Nutritive ingredient: So far, Spirulina is a natural nutrition subsidiary food with the richest and the most balanced nutrition. It contains the entire daily essential protein for human. What’s the most important is that the protein is composed of balanced amino acid, and some of them are not easily to get from other food. In addition, Spirulina can be easily assimilated and digested.］★ Protein: Spirulina contains as high as 60-70% of protein, which is three times to that of beef, four times to pork liver, six times to egg, and ten times to rice. Eighteen kinds of amino acid constitute the protein in Spirulina, and 8 kinds of them are necessary to human. The ratio of the eighteen kinds of amino acid is similar to the ratio of human’s assimilation. ★β- Carotenoids: The β- Carotenoids in Spirulina is fifteen times to carrot, and forty to sixty times to spinach. β- Carotenoids is the precursor of vitamin; it can be broken down by enzyme and change to vitamin A, which is the important ingredient for human’s growth.★Vitamin: There are vitamin B1, B2, B5, B6, B11, B12, C, E contained in Spirulina. The varieties of Vitamin B have their special and unique function; lack of any one of them may leads to disease.★Fatty acid: Spirulina contains much GLA, which has the ability of promoting the assimilation of Ca, improving immunity, preventing from disorder of metabolism and slowing down the process of getting old.★ Ferment: Amylose has a great effect on radio resistance, and through improving human immunity to control the increase of cancer cells indirectly. Besides, Spirulina amylose can make the blood SOD more active, and effectively keep human young.★ Minerals and microelement: Spirulina contains many human essential microelement, such as Ca, Mg, Na, K, P, I, Se, Fe, Cu, Zn, etc. Lack of Fe may lead to anemia, and Se can activate repair enzyme of DNA, stimulate the produce of immune globulin and antibody, and finally prevent cancer.★ Chlorophyll: Chlorophyll helps to remove harmful chemical substances, heavy metal and pollutant. Also, chlorophyll can neutralize toxin in blood, release the burden of liver. Analysis on nutritive structure: Nutrition in one gram of Spirulina is equal to that in the sum of 1000 gram of vegetable and fruit. Details of nutritive ingredient in every 100 gram of Spirulina are as follows: protein 60-70g, carbohydrate 5-10g, fat 1-3g, fiber 2-4g, vitamin B1 15-40mg, vitamin B2 30-50mg, vitamin B3 14-200mg, vitamin B6 0.5-1mg. Vitamin B12 0.1-0.2mg, Vitamin C 1.4mg, vitamin E 5-20mg. Vitamin PP 305mg, folic acid 0.05mg, inositol 40-100mg, pantothenic acid 1mg, nucleic acid 3-4g, Ca 600-1200mg, Mg 200-600mg, Fe 200-300mg, Zn 200-300mg, Se 10-20mg, Ge 2-10mg, K 1000-2000mg, chlorophyll 800-2000mg, β- carotenoids 500-900mg, leucocyan 1500-6000mg, polysaccharides 3g, GLA 800-1500mg, phycocyanin 6000-11000mg, SOD 20-60 thousand units. Structure analysis sheet Sheet-1Physicochemical Property and Main Ingredients of Spirulina Powder
| Physicochemical Property |
| External appearance |
Powder |
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| Color |
Dark green |
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| Smell |
Mild, fishy odor |
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| Bulk density |
0.5g/L |
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| Size of grain |
9~25μ |
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| Chemical ingredient |
Minimum |
Maximum |
| Water |
4.0% |
7.0% |
| ash content |
6.4% |
9.0% |
| Protein |
60.0% |
71.0% |
| Coarse fiber |
0.1% |
0.9% |
| Xanthophyll |
1.4g/kg |
1.8g/kg |
| β-carotenoids |
1.5g/kg |
1.9g/kg |
| Chlorophyll-α |
6.1g/kg |
7.6g/kg |
Sheet-2Nitrogen, Crude Protein and Amino Acid in Spirulina
| Tested item |
Minimum (%) |
Maximum (%) |
| Total organic nitrogen |
10.84 |
13.35 |
| Protein nitrogen |
9.60 |
11.36 |
| Crude protein (6.25×N%) |
60.00 |
71.00 |
| Essential amino acid： |
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| isoleucine (Ile) |
3.69 |
4.13 |
| leucine (Leu) |
5.56 |
5.80 |
| Lysine (Lys) |
2.96 |
4.00 |
| methionine (Met) |
1.59 |
2.17 |
| Phenyl alanine (Phl) |
2.77 |
3.95 |
| threonine (Thr) |
3.18 |
4.17 |
| tryptophan (Try) |
0.82 |
1.13 |
| valine (Val) |
4.20 |
6.00 |
| Non-essential amino acid： |
|
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| lactamine (Ala) |
4.97 |
5.82 |
| arginine (Arg) |
4.46 |
5.98 |
| aspartic acid (Asp) |
5.97 |
6.43 |
| cystine (Cys) |
0.56 |
0.67 |
| glutamic acid (Glu) |
8.94 |
9.81 |
| glycin (Gly) |
3.17 |
3.46 |
| histidine (His) |
0.89 |
1.08 |
| proline (Pro) |
2.68 |
2.97 |
| serine (Ser) |
3.18 |
4.00 |
Sheet-3Nutritive Value of Spirulina Protein & available Lysine and nucleic acid
| Observed Item |
Minimum |
Maximum |
| Effective ratio of albumen |
2.2 |
2.6 |
| |
(equal to 74~87% of casein) |
| Net protein utilization |
53% |
61% |
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(equal to 85~92% of casein) |
| Digestibility |
83% |
84% |
| Available lysine (average) |
85% |
| N in nucleic acid |
1.25% |
1.99% |
| RNA (RNA=2.18×N%) |
2.2% |
3.5% |
| DNA (DNA=2.638×N%) |
0.65% |
1.00% |
Sheet-4Kinds of Lipoid Compound in Spirulina Powder
| Tested Item |
Minimum |
Maximum |
| Total lipoid substance (%) |
6.0 |
7.0 |
| Fatty acid (%) |
4.9 |
5.7 |
| Saturated fatty acid：(mg/kg) |
|
|
| Lauric acid (C12) |
180 |
229 |
| Myristate (C14) |
520 |
644 |
| Hexadecanoic acid (C16) |
16,500 |
21,141 |
| Unsaturated fatty acid：(mg/kg) |
|
|
| Palmitoleic acid (C16) |
1,490 |
2,035 |
| Palmitoleic linolenic acid (C16) |
1,750 |
2,565 |
| Margaric acid (C17) |
90 |
142 |
| Stearic acid (C18) |
|
353 |
| Oleic acid (C18) |
1,970 |
3,009 |
| Linolic acid (C18:2ω-6，essential) |
10,920 |
13,784 |
| GLA(C18:3ω-6，essential) |
8,750 |
11,970 |
| α- linolenic acid (C18:3ω-3) |
160 |
427 |
| Other： |
699 |
7,000 |
| Non-saponifying：(mg/kg) |
|
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| Sterine |
100 |
325 |
| Ethanol |
500 |
800 |
| Carotenoids |
2900 |
4000 |
| Chlorophyll α |
6100 |
7600 |
| Other |
150 |
1400 |
Sheet-5Constitution of Sterol in Spirulina powder
| Observed Item |
Minimum (mg/kg) |
Maximum (mg/kg) |
| Total sterol |
100 |
325 |
| Cholesterin |
60 |
196 |
| Sitosterol |
30 |
97 |
| Dihydrocholesterol |
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| Cholestene 7013 |
10 |
32 |
| Stigasterol |
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| Other |
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Sheet-6Constitution of Vitamin in Spirulina Powder
| Ingredients |
Amount |
Ingredients |
Amount |
| VitB1 |
55 |
Tocopherol (Vit E) |
190 |
| VitB2 |
40 |
Carotenoids (total) |
4000 |
| VitB6 |
3 |
α- carotene |
|
| VitB12 |
2 |
β- carotene |
1700 |
| Pantothenic acid |
11 |
Xanthin (total) |
1600 |
| Folic acid |
0.5 |
Cryptoflavin |
556 |
| Nicotinic acid |
118 |
Myoxanthin |
439 |
| Inositol |
350 |
Zeaxanthin |
316 |
| Biotin (H) |
0.4 |
Corporin |
289 |
Sheet-7Constitution of Carbohydrate in Spirulina Powder
| Total carbohydrate (average) |
16.0 |
| Rhamnose |
9.0 |
| Hyskon |
1.5 |
| Phosphorylative cyclitol |
2.5 |
| Glucamine & muramic acid |
2.0 |
| Glycogen |
0.5 |
| Siastatin and others |
0.5 |
Sheet-8Constitution of Chemical Ingredients in Spirulina Powder (mg/kg)
| Ingredients |
Minimum |
Maximum |
| Ca |
1045 |
1315 |
| P |
7617 |
8942 |
| Fe |
475 |
580 |
| Na |
275 |
412 |
| Cl |
4000 |
4400 |
| Mg |
1410 |
1915 |
| Mn |
18 |
25 |
| Zn |
27 |
39 |
| K |
13305 |
15400 |
| Others |
36000 |
57000 |
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