Mushrooms in China
Insights from Shanghai scientists
One of the key objectives of the Australian mushroom industry is to increase annual consumption from approximately 2.8kg to 4kg per person. Our current consumption is similar to that in the USA, Ireland and the UK, but higher than that in Europe, which is only 1.3kg per person annually.
However, these consumption rates are tiny compared to China. In 2023 China produced around 44 million tonnes of mushrooms. Given a population of 1.4 billion, some estimates put annual consumption at up to 29kg per person.