Scelta Mushrooms
Scelta Mushrooms is a Dutch, family-rooted mushroom company that has been driving innovation in the mushroom industry for more than 30 years. It serves food industry, foodservice, and retail customers in more than 70 countries, supplying mushrooms and mushroom-based ingredients for use in pizzas, burgers, soups, sauces, ready meals, and many other applications. The company positions itself around taste, health, and sustainability. Its website emphasizes continuous product development, close collaboration with customers and partners, and a mission to add value to everyday meals while building a global network and maintaining a profitable business. Core Values Innovation : Scelta presents innovation as central to its identity, describing “winnovation” as the foundation of the business. It develops new products through research, trends, and experimentation, and actively looks for new sectors where mushrooms can be used. Taste : The company consistently frames mushrooms as a way to deliver better flavour, mouthfeel, and umami. Its products are positioned to improve the sensory quality of foods across many applications. Health : Scelta highlights mushrooms as nutrient-rich, low in calories, low in fat, low in sodium, and high in fibre and protein. It also links its products to healthier formulations, including salt reduction and flexitarian blends. Sustainability : Sustainability is presented as a core pillar alongside taste and health. The company emphasizes efficient production, reduced waste, reuse of by-products, and solutions that can support lower environmental impact. Collaboration : Scelta stresses close cooperation with customers, growers, and partners. Its institute, technical support, and product development approach are all built around shared experimentation and co-creation. Unique Aspects World leader in IQF mushrooms : Scelta states that it is a world leader in individually quick frozen mushrooms and says it pioneered frozen mushroom production in 1983, when it was the first company in the world to supply them. First clean-label sous vide mushrooms : The company says it was the first to bring clean-label sous vide mushrooms to market through its Ecopouch range. Specialized production network : Scelta operates dedicated facilities for frozen mushrooms, preserved mushrooms, Ecopouch mushrooms, grilled mushrooms, and mushroom flavourings in the Netherlands, giving it a focused industrial footprint across multiple processing methods. Strong export reach : More than 90% of its activities are attributed to export, and it serves customers in over 70 countries across food industry, foodservice, and retail channels. Family-business heritage : Mushrooms have been part of the Klerken family for almost 60 years, and the company presents this heritage as part of its identity and continuity. Customer-facing innovation hub : The Scelta Institute is described as a unique development and innovation center where customers and food professionals are welcomed to co-create recipes, taste sensations, and new applications. Named grower partnership : The company highlights a long-term partnership with Van Asseldonk Champignons, a Dutch family business that has worked with Scelta for more than 20 years.