Knowledge-Based Firm in Iran Produces Food Supplements, Animal Feed from Spirulina Algae
“Our company is the first knowledge-based firm active in the field of producing nutritional supplements based on spirulina microalgae in Iran which has received the health apple label from the Food and Drug Administration of Iran,” said Vahid Mohammadi, the managing director of the knowledge-based company.
“We succeeded in producing all types of microorganisms based on spirulina and chlorella algae to make all kinds of human food supplements in the form of powder, capsules and tablets, and all kinds of livestock and poultry feed,” he added.
Mohammadi noted that different types of probiotic microorganisms used in industries, human medicinal and nutritional supplements in the form of capsules, human medicinal and nutritional supplements in the form of powder, and veterinary supplements based on algae are among the products of his company.
“This type of algae is a suitable option for people who suffer from iron, protein and mineral deficiency, and it can also be highly useful for liver patients,” he underlined.
Noting that the product contains protein, Mohammadi said, “The relative advantage of this algae is that it is odorless compared to other similar samples.”
Earlier this year, the director of Bushehr province’s Science and Technology Park's incubator center had said that several companies in the Southern Iranian province were producing spirulina algae as a superfood included in the diet of astronauts.
Mohammad Mohammadi explained that the nutritional value of spirulina is so high that it was included in the diet of astronauts to provide a lot of energy at a very low volume.
“Spirulina algae is used as a superfood and since in the future, food resources will be greatly reduced, therefore, this algae can be used to compensate for this deficiency,” he said.
Spirulina is a biomass of cyanobacteria (blue-green algae) that can be consumed by humans and animals. The three species are Arthrospira platensis, A. fusiformis, and A. maxima.
Cultivated worldwide, Arthrospira is used as a dietary supplement or whole food. It is also used as a feed supplement in the aquaculture, aquarium, and poultry industries.
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