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·Spiruva Editorial·Jun 15, 2026·8 min

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What E40 Purity Signals to High-Purity Phycocyanin Buyers

E40 is more than a number on a spec sheet — it signals an entirely different posture toward purity, traceability, and supplier discipline. Here is what high-purity buyers actually read into an E40 rating before they reserve allocation.

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Color-Stable Phycocyanin in Frozen Desserts: A Practical Formulation Guide

Frozen desserts are surprisingly kind to phycocyanin's colour — sub-zero storage, no light exposure during commercial freezing, neutral pH matrices. The catch: getting it through pasteurisation.

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Phycocyanin Stability Across pH Ranges: A Formulation Window Analysis

Phycocyanin's natural blue holds beautifully between pH 5.5 and 7.5 — and collapses outside it. Here is the chemistry, the data, and the formulation window product teams need to anchor a stable SKU.

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Light, Heat, and Oxygen: Degradation Kinetics in Natural Blue Colorants

Phycocyanin is famously photolabile. The good news: every degradation pathway has a known counter-strategy. Here is the kinetics map every formulator should keep on the bench.

Premium Pet Nutrition: Spirulina and Phycocyanin in High-End Pet Foods

Pet humanisation has created a $50B+ premium pet-nutrition category. Spirulina's combination of complete protein, micronutrient density, and clean-label story is positioning it as a flagship ingredient.

Functional Mocktails and the Rise of Natural Blue in Premium Alcohol Alternatives

The non-alc category isn't growing despite premiumisation — it's growing because of it. And the demand for visually-distinctive, ingredient-credible blues has never been higher.

K-Beauty's Blue Pivot: Phycocyanin in Korean Cosmetics and What's Driving It

Korean beauty rewrote the rules of skincare innovation. Now it is rewriting the playbook on natural blue actives. Here is what the K-Beauty phycocyanin pivot means for global brands.