Spirulina is an ancient ingredient. A powerful property with potential to boost the health of dogs.

But making sure you get the right quality and quantity of the miraculous molecule is important. That’s why we have put together this post. To help your dog get the maximum benefits from it.

The use of Spirulina has been recorded back to the Aztecs. Yet the first commercial plant producing it was only established in the 1970’s.

To understand how it works you need to know what’s inside. It contains a big surprise that not many people know… 

What’s Inside Spirulina

Spirulina is a bacteria. This comes as a surprise to most people as it’s commonly thought of being a plant.

It’s a bacteria that is about 50% protein with an additional mix of chlorophyll, calcium, niacin, potassium, magnesium, B vitamins and iron. That’s not all – it also has essential amino acids (the building blocks of protein)!

What these do when digested is what matters.

Because this small bacteria packs a punch the active ingredients have been found to help provide benefits like: 

  • Reduce inflammation
  • Lower risk factors for cancer
  • Fill in nutritional deficiencies
  • Boost the immune system
  • Combat bad bacterial and yeast overgrowth

Access the right Spirulina and you’ve a great way to help improve your dogs health.

The important point is in getting the right Spirulina.

And here’s why…

The Dark Side of Spirulina

Spirulina is commonly sourced in Australia, China, Thailand, Taiwan, a few African countries, India, Mexico, USA, and the United Kingdom.

The way it’s made is by growing in ponds and other warmer water where it’s collected then dried down and put into powders.

And this is the important question to ask… What was the growing environment like?

The fact is Spirulina grown in temperature controlled and environment safe surroundings are far superior to those grown in lakes and open water ways.

That’s because there are many laboratory reports testing Spirulina in uncontrolled environments which show harmful toxins in the bacteria. Once collected and ground down these stay in the powder. 

Here’s what’s really shocking…

The toxins found in low quality Spirulina can cause complications in your dog’s health.

Examples of these toxins include:

  • Microcystins which cause eye, skin and throat irritation
  • Neurotoxins which damage the central nervous system
  • Heavy metals

What’s A Good Source

Due to murky manufacturing lines it can be hard to tell which sources provide the purest Spirulina.

However there are some ‘Poker Tells’ to look out for when sourcing that are signs of low quality Spirulina…

Third party companies, companies that that don’t provide contactable details, Spirulina that is priced suspiciously low, Spirulina that hasn’t been quality control checked are all indications that the source may suck.

What about high quality Spirulina?

This is where we are going to do a quick plug..

The spirulina in our flagship product Canine Prime is specially sourced from high quality growers.

Designed to give a dog the optimum dose of Spirulina so they can get all the benefits without the toxins.

The best part is the Spirulina is only one of forty superfoods in this amazing mix.

To see the rest of the ingredients and the concerns it’s designed to tackle just click this link.