where in Taiwan does this take place? how clean is the water? I thought Chlorella was grown in africa.
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Taiwan is one of the Four Asian Tigers that have incredibly highly-developed economies and are, in many respects, superior to most other Western countries. Although Taiwan is sometimes classified as part of China, things work totally different (better) there because, like Hong Kong and Singapore, they have a highly free economy that encourages innovation and entrepreneurship; their economy is ranked even more free than the US. The water quality is likely excellent.
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Certified Organic Chlorella and Spirulina from TaiwanPosted on March 23, 2012 by Bob McCauley Go and check his Blog.
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I asked the seller about the quality of these. I remember them saying that this was Korea. With no heavy metals. Ask questions to the sellers. The good sellers are always answering questions. Its great!
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I contacted the company over the weekend and this is what a customer service rep replied back to me via an email Thank you for your interest in Legacy products! Our Flexzilla® Garden and water hose are both made in Taiwan. They are also both drinking water safe so they are perfect for a vegetable garden!
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On the back it says " Derived from microalgae grown in a closed-culture USA manufacturing facility using drinkable water. Clean, safe, and free from ocean-borne contaminants."
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They are actually a very dark green. Almost black, but not black. If you crush one you can see both blue-green colors combined. I have never seen chlorella tablets that are black.
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Brenda, They can be imported from anywhere in the tropics, but they are most likely from Africa. I think one of the three packages I received said South Africa. Please note my reason for trying to grow them in Houston, Texas: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moringa_oleifera. Also, although I have not made any recent entries in the Sear Diary, I do talk about the tree and several others that are in my study, see" http://www.chtank.us/sear_diary.html The criteria I am following is the plants should be decorative, nutritious, and of medicinal value.
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Chlorella are green, single-cell micro-algae. Chlorella has a very thick and strong cell wall, when the cell wall is not cracked, it is very difficult to be digested. Chlorella is a green algae that grows in fresh water. It emerged over 2 billion years ago, and was the first form of a plant with a well-defined nucleus. Each Chlorella microorganism is composed of a nucleus, starch grains, chloroplasts and mitochondria surrounded by a cell wall composed mainly of cellulose. Because it is a microscopic organism, it was not discovered until the late 19th century, deriving its name from the Greek, "chloros" meaning green and "ella" meaning small. There are various species. Although the algae grow naturally in fresh water, chlorella destined for human consumption is generally cultivated in large, fresh mineral water pools under direct sunlight. It is a tiny, unicellular green algae, three to eight micrometres in diameter, which when grown in large quantities gives lakes and rivers a green tint. Although it was discovered by a Dutch microbiologist in 1890 and studied as a potential protein source by German scientists, it wasn't until after the Second World War that the reality of food shortages, combined with the expectation of a population boom, led to bureaucrats globally examining chlorella in the hope that it could be used to feed the masses cheaply - this proved uneconomic. Later, NASA studied it with the possibility of feeding it to astronauts. It is currently being used in some countries to help cancer patients. That being said, broken cell wall algae and broken cell wall chlorella are the same. I hope this helps.
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Hello, I'm sorry but not at my residence at present; I believe the spirulina is from the U.S., but cannot be sure without reviewing the packaging. Perhaps Starwest can help?
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It is not organic it comes from,Hawaii the cleanest waters in,the world literally I wouldn't worry about it to much other spirulina comes from. China and is kosher /organic I wouldn't touch that stuff period I know after there accident with the nuclear power plant I wouldn't get near it
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It dint say anything about what kind of chlorella it is, but Im worry because they put a paper in the bottle that say "this product contains a chemical known to the state of california to cause birth defects or other reproductive harm" thats strange because it didnt have any chemical in the label.
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No, I messaged them and asked, it comes from China. Some Islands supposedly clean waters...however all my research shows do not buy Chlorella from China. I'm going with Yaeyama Source Naturals. Only a few dollars more but Japan has higher standards for testing. Also opposite side of Japan than radiation. The radiation headed towards California.
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I expanded the label here and besides other information it says its from extremely clean sea water. If you click where it says to expand the small labels eill become enlarged too sobyou can read other details. Our garden seems to be growing well and we wanted to increase mineral contents. John on growingyourgreens.com uses it. Hes also on youtube. Sorry for any typos
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You'd have to ask the manufacturer to know for sure, but I'd assume with no ocean pollutants the algae is grown inland. This is an excellent supplement (and I'm a 25-year vegetarian/vegan). It has a slight fishy fragrance because it is algae (and algae is one reason fish have that fragrance it seems).
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I'm not sure the country of origin. But I highly recommend Chlorella Powder Taiwan Organic - Chlorella pyrenoidosa Taiwan, 1 lb by Starwest Botanicals
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I don't know - I would suggest checking with the manufacturer who I think is also the seller on amazon. You can also find their website online and email them directly. I use chlorella with my asperger's daughter as a natural chelation supplement. She seems to tolerate this brand really well and we just dumped the bag into her old chlorella bottle that we washed and dried from our N.D. They seem to be ok.
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The origin is from South Korea. Its grown in indoor tanks. I got the info straight from the health force website.
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Previous info on this product said IT WAS WATERED WITH SEA WATER FROM THE PACIFIC offthe coast of Hawaii. That would be in direct down hill flow from Fukushima, if true.
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What little I found out from digging around is all organic spirulina comes from India. Take this with a grain of salt because that info came from a website that claims to sell to companies that sell us organic. The best organic I ever had came from hawaii and is now owned by another company that no longer grows organic also the color of there spirulina has changed to a more dull green as before was a deep blue green that had almost a liquid look. The Pure Synergy company claims to grow there own in the USA. Good luck on finding the actual truth and let me know if u find something that is actually USA grown. Good luck Mindi