Spirulina (Spirulina Platensis) – Powdered Algae from China, 100 grams

More about Spirulina (Spirulina Platensis)

Spirulina was a food source for the Aztecs and other Mesoamericans until the 16th century; the harvest from Lake Texcoco in Mexico and subsequent sale as cakes were described by one of Cortés‘ soldiers. The Aztecs called it tecuitlatl.

Spirulina was found in abundance at Lake Texcoco by French researchers in the 1960s, but no reference to its use by the Aztecs as a daily food source was made after the 16th century, probably because of the draining of the surrounding lakes for agriculture and urban development. The topic of tecuitlatl, which was discovered in 1520, was not mentioned again until 1940, when the Belgian phycologist Pierre Dangeard mentioned a cake called dihe consumed by the Kanembu tribe, who harvest it from Lake Chad in the African nation of Chad. Dangeard studied the dihe samples and found it to be a dried puree of the spring form of the blue-green algae from the lake. The dihe is used to make broths for meals, and also sold in markets. The spirulina is harvested from small lakes and ponds around Lake Chad.

During 1964 and 1965, the botanist Jean Leonard confirmed that dihe is made up of spirulina, and later studied a bloom of algae in a sodium hydroxide production facility. As a result, the first systematic and detailed study of the growth requirements and physiology of spirulina was performed as a basis for establishing large-scale production in the 1970s.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spirulina_(dietary_supplement)

Spirulina nutritional values

Nutritional Value Per 100g: Energy 1420 KJ / 336 kcal; Protein 65.9 gr; Fat 1g; Of which saturated fat 0.5g; Carbohydrates 13,1 g; Of which sugars 0 g; Fibre 5.1 g; Salt 0.9 g

Allergen Statement

Contains Sulphites. Please note that this statement is based on the information provided by the manufacturer of the product

 

 

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