Nutrex Hawaiian Spirulina Pacifica ®
The richest whole food source of natural beta carotene.
Why we can no longer say certified organically grown spirulina.
All Cyanotech products are pesticide and herbicide free, and do not contain any genetically modified organisms (GMOs).
AARP Magazine, the world's highest circulation magazine produced by the
American Association of Retired People rates Spirulina as the #1 "food
that can add years to your life" in the Sept/Oct 2006 issue.
01/17/2006
NUTREX HAWAII. INC.
Organic Spirulina Statement.
In October 2002 the National Organic Standards Board (NOSB) voted to continue
to allow the use of mined Chilean nitrate in spirulina production until
October 2005. (Chilean nitrate was a water soluble form of nitrogen allowed
in the production of certified organic spirulina.) Unfortunately, the USDA
organic production regulations are directed at terrestrial farming and
do not address the unique position occupied by aquatic farming of crops
such as Spirulina.
Production of spirulina requires water soluble forms of phosphorus and
nitrogen. This is not desired in terrestrial farming as soluble forms of
phosphorous and nitrogen can harm the soil and contaminate ground water;
on the other hand, in spirulina production this is not a problem because
all culture ponds are lined and there is no run off or contamination of
ground water. In October 2005 the NOSB voted to disallow the use of Chilean
nitrate as it is mined and thus not considered a sustainable source of
nitrogen.
With Chilean nitrate prohibited in all certified organic spirulina production
systems, an alternative source of organic soluble nitrogen had to be found.
The only sources of soluble nitrogen allowed under the new organic regulations
are compost teas and various manures, Cyanotech has examined these potential
sources of soluble nitrogen for the production of spirulina and found them
unsatisfactory because they would:
1) Contaminate our Spirulina with lead and other heavy metals
2) Increase the bacterial count in Spirulina.
3) Produce inferior Spirulina products at a much higher cost
For these reasons, Cyanotech has changed the name of its certified organic
spirulina to "All Natural Hawaiian Spirulina Pacifica".
In many ways standard spirulina production methods (not organic) are compatible with traditional organic growing systems. Spirulina does not create any ground water pollution or soil erosion since it is grown in lined ponds. Water and energy are used much more efficiently than in terrestrial agriculture use (including organic systems). Cyanotech's All Natural Spirulina products are GMO free, are produced without the use of pesticides or herbicides, are cold processed using pure deep seawater pumped from a depth of 2000 ft as a source of trace minerals and use a patented Ocean Chill™ drying process to preserve oxygen sensitive nutrients. Nutrex All Natural Raw Hawaiian Spirulina. from Cyanotech has the highest purity, and by far the highest nutritional value of any Spirulina available in the world today.
Testimonies of Hawaiian Spirulina Pacifica users. (click here)
The safety of Hawaiian spirulina pacifica. (click here)
Spirulina's complete nutritional analysis. (click here)
Hawaiian spirulina additional information. (click here)
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