Spirulina

Hazard level: No known concerns

What is Spirulina?

Blue-green algae; protein and natural colour.

Is Spirulina safe?

Spirulina has no known health concerns in the amounts typically used in food.

Score impact: No penalty on the FoodsScan score (FoodsScan scores run 0–100, where 100 is best.)

Found in 27 of 9,954 analysed products in the FoodsScan database.

Regulatory sources: EFSA

Also known as

Spirulina is also known as spirulina, спирулина, spirulina concentrate, концентрат от спирулина — these all refer to the same ingredient.

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Where Spirulina is typically found

Snacks Sweet Snacks Confectioneries Candies Dietary Supplements

Related additives

Natural Flavouring Citric Acid (E330) Sugar (Sucrose) Glucose Syrup Gelatin Apple Beeswax (E901) Carnauba Wax (E903) sunflower oil Malic Acid (E296)

Products containing Spirulina

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