Both companies have a long history of advocating for transparency in mushroom product labelling, including potency and proper extraction for health benefits delivery.
Founded by the late John Seleen, 31 years ago, Mushroom Science has been offering its customers pure and effective functional mushroom supplements since 1994.
It was the first brand to educate consumers about the difference between products made from mushrooms and those that are mycelium-fermented grain.
Both companies have long-standing relationships with mushroom growers in China, where mushroom growing has been both an art and a science for many hundreds of years.
“I first met John Seleen at the International Society for Mushroom Science conference in China in 1989,” Jeff Chilton said. “As an accomplished mushroom cultivator, John understood the economics and realised the importance of sourcing mushrooms from China."
"He was a pioneer of the functional mushroom category and was dedicated to product quality, appropriately naming his company Mushroom Science and utilising analytical testing to ensure the benefits of his products."
"John’s educational outreach was also instrumental in exposing mycelium fermented grain products and we are pleased to keep his passion for quality alive.”
Mushroom Science products are sold direct-to-consumer by natural products retailers and through practitioners.
Real Mushrooms are sold direct-to-consumer and through healthcare practitioners.
"Our customers have always been at the heart of Mushroom Science,” said Kyle Ruxton, President of Mushroom Science.
“With time, we’ve built our reputation on clinically relevant extracts made from real mushrooms (fruiting bodies), traditional hot water extraction, rigorous testing and full transparency."
'As we close this chapter, it was essential to partner with a company whose core brand values align seamlessly with our own."
"Real Mushrooms shares that same commitment to organic, mushroom-only extracts, proper hot water extraction and science-backed education, and we are proud to endorse them as the trusted source we recommend to our customers going forward."
"We are confident our community will be well served in their shared commitment to quality."
Real Mushrooms CEO, Skye Chilton, added: “When I started Real Mushrooms 10 years ago with my dad, Mushroom Science was definitely a role model for what we wanted to accomplish."
"As a long-standing brand in the industry, they were doing it right, leading with education and selling a high-quality product. I’m excited to be able to bring Mushroom Science into the Real Mushrooms family. It is a great honour and their customers will not be let down.”