Spirulina is the name for a strain of colorful algae whose culinary appeal shot up in recent decades after NASA commended its abundant nutritional strength and revealed their intentions to cultivate it in space. But let’s back up first. The…
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The United Nations agree that Spirulina cultivation is good!
Spirulina is affordable, easy to farm and incredibly nutritious, making it the ideal food to fight hunger and malnutrition at home and across the globe! Two branches of the United Nations —the Food and Agriculture Organization and the World Health…
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Bangladesh – EnerGaia announced today that it is a winner of a Grand Challenges Explorations grant – an initiative funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. EnerGaia will pursue an innovative global health and development research project, titled “Creating…
Spirulina Nutritional Highlights
Exceptionally high protein content ~ 50-70% of its dry weight is protein ~ contains all 8 essential amino acids making it a complete protein ~ highly digestible protein compared to meat sources High in provitamin A (beta-carotene) 1 gram of…
Nutritional Benefits
Spirulina is a blue-green algae offering exceptionally high protein content and a remarkably complete composition of vitamins and minerals essential for healthy living. Unlike other potent sources of nutrients and protein Spirulina is low in calories and cholesterol. Below are a few of the…
What is Spirulina?
Spirulina is a 3.5 billion year old blue-green algae that converts greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide into usable nutrition, protein, and oxygen. It is a single celled organism that grows in bodies of water that are highly alkaline, that receives…