Oyster Mushroom (Pleurotus ostreatus) as a Healthy Ingredient for Sustainable Functional Food Production

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The oyster mushroom (Pleurotus ostreatus (Jacq. ex Fr.) P. Kumm.) is one of the most popular edible mushrooms. P. ostreatus contains important essential nutrients for human nutrition and is a natural source used in both traditional and modern medicine. Nowadays, P. ostreatus has been used in vitro studies as food additive in the development of value-added functional foods such as meat, bakery, and dairy products, traditional foods, and various alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages. Fresh and other forms of P. ostreatus have been used for food fortification, the improvement of sensory quality and the physicochemical properties of foods and prolonging the shelf life of functional foods. In this review, potential of use of P. ostreatus as food additive in sustainable functional food production and its effects on food quality were emphasized.