Armillaria mellea
IQF Frozen Honey Mushrooms
Certificates
Country of origin
Ukraine (Carpathian region): Wild-harvested or ecologically cultivated in pollution-free environments.
Full Traceability: We monitor every step from harvesting in the forest to the final IQF processing.
Packaging
Corrugated Carton Boxes (10 kg): Ideal for smaller wholesale orders or professional kitchens; easy to stack and palletize.
Delivery
- Refrigerated Transport: –18 °C, cold chain
- International Logistics: Regular shipments to the EU and other global markets.
- Delivery Terms (Incoterms): FCA, DAP, or DDP - tailored to customer requirements.
- Export Documentation: Full set of documents for smooth customs clearance.
Description
IQF frozen honey mushrooms (Armillaria mellea), also known as honey fungus or by their Ukrainian name opeňky, hand-picked in the forests of the Ukrainian Carpathians. These small wild mushrooms — compact caps on slender stems — are prized for staying whole and intact through freezing and cooking, giving a firm, springy bite and an attractive natural appearance that works beautifully in visible, whole-mushroom dishes. Growing in clusters and gathered by hand in season, they are cleaned, sorted and individually quick-frozen shortly after harvest, so the mushrooms stay separate and free-flowing for easy portioning straight into the pan or process. Honey mushrooms are always served cooked, never raw, which makes them a natural fit for hot processing and prepared foods. Supplied whole as standard. Typical applications: marinated and pickled products, soups and stews, sautés and fried mushroom dishes, ready meals, and mixed wild-mushroom ranges. All mushrooms are sorted, cleaned and free of foreign matter. Sourcing is traceable from forest to finished pallet, and processing follows HACCP standards. Packaging: 10 kg corrugated carton boxes, palletised for export. Storage at –18 °C. Minimum order 500 kg. Delivery across the EU on FCA, DAP or DDP terms, with full export documentation.
Key Benefits:
- Species: wild Armillaria mellea (honey mushroom / honey fungus)
- Small whole caps on slender stems — stay intact when cooked
- Firm, springy texture and attractive natural appearance
- Ideal for marinating, pickling, soups, sautés and mixes
- Always cooked, never raw — suited to hot processing
- IQF, free-flowing — easy portioning, no clumping
- Packaging: 10 kg carton boxes · HACCP · traceable
Harvest calendar
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FAQs
This premium Carpathian ingredient is available in industrial-grade fresh forms during peak harvest, or as premium Individually Quick Frozen (IQF) selections year-round. Depending on your manufacturing specifications, we can offer the product color-sorted, calibrated by millimeter size, or semi-processed to integrate seamlessly into automated food production lines, dairy manufacturing, or industrial baking applications.
Yes. While fresh, non-frozen batches are strictly tied to our seasonal harvesting calendar, our IQF (Individually Quick Frozen) fruit products are processed at peak nutritional maturity and stored in deep-freeze facilities. This advanced preservation enables us to guarantee a continuous, uninterrupted wholesale supply to our B2B partners 365 days a year, regardless of the crop's calendar season.
To preserve cell structure, flavor profile, and total food safety, strict cold-chain protocols must be followed. Fresh orders require immediate humidity-controlled refrigeration and rapid processing. Our IQF deep-frozen products must be maintained continuously at a stable temperature of -18°C or lower to prevent enzymatic degradation and clustering, ensuring full compliance with international HACCP safety guidelines.
The commercial shelf life depends entirely on the product form. Freshly harvested batches are highly perishable and require immediate food processing or distribution within a few days under refrigeration. Our IQF frozen items possess a robust shelf life of 12 to 24 months when held continuously at -18°C, retaining their natural color, structure, and microbiological stability.
Yes, we operate exclusively as a direct agricultural B2B supplier and wholesale distributor. We specialize in contract manufacturing and large-scale, multi-ton deliveries for food factories, ingredients distributors, and industrial processing plants. Please reach out to our commercial sales office to receive a tailored quotation, specifications sheets, and current Minimum Order Quantity (MOQ) metrics.
While we specialize strictly in heavy-duty wholesale distribution and do not offer retail-ready or private label packaging, we do provide flexible industrial packaging configurations. We can fulfill bulk orders in multi-layer 10kg/25kg industrial paper bags, heavy-gauge plastic crates, or high-capacity octabins tailored to match your specific manufacturing intake systems and shipping requirements.