Spirulina Tincture & Alcohol-Free Extract

Spirulina (Arthrospira platensis, now also classified as Limnospira platensis) is not a true plant but a filamentous cyanobacterium of the family Microcoleaceae, which grows in warm, alkaline, mineral-rich lakes of Africa, Asia and Mexico and is farmed in open ponds in Hawaii, California, India and China. Under a microscope it appears as blue-green, spiral-coiled filaments a few tenths of a millimeter long that float in dense blooms. It has been harvested as a food around Lake Chad and ancient Lake Texcoco for centuries. The dried biomass is deep blue-green with a seaweed-like smell. We extract the dried algae.