Product Description

Spirulina Extract ( Phycocyanin ) is a natural blue extracted from spirulina. It is a water-soluble pigment, non-toxic, pure, lovely clear. Not only bright colors, but in itself is a nutritious protein, amino acid composition range, highcontent of essential amino acids.

It can improve immunity, keep full vitality,enrich the blood, anti-oxidation, anti-tumor, resistradiation, strengthen metabolism, discharge toxin,etc. So, it is vividly called 'food diamond' by food experts. Popular uesd in food coloring, healthproducts, medicines and cosmetics.

Phycocyanin is natural light blue colorant extracted from blue-green algea (Spirulina ).It has good water soluble, alcohol and lipid insoluble. Phycocyanin powder accounts for as much as 20% protein and attaches itself to photosynthesizing membranes, also it`s anti-inflammatory and antioxidant. It`s an accessory pigment to chlorophyll. Phycocyanin is derived from C-phycocyanin and allophycocyanin which have fluoresent properties that are valuable to research in immune assay kits. Phycocyanin Powder is selective about which cells it attaches to, making it simple to track down.

Phycocyanin is a dark blue pigment extracted from spirulina, one of the rare pigment proteins in nature. It is not only colorful, but also a nutritious protein.

It is the only natural blue pigment approved by the FDA of the United States, and the only blue pigment allowed in European Union food. It has been listed in many countries (including China) as a food additive.

Certificate of Analysis

ANALYSIS ITEM	SPECIFICATION	METHOD
Color Value(10%E618nm)	>180unit	As per below
Physical Test
Appearance	Blue Powder	Visual
Odor	Characteristic	Smell
Solubility	Water Soluble	Visual
Taste	Characteristic	Sensory
Particle Size	100% Pass 80 mesh	Sieve
Loss on Drying	≤7.0%	Heat＆Weight
10% PH	5.5~6.5	PH Meter
PH Stability	good	Citric acid
Light Stability	good	UV
Heat Stability	good	Heat
Chemical Tests
Lead (Pb)	≤1 ppm	Atomic absorption
Arsenic (As)	≤1 ppm
Mercury (Hg)	<0.1ppm
Cadmium (Cd)	<0.2ppm
Aflatoxin	Max0.2μg/kg	SGS in house method-Elisa
Pesticide	Not detected	SOP/SA/SOP/SUM/304
Microbiological Tests
Total Plate Count	≤1000 cfu/g	Bacterial culture
Yeast and Mold	≤100 cfu/g	Bacterial culture
E.Coli	Negative/g	Bacterial culture
Coliforms	<3cfu/g	Bacterial culture
Salmonella	Negative/25g	Bacterial culture
Pathogenic Bacteria	Negative/g	Bacterial culture

Application

1. Food Fields: Cake, Candy, Bake, Ice cream, Tea, Smoothie, Noodle and other food.
2. Cosmetic Fields: Lip gloss, Eye shadow, Nail polish and other cosmetic products.
3. Dietary supplements and health care products: as phycocyanin powder contains proteins & nutritional ingredient

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