Nowadays, canned mushroom has become one of the most popularly known foods for stocking up the kitchen cupboard. It can be used to add flavor to many meals including sandwiches, soups or curries. As canned Mushrooms are already seasoned mushrooms in cans, they can equally be eaten directly without cooking. Canned mushrooms are convenient and nutritious, just like fresh mushrooms. However, many people do not know how to select a good canned mushroom. Here are a few tips to help you select canned mushrooms for your meals:

First, look at the nutritional properties on the label and the expiry date carefully. You can also look at the appearance of the mushrooms in the can. Second, canned straw mushroom are produced according to different grading systems as well. It would be in your best interest to know the grade of your choice of canned mushroom as this can help you choose rightly. Let me introduce the U.S. grading system for canned mushrooms:

U.S. Grade A or (U.S. Fancy) is the quality of canned mushrooms that possess similar varietal characteristics such as, a normal flavor and odor; good color, mushrooms that are practically uniform in size and shape, except for the style of stems and pieces; that are practically free from defects. All these characteristics are carefully verified and then graded in accordance with the grading system. The total score from the result is usually not less than 90 points; if the canned shiitake mushroom are fairly uniform in size and shape and fall within the applicable styles and if the total score is not less than 90 points, then it is of good quality and a grade A.

U.S. Grade B or (U.S. Extra Standard) is the quality of canned mushrooms that possess similar varietal characteristics such as a normal flavor and odor, a fairly good color, fairly uniform in size and shape, except for the style of stems and pieces; that are fairly free from defects. All these characteristics are carefully verified and then graded in accordance with the grading system. The total score from the results is usually not less that 80 points: the canned mushrooms may fail to meet the requirements for the U.S. Grade B due to factors regarding uniformity of size and shape for the applicable styles if the total score is not less than 80 points.

A substandard grade is the quality of canned mushrooms that fail to meet the requirements of U.S. Grade B.

Based the above tips, you may be able to recognize the grade or quality of canned mushrooms that you are buying or should buy.