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About Us

Truffles International

Drs. Shifrine and Dorian, founding fathers of Truffles International, discovered the technology of growing the black truffle in hydroponics on a commercial scale. The truffles are grown organically by Functional Fungi LLC in California. Functional Fungi has the capability to grow our truffles by the ton. Our culture has been authenticated by DNA analysis to be identical to the French black truffle Tuber melanosporum.

Truffles International (TI) was founded in 1990 for the purpose of growing the black Perigord truffle (Tuber melanosporum) in hydroponics selling it in various forms mainly to the culinary market. Our truffles are also used by a company in Santa Fe New Mexico, ErosMoshe LLC, in the production of truffled chocolate truffles and a chocolate bar containing coffee that has caffeine equivalent to a cup of coffee.

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Truffle News!

Make Your Own Truffle Oil
Easy and delicious, you can make authentic truffle oil in no time.

VIVA Chocolat bar
Coffee, truffles, cocoa and testerone from cultured truffles in one delicious and invigorating bar of chocolate. Buy at Senor Murphy's website

Featured in the New Mexican
Read about Truffles International in The New Mexican, Santa Fe, New Mexico's daily newspaper.

Featured in Local Flavor
Read about Truffles International in Local Flavor, New Mexico's local food, wine and lifestyle magazine.

Truffles at Ristra
Our cultured truffles appear on Ristra's special menu for the New Mexico Chili and Wine Festival.

I scream, You scream
We all scream for Tara's Organic Ice Cream, creator of Black Truffle with Caramelized Pear, a divine indulgence for ice cream lovers.

Photo Gallery
See the beauty and inner workings of cultured truffles.

Certified Organic and Kosher
Certificate of analysis for our truffle powder is available on request. Our truffle powder contains NO preservatives, is organic and Kosher certified. It is available all year round.

Perfume
A new market is the use of truffles in the perfume industry, where they can be used to improve the persistence of perfume aroma. Beyond any culinary aspect of the cultured truffle, it was shown that an alcohol truffle extract is a very good "fixative" for perfume, producing exotic "sexy" aromas.