Spirulina, super -food from Slovenian farms

Spirulina is a nutritional supplement rich in protein, vitamins and minerals, but most products are on the European market, including those with a label Made in the EUcurrently from China. Growing this microalga on Slovenian farms can be a new supplementary activity that provides farmers with additional revenue and provides customers with quality and fresh spirulina, according to the European Partnership for Innovation (EIP) Blue -green.

“We eat Asian algae in Europe, we would like to change that. They could produce at least half of the biomass consumed algae, ”he stressed Robert Reinhardtthe owner and founder of Algen, which is one of the ten partners in the project, and the pioneer in the cultivation of Microalg in our country. “Spirulina is the simplest algae for cultivation. The market for products already exists, so we see it as the first step in alga technologies and a good experience for other alga products, « he added.

The purpose of the two -year project just completed was to introduce the activity of the cultivation of Spirulina to Slovenia and to bring it closer to potential Slovenian producers. Project members have prepared technological instructions on the production and draft of the standard produced spirulina, as well as products with it that producers can sell in the local market. « Alga cultivation is an appropriate activity for smaller Slovenian farms, as it allows for high market value on a small surface, » he stressed Borut Lazar from algen.