Protein 

60 – 70% complete protein, containing all eight amino acids. Most plant proteins are not complete, meaning they lack one or more amino acids.  All eight have to be present for the consuming body to be able to use them for growth, repair and maintenance of all body systems, organs and function. Spirulina protein is easier to digest than meat protein.

Non-essential amino acids

There are 10 non essential amino acids in Spirulina which support a range of different functions within the body, to do with the  nervous system,the brain, cellular health and digestion

Minerals

POTASSIUM (15,400 mg/kg): A crucial mineral that regulates body electrolyte balance. Deficiency can cause heart arrest, hypertension, adrenal exhaustion and muscular collapse.

CALCIUM (1,315 mg/kg): Important to bone and dental health, but is also vital in muscle function.

ZINC (39 mg/kg): implicated in mental health, skin tone, prostate function and healing capacity.

MAGNESIUM (1,915 mg/kg): Deficiency can lead to spasmodic muscle disorders, including cardiac irregularities. Helps assimilation of vitamin C, B vitamins and protein.

MANGANESE (25 mg/kg): Promotes activity of neurotransmitter acetylcholine, and helps stabilize blood sugar.

SELENIUM (0.40 ppm): It retards aging, harmful oxidation and free radical formation, reduces the toxic effect of carcinogens, and improves cardiac efficiency.

IRON (580 mg/kg): Promotes formation of haemoglobin, the oxygen-carrying blood pigment found in healthy red blood cells.

PHOSPHORUS (8,942 mg/kg): Functions with calcium to maintain bone density. Helps to digest carbohydrates and the B vitamins niacin and riboflavin.

Vitamins

PYRIDOXINE or B6 (3 mg/kg): Involved in breakdown and assimilation of protein. Protects cardiac health, reduces oedema and stabilizes female hormone levels. Implicated in mental health

BIOTIN (0.4 mg/kg):  Involved in carbohydrate metabolism and the assimilation of other B-complex vitamins

COBALAMIN or B12 (2 mg/kg): A B12 deficiency results in pernicious anemia, nerve degeneration, premature senility, pronounced fatigue and mental illnesses

PANTOTHENIC ACID (11 mg/kg): The "stress" vitamin, used by the adrenal glands, along with cholesterol and vitamin C, to manufacture cortisone and other steroids in response to physical and mental stress. Deficiency encourages sensitivity to allergy, infection and degenerative diseases such as arthritis and rheumatism.

FOLIC ACID (0.5 mg/kg): Essential to proper hemoglobin formation in red blood cells. Deficiency results in anemia, poor growth, skin pigmentation disorders and premature graying of the hair.
INOSITOL (350 mg/kg): sustains liver health and helps detoxify carcinogens

NIACIN (118 mg/kg): Essential to mental health. Reduces cholesterol

RIBOFLAVIN or B2 (40 mg/kg):  Deficiency  results in cataracts, failing vision, watery eyes and eczema.

THIAMINE or B 1 (55 mg/kg). Deficiency results in weakness, cardiac damage, abdominal distention and poor oxygenation. Involved with the maintenance of glucose levels in the blood.

TOCOPHEROL or vitamin E (190 mg/kg):. This nutrient protects heart and vascular health, promotes oxygenation of cells, and retards aging.

Pro vitamin A
Beta Carotene

• ‘Ready-made’ vitamin A is only found in animal tissues
• Beta carotene accounts for 80% of carotenoids in Spirulina
• Beta carotene and cryptoxanthin together can be converted to vitamin A in mammals.
• Beta carotene, unlike Vitamin A, is not cumulatively toxic.

Essential
Fatty Acids

• Spirulina is one of the best known sources of Gammalinoleic acid,  after human milk
• It is well established that essential lipid intake (Omega 3 and Omega 6) has an influence on the immune system

Pigments:

Chlorophyll – essential for photosynthesis within the plant.  Involved in aiding digestion

Carbohydrates 

Phytocyanin – responsible for Spirulina’s blue colour and is important as an immune system booster

Porphyrin
15 – 25%