Spira

Spira is a food technology company creating plant-based ingredients from spirulina microalgae.

Our flagship product is Electric Sky - a healthy blue pigment that is the first to effectively replace artificial blue dyes.

10/04/2023

Honored to be included in the Official Chicago Venture Summit Future-of-Climate-Tech Startup Portfolio! 🙏 Looking forward to discussing sustainable and innovative climate solutions with other startups and investors. 🌱🌎

03/22/2023

Happy National Pigment Day!
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What started as blue, and soon became green. Now newly-launched red and yellow - the colors and possibilities available from natural sources like algae are a reminder of nature being all around us, and in us.

If you haven’t experimented with natural pigments yet, there is no better time to begin. We have sample packs on the website for this purpose - give it a go ▶️

03/02/2023

Future functional drink addition, cosmetic elevation, textile dye replacement.

The future of colors is here and it’s now.

If you think that adding color to your foods, drinks, makeup, skincare, clothes (look up, right now..look at a product around - THAT) is the only way, it’s time to question that.

Harmful petroleum based dyes shouldn’t be the status quo when we have viable, sustainable (plant- and human-supporting) options available. And all it takes is sunlight, water and a little science.

02/23/2023

📈 lab work lately: we take our wins, and let it carry us through the unsuccessful experiments. This is science, and in the end, perseverance and applied learning wins 🧬

Wins this week - a new protocol up and running to successfully cut the spirulina DNA.

We are on a mission to make these colors viable across all environments, and each day we get closer 🧪

02/21/2023

https://www.spirainc.com/news/vegan-butter-with-spira-yellow

Vegan Butter w/ Spira Yellow - the creamy, easy, spreadable, algae nutrient-packed, meltable butter you’ve been looking for 👀🧈

7 easy ingredients, can you guess what they are? *hint at the bottom*
Launched on the blog this morning…you’re gonna want to save this one!

*Hint*cashews, coconut oil, Spira Yellow, salt, oat milks, acv, and olive oil.

02/20/2023

Ok ok, we admit - this President’s Day is an excuse to festively get you to experiment with the Fourth of July jello on our blog. Swipe for picture 2 if you need another reason.

Blue AND Red - we can’t get over how excited we are about offering FOUR natural, algae-based color solutions to artificial dyes.

02/15/2023

.salo is among the creative artists we are so fortunate to supply pigments, one who is experimentally (and successfully) using our sustainable algae colors to artistically express in alignment with values. The above projects were made (and are sold out unfortunately) with Spira Blue.

What questions do you have as it pertains to using algae pigments for art materials? This will drive a future Q+A with our team and collaborating artists 🎨

02/06/2023

Now available for order, Spira Yellow is our latest pigment from algae - offering as much function as it does fun. Link to order https://www.spirainc.com/product/spira-yellow

02/03/2023

🥁....2.6.23. YELLOW.

Spira Yellow is fermented and dried Golden Chlorella (Chlorella vulgaris), a form of single-celled microalgae. Its natural golden hue, neutral taste and mineral-rich source of protein provides a nutrient-diverse functional ingredient food source.

The high content health promoting carotenoids and the lack of chlorophyll gives Spira Yellow its deeply colored yellow pigment as well as its strong antioxidant effect. The use applications don’t stop at food, as this pigment is seen as a sustainable and functional color across skin care, cosmetics, and textiles.

Among the oldest living organisms on planet earth. With no extraction or conversion from its single-cell source, microalgae like Chlorella are among the most sustainable plant-based sources of protein. One teaspoon (~10g) of Spira Yellow provides the same 6g of complete protein as an egg, a serving of nuts, or 12g of a steak.

Ordering goes live on Monday. And we may be bias, but this is our team's favorite algae pigment YET.

02/02/2023

As we continue to highlight Spira’s valuable business partners, this series would be incomplete without focusing on https://www.linkedin.com/in/kathrynkurtz . Kathryn Larsen is a Denmark-based Architect and Designer making a mark in the community for her use of seaweed, seagrass and heritage-based sustainability.

Founder of Studio Kathryn Larsen, Kathryn shared her journey with architecture and biomaterials. ♻️

Read full blog following the link in bio.

https://www.spirainc.com/news/spira-partner-feature-kathryn-larsen-the-future-of-biomaterials

01/25/2023

Calling all businesses buying novel bioingredients 📣 you can find on alongside numerous other regenerative ingredients so YOUR business can level up it's supply chain (and in good company!) - go to http://www.culturedsupply.com to prioritize nature in your sourcing!

01/04/2023

Introducing.....
Spira Red, also known as Gracilaria (grass-il-AIR-ree-uh). This natural RED pigment from algae extract contains various bioactive compounds with potential health benefits, and is a replacement for artificial Red 40.

WHY Spira Red?
Seaweeds are a rich source of phytochemicals having antioxidant and antimicrobial properties, with a presence of fibers and minerals improving the mineral content. This particular seaweed is commonly cultivated for food as well as for the agar and carrageenan industries, and of course serves as a natural red pigment.

BENEFITS, you ask? Spira Red serves as a functional ingredient and pigment that opens up new prospects for food processing, including alternative meat product formulations. Spira Red contains high proportions of polysaccharides along with various other potentially beneficial compounds such as quality protein and essential fatty acids, particularly long-chain n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs).

Link in bio to learn more and get a sample in your hands.

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73 Berth #2 San Pedro
Los Angeles, CA
90731

Telephone

+18043727013

Website

http://spirainc.com/

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