HomeSpirulina blue pigment is a water-soluble natural pigment extracted from spirulina, a blue-green algae. Phycocyanin, the main component of the blue pigment, is a protein-binding pigment and its aqueous solution has a vivid blue color. It is a food additive (natural pigment), which often used as a coloring agent for soda ice cream and popsicles.
Phycocyanin is one of the photosynthetic pigments of cyanobacteria, and it is contained in many blue-green algae.
Structurally, it is a pigment in which phycocyanobilin and a plant protein are covalently bonded, and shows properties similar to proteins.
Phycocyanin is similar to that contained in the bile in our human body.
It is sent to the duodenum with bile, oxidized during metabolism, returned to the intestinal wall, reacted with iron and turned into hemoglobin. These things and safety tests has proved that Spirulina blue pigment is safe as food.
Since there is a few blue pigments in nature, the Spirulina pigment exhibiting a brilliant blue color is highly evaluated as a valuable natural pigment.
It is used as a natural coloring agent for ice creams, sugar coatings, gums, gummies, powdered juice, rice cakes, noodles, wasabi paste, frozen confectionery, jelly, capsules, and hard candies.
We also manufacture Phycocyanin for reagent to use for photo sensor and cell labeling.
C-phycocyanin for reagent is a chromoprotein extracted from blue-green algae Spirulina, and its chromophore, phycocyanobilin, has a ring-opened tetrapyrrole structure. It is soluble in water, and its aqueous solution is blue and has red fluorescence.
Phycocyanin also forms a high aggregation in concentrated aqueous solution, and trimer or hexamer is the main constituent in dilute solution.
Photo sensor, Cell labeling, and Others
·Origin: Spirulina sp (Cyanobacterium spirulina)
·Maximum absorption wavelength: 618 nm
·Maximum fluorescence wavelength: 635 nm
·Isoelectric point: 4.3
·Molecular weight: about 110 thousands for trimer, about 220 thousands for hexamer.
Ice cream, sugar coating, gum, gummy, powdered juice, bean paste, rice cake, noodles, wasabi, refreshing confectionery, jelly, capsule, candy etc.
This product can not be used for the following foods.
1.kelp, meat, beans, wakame (excluding processed food)
2.fish and shellfish (including whale meat), tea, seaweed laver
Please add 0.02% ~ 0.2% for each food. It is better to add after heating.
Please close tightly after opening, avoid humidity, save in cool dark place.
Spirulina pigment, Coloring (Spirulina blue)
| Product Name | Color value | Remarks |
|---|---|---|
| Spi-Blue D | 60～65 | Contain Dextrin |
| Spi-Blue D 180 | 180 and over | Contain Dextrin |
| Spi-Blue Df | 60～65 | Contain Dextrin Particle size 200 mesh or less Ideal for directly compressed tablet products such as ramune |
