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In our Farm, Spirulina is produced in 18 Sq.m tanks filled with water. Daily care is necessary for the Spirulina culture. This is taken care by trained rural Ladies, starting early in the morning with harvesting and stirring the Spirulina culture every twenty minutes throughout the day. Also, the quality of Spirulina is checked daily as well as fertilized to ensure the growth and quality of the culture. The amount of the harvested Spirulina is about 20kg wet mass. This fresh biomass can be either consumed directly, or be dried. The well dried product is properly stored to maintain its nutritional properties.
The power of Spirulina (Important benefits)
Spirulina is the right food supplement for everyone to improve their health and to strengthen the immune system. Its dried form can simply be added to your normal foods. However, one of the tastiest ways to enjoy Spirulina: Squeeze some fresh limes, add sugar or salt to your tastes, mix with water and finally add the nutritious Spirulina powder! Cheers!Its nutritional facts speak for itself. Now you only need to experience and feel it too. Due to its easy breakable cell wall, the following nutrients are easy available to your body when consuming Spirulina:
Nutritional composition of Spirulina [Content of its dry weight ]
MACRO NUTRIENTS |
IMPORTANT MICRONUTRIENTS |
Protein: 60%-70%
Carbohydrate: 15%-20%
Fats (Lipids): 5%-6%
Moisture: 3%-5% |
Minerals: 6%-9%
Phycocyanin: 140mg-200mg/ gram
Beta carotene: 2.1mg-2.4mg /gram
Iron: 1.0mg-1.2mg /gram |
Antenna’s Spirulina Nutritional composition
Combating malnutrition: Spirulina an effective tool
As a result of its nutritional content, Spirulina is an ideal and very strong weapon in combating malnutrition. Malnutrition is one of the worst maladies in India, and a very distressing problem among children. The poor quality of available food results in chronic malnutrition leading to irreversible consequences for children such as blindness, fatal infections, mental and growth retardation. You can learn more about Malnutrition Combat in our Rural Program –which is devoted to solve this issue, or in the links below.
1. Spirulina in the fight against malnutrition.
2. Spirulina to combat hunger and malnutrition -The General Assembly, United Nations. |