Where is your source of Spirulina from? One has to be seriously careful with consuming Spirulina especially if it's from China/Japan.
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That's a great question, can we get an answer from "Garden of Life" on the source.
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Contacted Swanson Healthy Products, their source of Spirulina is from India and is certified organic through MCIA.
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We source our high quality natural Zing Spirulina Tablets from India. Smaller batches are now being made and costs are unfortunately rising but Zing Spirulina is still a great bargain per tablet compared to any other brand. Our mission is to provide the highest quality food.
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The ad clearly states "Our Organic Matcha, both Culinary and Ceremonial are now sourced directly from Japan." NOT CHINA anymore (as indicated in the first of 28 answers above).
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Thanks so much GW for posting this. Although we have already posted this a few times before on our reviews section and in response to some of the questions posted here, we are re-posting this for everyone's convenience. The home of our Organic Matcha - both Culinary and Ceremonial - is now located in Shizuoka, Japan, within a tea region recognized by the United Nations as a Globally Important Agricultural Heritage System. Harvested from a family-run tea farm in operation since 1915. Our farm has been certified organic since 2000, synthetic chemical free since 1994, and reduced chemical usage since 1975. Now you can enjoy great quality Matcha from the place it all began - Japan. Thanks again for posting. Unfortunately, there is no way to attach a file here. Once we've created a link to access our Radiation Test, Metal Test, and Organic Certification, we'll once again post them here. But please do email ashley@kissmeorganics.com if you have further concerns. Best, Ashley Evans KissMeOrganics
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From NOW-university website under "See vegetables (seaweed) and algae FAQs": Q. Is there a risk of your seaweed and algae products being contaminated by radiation from Japan or being irradiated as a sterilization technique? A. No. These foods were sourced far from Fukushima and its prevailing ocean currents, and it is illegal to use irradiation as a food processing method to sterilize raw materials used in dietary supplements in the U.S. or Natural Health Products in Canada. To confirm the safety of our Organic Chlorella (Hainan Island in the South China Sea), Kelp powder (North Atlantic-Iceland), Organic Spirulina (India), and Carrageenan (Philippines) we tested each of them with our sophisticated PSL instrument, which can detect signatures of prior radiation exposures. The results were that these products did not test positive for irradiation.
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Stakich claim it is from Kona, Hawaii. They are not forthcoming about who makes it. I know Cyanotech don't, and as there are no other spirulina producers in Hawaii (according to extensive Internet searching, and according to Cyanotech, who make the Nutrex brand), this leads me to believe it likely does NOT come from Hawaii. See my review for the full story.
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Thanks so much for your answers,Anthony..I must inquire as someone whom has had health issues and knows as a fact that fear of products from China is a reality, not paranoia....Who tests the tea??? The Chinese have,without any question, been poisoning exports, and its more prevalent now than ever...
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http://www.triquetrahealth.com/organic-spirulina/4582872589 <---- there is a link to their page about their Spirulina. http://www.parrynutraceuticals.com/organic-spirulina.aspx <---- here is a link to the company that Triquetra Health get their Spirulina from. check it out for yourself. they explain where they make it, their certification, the safety parameters, the nutritional profiles.
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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
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Please contact the company that produces the Nutrex Spirulina as they are the best source of information for a question like yours.
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I too was very concerned about country of origin AS THE PRODUCT IS NOT so labeled.I contacted the seller and after two emails back and forth was told: China. I asked if Pumpkin seeds were available from US and was told that this product is not available other than from China. I wish I knew if that was true. I am not happy buying food from China where I know that many ecological conditions are very bad. Oh well, I will use up the big package and in several months try hard again to find this product from U.S. source.
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If you get the one that is sourced from Japan, you risk radiation exposure. If you get the one from China, you risk chemical and heavy metal toxicity. Pick your preferred form of death.
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I just confirmed - it's China or Korea. Just got this email from them" 1000mg Chlorella: While previously Taiwanese current country of origin is China or Korea. They are grown in controlled outdoor commercial fresh water ponds. They are processed in their respective countries and packaged here in our Bloomingdale, IL USA facility. I too want to find a source that is not China.
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Yes, it is from China and yes it is tested for several heavy metals. I contacted the company and they sent their certificate of analysis of their Spirulina. I'll try to upload the attachment.
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Apparently China was their # 1 customer until a false report re: a contamination was reported. I think China stopped buying at the time. I don't know whether that has changed or not. That may be why it is available to us now. I have been very satisfied with this product. I'm not a milk drinker but love it in coffee and make my yogurt with it and also use it in making bread.
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I also take Chlorella and was considering it for my dog. However, since my brand, and this one, is made in Japan, I am now very leery of using any products from Japan. We all know about the radiation fall out and the fact that they have not yet seemed to have truly contained such. Never mind that people think it is contained to the ocean- we are talking hundreds/thousands of tons dumped non-stop....and there is always a trickle down effect to an event like this. While the Ocean( sea life & sea food) is one problem to be concerned over, various areas in Japan are contaminated from what tragically happened and will remain so, past our lifetime. China puts out products( for our companies who stupidly outsource to them)of inferior quality because they disregard the company standards they are given. I am sad to say to say that with Japan I have a choice;but with hardly anything made in American anymore- with China- we don't have much choice in our buying decisions on way too many things.
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Our Matcha powder is from China and it is not shade-grown. We sent these samples to a lab in Colorado to have them tested. Most brands won't do the testing because it's expensive - but it's important to us. We chose the farm that had the purest (and nutritionally most potent) green tea we could find anywhere. It just so happened to be from a farm in China. The locals have a long and storied tradition of cultivating high quality tea plants. They take a lot of pride in their plantation and meticulously care for each plant. There are some concerns with radiation from Japanese products right now. Since the devastating tsunami in 2004 damaged nuclear reactors in Japan, large portions of their green tea crops have been quarantined, destroyed, or ordered not to be harvested by the Japanese government. It's a tragic situation that has affected the supply of matcha and other teas all over the world. Thanks again for your interest and if you need anything else, please feel free to contact us via Amazon or through jessica@kissmeorganics.com Jessica Patterson Customer Love Specialist KissMeOrganics.com