Spirulina - Organically Grown

I am sure all Spirulina followers will be eager to know about raw Spriulina and whether it is organic or not. Organic is something where the foods are produced with by using the methods that doesn’t include any synthetic inputs. The meaning of organically grown product in US is very different than European definition. Spirulina grown in Hawaii is considered to be organic but it can’t be sold in Europe since it doesn’t match the criteria of European Economic Community (EEC). So there is no point in getting certification of being organic by US authorities if you want to sell it in EEC.

Organic Spirulina

Most customers are worried about the heavy metal levels and poisonous bacteria in the algae from few sources. Spirulina is usually grown in contamination free medium these days and these mediums are completely free from adulteration by other organisms, so it comes under the category of clean and sterile foods. Even the very best laboratory would have a hard time to find any difference between certified organic Spirulina and non organic Spirulina. These days we find organic category in almost every product and that is just a marketing strategy. Very rigid levels of contamination were there in the growth of Spirulina long back and even today the food authorities of New Zealand and Australia test every imported lot of Spirulina.

Buying organic Spirulina

Now that you know everything about organic Spirulina, you don’t have to worry about any kind of contaminants, because every Spirulina is as good as organic. Until today there is no single brand of Spirulina that has been ever responsible for bad health effects, or caused any other complications. Some people believe that buying non organic Spirulina is like a poison and it will slowly harm you, but that is not true. Sprirulina is a very safe food and you can mix it with any kind of food.