Organic Spirulina

Organic Spirulina is a stunning example of big things coming in small packages. In this case, the big things are nutritional contents. Our pharmaceutical grade Spirulina is gram for gram one of the most nutrient dense foods on the planet. It boasts having over 60% protein by weight and impressive amounts of carotenoids, especially zeaxanthin. It's brimming with beneficial vitamins, minerals, fatty acids, polysaccharides and other important nutritional elements.

Superedibles Raw Organic Spirulina is one of the very few truly excellent sources of phycocyanin, a blue pigment and protein known to be a powerful free radical scavenging antioxidant, anti-inflammatory agent, immune system supporter and stellar liver and kidney detoxifier.

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What is Spirulina?

Spirulina is called a blue green algae. It is actually a single celled animal classified as bacteria with a simpler cell structure than plants including true algae. Technically it is now part of the genus Arthrospira rather than Spirulina, but has kept the name in common use and is also still typically referred to as an alga.

It is important to note that Spirulina is considered a vegan food. It is from a group of bacteria known as cyanobacteria due to its blue tinted green color. The green comes from chlorophyll. Cyanobacteria are responsible for approximately 30% of the photosynthesis on earth.

The blue comes from an amazing chemical called phycocyanin from the Greek words phyco meaning algae and kyanos meaning dark blue. There is much to say regarding both chlorophyll and phycocyanin. We will discuss both of these more extensively in another section.

One of two species of Spirulina have been used as a food in Africa and the Americas for centuries. When Cortez encountered the Aztecs, he reported their use of spirulina as food. There is an illustration in the Florentine Codex depicting Aztecs harvesting spirulina by skimming it from lakes using ropes. Text accompanying tat illustration describes the spirulina being dried into square cakes and used as food. Scientists and historians believe spirulina has been used throughout Mesoamerica by many cultures for many centuries. Spirulina was used as food in the Kanem Empire (700 - 1376) which included modern Chad, parts of southern Libya and eastern Niger. Spirulina is still popular in Chad where it is harvested from lakes and ponds in the Lake Chad region and dried into cakes called dihé which are used to make broths.

What is Superedibles' Raw Organic Spirulina?

There are many producers of Spirulina in today's growing marketplace. There are very few producers which meet the following criteria which Superedibles' has defined as necessary for Superedibles' Raw Organic Spirulina :

RAW – processing temperatures must remain low enough to ensure nutritional integrity of sensitive nutritional constituents.

ORGANIC – all materials used in preparation, cultivation and processing of Superedibles' Raw Organic Spirulina including the final product must be certified organic.

VEGAN – only plant based inputs are used in its cultivation.

QUALITY CONTROL AND TESTING - Superedibles Raw Organic Spirulina undergoes frequent rigorous testing for heavy metals (lead, arsenic, cadmium, mercury), pheophorbides, algal toxins (microcystins and BMAA) and microbiological contaminants. Our is from the only producer whose material is verified as pharmaceutical grade by the United States Pharmacopeia (USP).

**Superedibles is acutely aware of the concerns reported for some low quality Spirulina. We go to great lengths to ensure our customers are offered the finest and healthiest products available anywhere in the world. Superedibles' Raw Organic Spirulina is the most nutritious and safest food available. The stringencies applied to our selection of raw material do not always allow us to provide the least expensive product on the market. Having said that our prices are better than most. Our Spirulina is not from China. We are confident that we supply the purest, most nutrient dense Spirulina available anywhere at any price.