutrition and flavor of the product, and can also be used as a source of umami for instant noodle seasoning packs to meet consumers' demand for natural flavor. In addition, the storage-resistant characteristics of salt water shiitake also reduce the inventory pressure of food processing plants. The processing plants do not need to build large cold chain warehouses and can be stored at room temperature, which significantly reduces operating costs.
In international trade and cross-border supply chains, salt water shiitake has broken through regional and seasonal restrictions, providing a stable supply to the global shiitake mushroom consumer market. The cross-border transportation of fresh shiitake mushrooms has always been a difficult problem in the industry. The transportation of fresh shiitake mushrooms requires a full cold chain, and the transportation cost can reach more than 40% of the total cost, and the loss rate is as high as 15% to 20%. Salt water shiitake does not require a cold chain, and can be distributed globally by sea. The transportation cost is only 1/3 of that of fresh shiitake mushrooms, and the loss rate can be controlled within 3%, which improves the economy of cross-border trade. For foreign B-side buyers, this means that high-quality shiitake mushroom ingredients can be obtained at a lower cost without relying on the limited local supply of fresh shiitake mushrooms.
As a company focused on the processing and export of edible fungi, our salt water shiitake is designed to maximize the application value from raw materials to finished products. We believe that we can rely on salt water shiitake to become your ideal partner.
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