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Written by Ger van Knippenberg, Chief Commercial Officer
Estimated reading time 6 minutes
Premier for ARCO
ARCO and Luxidum proudly present the world’s first LED vitamin D-Booster with a patented LED2D technology. The LED vitamin D-Booster was developed and produced for an innovative and pioneering mushroom producer in Ireland. After two years of intensive research and development, ARCO and Luxidum have taken a giant leap forward in optimizing the stimulation of processes that create vitamin D in mushrooms.
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Fruitful cooperation
Mushrooms naturally contain ergosterol, which is converted into vitamin D when exposed to UV light from the sun. Most mushrooms are grown indoors, where UV levels are very low. The potential of an extra-healthy mushroom therefore remains unexploited. The LED2D vitamin D-Booster activates a natural process that produces vitamin D. The mushrooms – regardless of whether they are big or small, white or brown – are exposed to two high-quality UV LEDs, which have different wavelengths and are connected in series, resulting in a two-stage vitamin D synthesis process.
Health effects
Besides producing extra-healthy mushrooms, the addition of vitamin D also has certain health benefits for humans, namely:
- Strengthens the body’s natural defences;
- Improves muscle strength;
- Important for healthy bones and bone strength;
- Important for good mineralization of the teeth;
- Regulates the immune system.
The LED vitamin D-Booster can be connected to the ARCO mushroom weighing and packaging line. Vitamin D can be generated not only in the fresh mushrooms, but also after processing – for example, after the mushrooms have been processed into mushroom powder.
