The majority of truffle products sold in Spain do not contain black truffle but rather food flavoring

It is a reality that puts on the table the "Report on the current situation of truffle products in Spain", presented in Zaragoza by the CITA truffle laboratory in Aragon. There is an enormous diversity of truffle products available to the Spanish consumer. They are around three hundred. However, a small percentage carry black truffle (Tuber melanosporum). Most of them have food flavoring or, where appropriate, summer and Chinese truffles, of less value than the black one. This reality means that the inexperienced consumer does not value or appreciate the black truffle, since it is a different product from the one they have tried when purchasing it in commercial establishments. This is observed with concern in the group of truffle growers, since Aragon accounts for forty or fifty percent of the world production of black truffles. The most important conclusions of the "Report on the current situation of truffle products in Spain" indicate that it is necessary: – “To promote ...