Is Pella Nutrition Mushroom Coffee Good? 60-Serving Value Pack Reviewed

By , MD, FACOG·

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Pella Nutrition mushroom coffee is the cheapest way to drink a seven-mushroom coffee, about $0.37 per cup for organic, fruiting-body-claimed instant with 90 mg caffeine, at $21.99 for 60 servings on Amazon (a price that moves). The 1,500 mg blend is a proprietary total, roughly 215 mg per mushroom at best, with no per-species amounts.

Price
$21.99 / 60 servings
Per serving
$0.37
Caffeine
90 mg
Mushrooms
7 species · 1,500 mg
Part used
fruiting body
Beta-glucans disclosed
No
3rd-party tested
Yes
Format
instant

What this page covers

  • The regular-caffeine 60-serving Amazon pack
  • Real cost per cup versus the big brands
  • What a proprietary seven-mushroom blend does and does not tell you

What it does not cover

  • The low-caffeine SKU in detail
  • Medical claims — see the mushroom pages for the evidence
Our verdict

Pella Nutrition

Pella Nutrition mushroom coffee is the cheapest way to drink a seven-mushroom coffee, about $0.37 per cup for organic, fruiting-body-claimed instant with 90 mg caffeine, at $21.99 for 60 servings on Amazon (a price that moves). The 1,500 mg blend is a proprietary total, roughly 215 mg per mushroom at best, with no per-species amounts.

$21.99 · $0.37/serving · 90 mg caffeine

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Our scorecard
3.3 / 5
  • Taste & drinkability3.0
  • Ingredient quality4.0
  • Label transparency2.5
  • Price per serving5.0
  • Third-party lab testing3.0
  • Mushroom dosage2.0

Scored on our six criteria — how we test.

What we liked
  • About $0.37 per serving — the lowest cost per cup of any brand we track
  • USDA Organic, seven species, fruiting-body and third-party-testing claims, no sweeteners or creamers
  • Regular (80–100 mg) and low-caffeine (30–50 mg) versions of the same blend
What held it back
  • 1,500 mg across seven mushrooms is roughly 215 mg each — a sprinkle of everything
  • Proprietary blend: no per-species amounts, and different listings quote 1,000 mg and 1,500 mg totals
  • Amazon pricing moves; $21.99 is the figure we found and it is not guaranteed to be current
Who should skip it
  • You want a known dose of any one mushroom
  • You dislike the taste of plain instant coffee — there is nothing here to mask it

What's on the label vs. what the research used

MushroomLabel dose / servingPart usedDose in named human studies
Lion's Manepart of 1,500 mg blendfruiting body1,000–3,000 mg/day
Reishipart of 1,500 mg blendfruiting body1,400–5,400 mg/day of extract
Chagapart of 1,500 mg blendfruiting bodyNo completed human RCTs
Cordycepspart of 1,500 mg blendfruiting body1,000–4,000 mg/day
Shiitakepart of 1,500 mg blendfruiting body5–10 g/day dried mushroom (dietary study)
Maitakepart of 1,500 mg blendfruiting bodyExtract studies at gram-level doses; no coffee-dose data
Turkey Tailpart of 1,500 mg blendfruiting body~3,000 mg/day of PSK extract

Why it's on our radar

Pella is the Amazon value play: a Brooklyn brand selling a 60-serving tub of seven-mushroom instant for about the price of a 10-pack of Four Sigmatic sachets. It has no retail presence and little marketing, and it keeps turning up in "best budget" lists because the maths is hard to argue with.

Taste

Our two-week test is still running, so this is drawn from the ingredient list and reviewer consensus. The formula is just instant arabica and mushroom extract — no creamer, MCT or sweetener — and reviewers consistently describe it as tasting like a nutty, aromatic instant coffee that dissolves cleanly. Several are blunt that if you do not like instant coffee you will not like this, because nothing is masking it.

Price and value

$21.99 for 60 servings is $0.37 a cup, comfortably the lowest in our set and a five on our value scale. The one caveat is that this is an Amazon price we found rather than a fixed list price; check it before you compare.

Transparency

The weak point. The label names seven species and a blend total, and that is all. Divided evenly, 1,500 mg across seven is about 215 mg each, roughly 20% of the lowest studied lion's mane dose and far less for reishi. We also saw both 1,000 mg and 1,500 mg quoted for the same product across listings, which is exactly the kind of drift a proprietary blend allows. Pella does claim organic, fruiting body and third-party testing, which puts it ahead of most brands at this price.

Verdict

The best budget pick for anyone who wants a daily multi-mushroom habit and does not need a specific dose. Treat the seven-species list as breadth, not depth.

Pella Nutrition

Pella Nutrition mushroom coffee is the cheapest way to drink a seven-mushroom coffee, about $0.37 per cup for organic, fruiting-body-claimed instant with 90 mg caffeine, at $21.99 for 60 servings on Amazon (a price that moves). The 1,500 mg blend is a proprietary total, roughly 215 mg per mushroom at best, with no per-species amounts.

$21.99 · $0.37/serving · 90 mg caffeine

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Frequently asked questions

How much caffeine is in Pella Nutrition mushroom coffee?

The regular blend is listed at 80–100 mg of caffeine per serving on Amazon, about a standard cup, from medium-roast arabica instant. Pella also sells a low-caffeine version of the same seven-mushroom blend at 30–50 mg per serving for people who want the mushrooms without a full coffee's worth of caffeine.

How many mushrooms are in Pella Nutrition coffee?

Seven: lion's mane, reishi, chaga, cordyceps, shiitake, maitake and turkey tail, in a proprietary blend that Pella and third-party reviewers put at 1,500 mg per serving. The label gives no per-species amounts, so if the blend were even each mushroom would be around 215 mg.

How much does Pella Nutrition cost per cup?

The 60-serving pack was $21.99 on Amazon when we checked, or about $0.37 per cup, which is the cheapest seven-mushroom coffee we know of and roughly a third of RYZE's per-cup price. Amazon pricing changes often, so confirm the current figure before you compare.

Is Pella Nutrition mushroom coffee organic?

Yes, Pella states USDA Organic certification for the coffee and the mushroom blend, and says its extracts come from fruiting bodies rather than mycelium grown on grain. It also claims third-party testing for quality and purity, but we could not find a published certificate of analysis for a specific batch.

Sources

  1. Pella Nutrition Mushroom Coffee (Regular Caffeine, 60 Cups) Amazon listing60 servings, 80–100 mg caffeine, seven-species list, medium roast
  2. Pella Nutrition homepageOrganic claim, Brooklyn address, regular and low-caffeine SKUs
  3. Evident Health — Pella Nutrition Mushroom Coffee review$21.99 price, $0.37 per serving, 1,500 mg blend total, fruiting-body and testing claims