What is Spirulina Extract Powder?
Spirulina Extract Powder is a highly concentrated, plant-based product that is an aqueous extract and refined to a purified Arthrospira platensis, and is necessary to selectively preserve all of its naturally occurring pigments and macromolecular constituents, and enhance consistency and functionality in the industrial process. It is not positioned as a consumer supplement but as a functional raw material that is extensively utilized in food, beverage, nutraceutical, cosmetic, and natural color pipeline formulations in which traceability, batch consistency, and regulatory compatibility are very important. In comparison to whole spirulina powder, it is standardized to provide better stable colour expression, cleaner sensory performance, and increased dispersibility, and is therefore of special interest to manufacturers with reliable processing behaviour required in various matrices. The extract can be specially selected to focus on phycocyanin-rich extracts, or a wider range of water-soluble extracts, so that it can be used as a natural input of blue or blue-green color, as well as a natural-derived botanical ingredient in compound formulations. This is due to its capability of being water-soluble and having a neutral to mild taste profile, enabling it to be more easily incorporated into liquid systems, dry blends, and premix solutions without having much effect on the balance of flavors or the texture.

COA
| Item | Specification | Result | Method / Remarks |
| Active Pigment (Phycocyanin) | ≥ 10% | 12.00% | UV-Vis Spectrophotometry |
| Moisture | ≤ 8% | 6.50% | Loss on Drying |
| Ash | ≤ 5% | 3.80% | Gravimetric |
| pH (1% solution) | 5.5 – 7.0 | 620.00% | pH Meter |
| Bulk Density | 0.25 – 0.40 g/mL | 0.32 g/mL | Standard Tapped Density Test |
| Particle Size | 100% through 80 mesh | Pass | Sieve Analysis |
| Heavy Metals | |||
| – Lead (Pb) | ≤ 2.0 mg/kg | 1.2 mg/kg | ICP-MS |
| – Arsenic (As) | ≤ 1.0 mg/kg | 0.6 mg/kg | ICP-MS |
| – Mercury (Hg) | ≤ 0.1 mg/kg | 0.05 mg/kg | ICP-MS |
| – Cadmium (Cd) | ≤ 1.0 mg/kg | 0.4 mg/kg | ICP-MS |
| Microbiological Limits | |||
| – Total Plate Count | ≤ 10000 CFU/g | 4500 CFU/g | Plate Count Method |
| – Yeast & Mold | ≤ 100 CFU/g | 50 CFU/g | Plate Count Method |
| – E. coli | Negative / 10 g | Negative | ISO 16649-1 |
| – Salmonella | Negative / 25 g | Negative | ISO 6579 |
| Color | Characteristic green-blue | Conforms | Visual Comparison |
| Odor & Taste | Characteristic, mild | Conforms | Sensory Check |
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Recommended Dosage
The standardized content of the active components of Spirulina Extract is commonly taken as the recommended dose level, which is usually determined by the phycocyanin content, or the total concentration of water-soluble pigment, and not the total weight of the powder. In food and beverage formulations, in the industrial food and beverage industry, the desired color intensity, formulation system, and processing conditions commonly dictate inclusion rates that range in the low-percentage range, commonly between just a few tens and hundreds of milligrams of final product. In the case of compound ingredients, premixes, or cosmetic bases, dosage is normally varied in accordance with extract strength, solubility, and stability objectives to give a consistent batch-to-batch performance and avoid over-concentration. These ranges of references are only used as a guide in formulation and are to be always refined by pilot tests and specification matching, and they are to fully comply with local regulations, labeling regulations, and maximum levels allowed to be used by the relevant authority of the target market.
Application
1. Food and Beverage Industry
It is common as a natural plant-based coloring agent in beverages, confectionery, frozen desserts, dairy-style products, and plant-based formulations, where manufacturers need to have uniform color, excellent water dispersibility, and be the same clean-label friendly.
2. Dietary Ingredient and Bulk Formulation Sector
It is used in this industry as a standardized botanical raw material in premixes, tablets, capsules, and blended powders, where it is considered to have superior specification control and batch consistency, along with simplicity of incorporating it in large-scale manufacturing processes.
3. Cosmetic and Personal Care Industry
Topical products that use this extract include creams, gels, facial masks, soaps, and cleansing formulations, with the natural pigment profile of the extract helping with aesthetics, botanical positioning, and formulation differentiation.
4. Animal Feed and Aquaculture Industry
It is used to color formulated feeds, especially in aquaculture and specialty feeds, as manufacturers of synthetic feeds are using plant-based colorants as alternatives to synthetic colorants.
5. Industrial R&D and Contract Manufacturing
Spirulina Extract is first utilized in pilot trials and product development projects by research institutions, contract manufacturers, and even in product development by private-label developers to determine the color performance, stability, and processing behavior in small-scale manufacturing before scale-up.

Safety
The safety of Phycocyanin Extract can be attributed to its manufacture in a controlled manufacturing system and its testing using standard toxicological and quality tests, which can be applied to food, cosmetic, and feed raw materials. Products of commercial grade are normally produced in plants that are registered to cGMP and ISO-certified quality control systems, which provide traceability, process control, and lot consistency. It is usually subjected to regular toxicological screens, microbiology tests, and contamination tests of heavy metals and solvents of residue in compliance with applicable regulations before being released to the market. It has a botanical source and is extracted in a sophisticated manner, and therefore is considered to be of low allergenicity, and the risk of allergenicity is controlled by the choice of raw materials and by proven processing control mechanisms. Its use is supposed to be in compliance with the local regulations, customer specificationsand the intended use requirements, as with any industrial ingredient whose safety conclusion is drawn on compliance documentation and standardized laboratory testing, as opposed to displaying a claim to consumers.
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