Mushroom-infused chocolate brand Alice Mushrooms has built a cult following since it launched three years ago.
Its original chocolate product, Nightcap, is now available in 2,000 stores across the US, and boasts a list of ingredients that claim to help improve your sleep quality.
Developed by Alice Mushrooms co-founders Charlotte Cruze and Lindsay Goodstein, Nightcap features reishi mushrooms and chamomile, known for their calming effects; plus magnesium and zinc, which are said to increase the body's natural levels of melatonin, a hormone which triggers sleepiness.
It also includes L-theanine, an amino acid that naturally occurs in green tea, which is also understood to have a relaxing effect on the body to aid sleep.
"We probably took the longest time to formulate our sleep chocolate, of any of our products, because sleep is so tough. There's a million different reasons that people can struggle with sleep," says New York City-based Cruze.
