Where to buy spirulina on the internet
Internet natural food stores where you can buy sea greens products directly online. The USA-based stores have a wider selection. They all ship internationally and often have special offers.
A tip: if you use the search box, enter specific sea greens, like kelp, agar agar, spirulina, chlorella.
IN USA
IN UK
Spirulina
Spirulina is a microscopic, freshwater alga, found as corkscrew-like filaments.
It has a long history. In the 16th century, Spanish explorers in America found Aztecs harvesting what was probably Spirulina from Lake Texaco, in modern-day Mexico. This was dried and transformed into chips and loaves. Something similar happens in Africa, where local people have been collecting this microalga from Lake Chad.
Spirulina is still harvested from freshwater sources, but it is also cultivated in California, Thailand, India and China.
It is probably easier to produce a purer harvest from the cultured plants.
Spirulina is highly digestible and has often been called 'superfood' because of its nutrient-density, considered by some the world's healthiest superfood.
After the alga has been dried, the resulting commercial product has indeed a good nutritional profile.
It contains: 
- 60-70% protein with a good amino acid profile, higher in protein than any other food
- 16-20% carbohydrate
- 2-3% fat
- 7-9% water
- 5-8% minerals, including iron, calcium and many others; the iron present is easily absorbed by humans, which is not always the case with iron from other plant sources
- vitamins: beta-carotene (pro-vitamin A), some vitamins of the B complex, E and K
Its outstanding nutritional profile of phytonutrients also includes essential fatty acids, including the rare essential fatty acid GLA, the nucleic acids (RNA and DNA), and phytochemicals, such as carotenoids, chlorophyll (blood purifier), and phycocyanin, a protein pigment known to inhibit cancer and to have anti-viral properties.
One way to use spirulina is to add it to food. Spirulina enhances the flavour of many dishes.
A recipe with spirulina
You can find the ingredients for the recipe on
Kalyx -
USA-based, it can ship internationally. Bulk foods are offered at discount rates.
Tesco online - In the UK. Find anything with its search box. You have to register first, but it's free and takes few seconds.
Green Potatoes
Ingredients for 4:
- 4 large baked potatoes
- 1 teaspoon red or green crushed chilli pepper
- 2 medium onions, sliced
- 2 cups peas, carrots and celery
- 2 tablespoons tamari (soy sauce) powder
- 2 teaspoons each of oregano, ginger, dried basil
- 2 tablespoons brewers yeast powder
- 1 tablespoon Spirulina powder
1. Cut potatoes in half and scoop out potato from shell.
2. Sauté all other ingredients, but not spirulina, in 1/2 cup water.
3. Add all the mixture to the potato, then add spirulina powder.
4. Put this mixture back in the shell and bake 15 minutes at 400°. Top with a vegetable sauce according to taste.
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