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Botanical Extracts

Blue Spirulina

Electric blue spirulina powder

Absurdly blue, and the color is the ingredient.

Also known as: Phycocyanin · Spirulina extract

What it is
Phycocyanin, the blue pigment-protein extracted from spirulina, a freshwater cyanobacterium.
Why it's in the formula
Mineral- and amino-acid-rich, antioxidant, and the only honest way to get that blue without a synthetic lake dye.
Where it comes from
Cultivated spirulina, water-extracted to isolate the pigment.
What to know
Stains porous surfaces at high concentration; formulated levels rinse clear.