Magic vitamin in mushroom

SAINSBURY’S is to launch “super mushrooms” filled with vitamins to help vegans stave off Victorian bone disorder rickets.

Vitamin D comes from exposure to the sun as well as fish and meat, so it can be hard for vegans to get enough of in the winter.

The supermarket is adding vitamin D and B12, also found in animal products, to its chestnut and closed cup mushrooms.

A spokeswoman said: “Super mushrooms are coming to their rescue.”