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Show Mushrooms' Food Value Regarded In the past as a gar-aish gar-aish or appetizer to heighten the Ilavor of foods of known nutritive value, mushrooms have only recently re-cently gained respect for their own food values. About 90 per cent water, wa-ter, they contain nearly 4 per cent protein and some iron, copper, calcium, cal-cium, phosphorus and potassium. Presence of riboflavin, nicotinic and pantothenic acids, vitamins Bl, C and K add further to the mushroom's mush-room's standing with dietitians. |