
Product Name | Blue spirulina (spirulina extract;phycocyanin) |
Specification | E6;E10,E18;E25;E40 |
Raw material | Spirulina platensis |
Grade | Organic Certified |
Appearance | Fine dark blue powder |
Applications | Natural color,food coloring ingredeint,superfoods,comsmetics etc |
Packing Size: | 5kgs per bag,two bags per cardboard drum. |
Spirulina is a blue-green algae,It has a long history as a food supplement in many countries. Spirulina contains chlorophyll and phycobilins, which absorb sunlight and have a role in photosynthesis.The phycobilins found in spirulina are phycocyanins, which are blue and,together with chlorophyll (green), give spirulina (raw form) its characteristic blue green color.
Phycocyanin is an unique and rarely drak blue powder,is a blue food coloring with a nutritious boost.
Unlike artificial colorants, the tongue will not be colored blue as our phycocyaninhas almost no dyeing effect.
Testing Item | Specification | Test Result | Test Method |
Appearance | Fine dark blue powder | Conform | Visual |
Identification | Complied to Standard | Complied to Standard | UV Spectrum Method |
Sensory | Characteristic | Conform | Smell |
Solubility | Water Soluble | Conform | Visual |
Ash | ≤8.0% | 6.6% | GB 5009.4-2016 |
Loss on Drying | ≤8.0% | 6.8% | Heat & Weight |
Color Value (10%E618nm) | ≥60/100/180/250/400unit | Conform | UV Method |
Particle Size | 100% through 80 mesh | 100% through 80 mesh | AOAC 973.03 |
Heavy Metals | |||
Inorganic arsenic | ≤ 0.5 ppm | Conforms | ICP/MS or AAS |
Lead | ≤ 0.5 ppm | Conforms | ICP/MS or AAS |
Cadmium | ≤0.1ppm | Conforms | ICP/MS or AAS |
Mercury | ≤0.1ppm | Conforms | ICP/MS or AAS |
Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAH) | |||
PAH 4 | <25ppb | Conforms | GS-MS |
Benzo(a)pyrene | <5 ppb | Conforms | GS-MS |
Microbiological Test | |||
Aerobic Plate Count | ≤1,000 cfu/g | <300cfu/g | GB 4789.2-2016 |
Yeast and Mold | ≤ 100 cfu/g | 10cfu/g | FDA BAM 7th ed. |
Coliform | ≤10 cfu/g | <10cfu/g | AOAC 966.24 |
E.coli | Negative/10g | Negative | USP <2022> |
Salmonella | Negative/10g | Negative | USP <2022> |
Bacillus cereus | ≤ 100 cfu/g | Negative | USP <2022> |
Staphylococcus aureus | Negative/10g | Negative | USP <2022> |
Aflatoxins(B1+B2+G1+G2) | < 20 ppb | Conforms | HPLC |
Aflatoxins B1 | < 5ppb | Conforms | HPLC |
Microcystins | <1ppb | Conforms | HPLC |









2. Cosmetic field: The phycocyanin has antioxidant, moisturizing, anti-allergic, anti-inflammatory and ecchymosis effects, can be used for masks, mascaras, nail varnishes etc;
3. Medicine and health products: The phycocyanin isolated experiment proves, it can help regulate the synthesis of many important enzymes required by the human body and inhibit the growth of cancer cells, also regulate the body's immune system, improve the body's resistance to disease, can be used for sugar coated tablets, capsules, etc;
Also, based on our professional experience and capability of sourcing and purchasing diverse nutritional ingredients in China, we also provide our customers with a full range of raw materials which are used in Nutritional and Dietary industry. Our people are proficient in the knowledge and specialty of nutritional ingredients, so we are confident that we are able to offer the right and best ingredients to you. Moreover, benefit from our strategic partnership with many key manufacturers of nutritional ingredients, as well as our collective purchasing, we are able to offer very competitive price to you.
Our people is dedicated to supply nutritional and dietary products according to customers' requirements with consistently high quality and considerate service.
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