Marks & Spencer (M&S) introduces a new line of functional mushroom-infused drinks, becoming the first major supermarket to offer such products. The range includes a 'lion's mane latte' and 'reishi shots', marketed as adaptogens that can help manage stress, fatigue, and anxiety. The move reflects growing consumer interest in cognitive health and mushroom-based wellness products, with experts predicting significant market growth.
Lion’s mane fungi, a component of M&S’s new lion’s mane latte, which is said to make consumers more awake.Lion’s mane fungi, a component of M&S’s new lion’s mane latte, which is said to make consumers more awake.Marks & Spencer’s new range of drinks containing adaptogenic mushrooms make it the first major supermarket to sell “functional juices”. From this year, you can now find “lion’s mane latte” and “reishi shots” next to Lucozade and lemonade on the soft drinks shelf.
As with most “supplements”, there is a spectrum. Magic mushrooms contain psychoactive constituents, and are considered class A drugs under the 1971 Misuse of Drugs Act. While harvesting functional mushrooms such as lion’s mane is illegal because of its rarity, it is non-psychedelic and legal to buy from a shop.
So why all the buzz? Combined with changing attitudes towards health and wellness, mushroom-laced products are occasionally referred to as “third way” products – alternatives to coffee or alcohol, which can reproduce a similar effect. But there is an argument that this overlaps with shifting attitudes over the illegal kind too. This week, magic mushrooms played a starring role in Sharon Horgan’s new spin-off, Amandaland, in which the antagonist Amanda finds herself consuming mushroom chocolates in a hot tub while trying to ingratiate herself with Harlesden’s hippest parents.
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