Food and beverage grade
Natural blue built to ship at scale. Spray dried, completely water soluble, trehalose carrier, no additives, and specified across pH 4.0 to 7.5.
C-phycocyanin from Arthrospira platensis
Pack sizes 1 / 5 / 25 kg. MOQ 1 kg per product. Lead time typically 3 to 5 weeks from confirmed order.
Prices in USD per kg, Ex-Works. Freight, insurance, duties and clearance on the buyer account unless a delivered quote is agreed. FCA, DAP, FOB and CIF available on request. Indicative pricing, valid 30 days from issue. Subject to written confirmation per order.
Larger volumes and annual contracts are quoted on request, and are priced below the published bands. Ask for a price →
| C-phycocyanin | ≥24.0% w/w |
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| Colour value, E10% 1 cm at 618 nm | ≥180 CU |
| Carrier | Trehalose |
| Moisture | ≤7.0% |
| Particle size | ≤250 µm |
| pH of 1% solution | 6.0 to 8.0 |
| Stable pH range | 4.0 to 7.5 |
| Typical use level | 0.05 to 0.30% w/w |
| HS code | 3203.00 |
| Storage | ≤25 °C |
| Shelf life | 24 months unopened |
| After opening | Reseal, 3 months |
Certificate of analysis is issued for the lot you receive, not a representative one.
| Pre-disperse | Make a 5 to 10% pre-mix in cold deionised water before it goes near the batch. |
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| Add cold | Into the aqueous phase. Never into hot liquid. |
| Hold the pH | Specified from pH 4.0. Run a shelf trial in your matrix between pH 4.0 and 4.5, and use a carrageenan acid system below pH 4.0. |
| Heat | Colour loss rises above about 60 °C. Short pasteurisation at 72 °C is tolerated with some loss. UHT and retort are not. |
| Light | Opaque or UV blocking packaging protects the shade across shelf life. |
| Dose | 0.05 to 0.30% w/w. Matrix, sweetener system and target hue move this by 30 to 60%. |
| pH 4.5, beverage, ambient | 85% at 12 months |
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| pH 4.0, held cold | 92% at 12 months |
| pH 4.0, ambient | 60% at 12 months |
| Sealed powder sachet | 90% at 18 months, projected |
A retention number without the matrix, the pH and the duration is not a claim. These are ours, with the conditions attached.
| European Union | Colouring food (spirulina extract), a food ingredient outside Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008 on additives. Not a novel food. |
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| United States | Spirulina extract under 21 CFR 73.530, exempt from certification. |
| Mercosur and LATAM | Extracto de espirulina under GMC 11/2006. |
| On the label | "Spirulina extract". No E number and no artificial colour disclosure. |
| Quality system | Manufactured by a producer certified to FSSC 22000, ISO 9001 and GMP. |
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30 g
free, one per company
At 0.05 to 0.30%, 30 g colours 10 to 60 kg of finished product.
The sample itself is free. Freight is $50 flat to any destination, and it is the only charge.
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Samples ship in 5 business days with the certificate of analysis for the lot, so your team can check the numbers themselves.
