Turn the jar around. Do you see the difference?
Most plant-based spreads are packed with soy, palm oil and E-numbers you’d need a chemistry degree to understand. BonMush starts with just one hero ingredient: locally grown oyster mushrooms. Loaded with natural umami and seriously good on your sandwich.
- Grown & made in Belgium
- Umami-licious taste + real bite
- Real food. Mush food. 🍄
DO YOU ACTUALLY KNOW WHAT’S IN YOUR SPREAD?
ENDLESS INGREDIENT LISTS
Many spreads contain 15 to 20+ ingredients, including emulsifiers, thickeners and flavor enhancers you would never find in a real kitchen. You buy a “chicken salad” that barely contains chicken, or a “tuna salad” that is mostly soy and starch.
A TASTE THAT DISAPPOINTS
Maybe you once tried a plant-based spread and it tasted like wet cardboard with a spoonful of mayonnaise. You wondered: “Are they all like this?” And honestly? That frustration is justified. Many brands compensate for a lack of quality with sugar, salt and artificial flavorings.
PALM OIL AND ANONYMOUS SOY
The base of many spreads? Cheap oils and imported soy protein from far-away countries. Good for margins, less good for your body and certainly not for the planet. “Plant-based” becomes an empty marketing claim — because where are the actual plants?
SO WHAT SHOULD I CHOOSE THEN?
You want variety in your lunchbox. You want to eat more consciously. But it feels like a minefield: everything is too expensive, too chemical, too tasteless, or simply takes too much time. So you fall back on the familiar slice of chicken deli meat — not because you really love it, but because it’s easy.
One look at the label tells the whole story.
Average plant-based spread
the long ingredient list
water, soy, palm oil, modified starch, sugar, salt, onion powder, dextrose, yeast extract, flavouring, thickener (E415, E412), preservative (E202), antioxidant (E385), colour (E160a)
BonMush
a different starting point
oyster mushroom, plant-based oil, herbs & seasonings, functional ingredients (where needed) — transparent and for a well-founded reason.
OUR STORY
FROM WEST-FLEMISH BUTCHERY TO PLANT-BASED PIONEER
BonMush was born from a family story you couldn’t make up. Not because Caroline grew up in a butcher shop, but because she saw up close how the system works. Her in-laws ran a traditional West-Flemish butcher shop — if anyone knows what good meat tastes like, it’s her. But she also saw the other side: the impact on the planet, on our health, and on the system itself. So she decided to do things radically differently. Her weapon of choice? The oyster mushroom. Locally grown, circular by nature, and naturally packed with umami — that deep, savory taste you normally only find in great meat. No imitation. No “fake meat”. Just an incredible ingredient that stands on its own.
OUR SPREADS
EIGHT FLAVOURS. ONE PROMISE:
PURE AND RIDICULOUSLY TASTY
Every spread starts from the same philosophy: the oyster mushroom does the work, not the factory. Discover which flavour fits your lunch. We picked three for you.
PRÉPARÉ
The classic, but without the junk.
The same rich, hearty bite you know from traditional préparé, now made with locally grown oyster mushrooms. Meat lovers tasting this blind? Genuinely surprised. Also perfect for pregnancy cravings ;)
BASIS: Oyster mushroom, rapeseed oil, spices
SEA SALAD
The taste of the sea, without emptying it.
Our Sea Salad brings that fresh, slightly salty and creamy salad you love, with oyster mushrooms as the base. No fish, no shellfish: full of flavour, clear conscience.
BASIS: Oyster mushroom, rapeseed oil, seaweed, herbs
NO-CHICK ALL CURRY
For those who like to give their lunch a spicy upgrade.
Creamy, aromatic and with that familiar curry warmth that keeps you coming back for more. The oyster mushroom adds the body and depth other spreads often lack.
BASIS: Oyster mushroom, rapeseed oil, curry
WAIT… IS THIS REALLY WITHOUT MEAT?”THE REACTION WE HEAR MOST DURING BLIND TASTINGS
Of Belgian families eat spreadable salads every week
Tricks. More fungi, no filler needed.
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