The Truth Behind the Expiration Date of Chlorella & Spirulina

By Dr. Bob McCauley

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You see the expiration date on the back of a carton of milk and you wonder if you should drink it even thought it’s two days past the expiration date.  When it comes to something like milk or eggs you better be careful.  But is that same principle true when it comes to dried powders and tablets such as Spirulina and Chlorella?

expiry_datesSpirulina and Chlorella are two of the most stable foods that can be found anywhere on the market.  They are carefully cultivated in a controlled environment.  They are spray-dried so that all the moisture has been removed from them.  This stabilizes these two superfoods since moisture is the great destroyer of food.

They also have had all the oxygen removed from them as well so they will not oxidize, theChlorella-spirulina-tablets-powder-hi-res other destroyer of food.  Once they are packaged inside plastic bags and vacuum sealed these two superfoods will last for decades, as long as they’re not exposed to direct sunlight.  Light is the third great destroyer of packaged foods.  When you expose any product such as this to direct sunlight it breaks down the chlorophyll and other nutrients immediately.  This is why when we package these foods for retail we use packaging that is protected from ultra violet light.

chlorella2The FDA, Food And Drug Administration, regulates that packaged food products can have no more than a three year expiration date so of course this is what we put on our packages, 3 years from the date of production.  However, when Spirulina and Chlorella are properly spray-dried and packaged this way they can easily last 10 years, perhaps longer.

Our Chlorella producer in Taiwan has informed us that they have found Chlorella can last more than 20 years when packaged properly and not be exposed to sunlight.

 

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About Bob McCauley

Bob McCauley, ND (Robert F., Jr.) was raised in Lansing, Michigan and attended Michigan State University (BA, 1980 in Journalism). He is a naturopathic doctor, Master Herbalist and a Certified Nutritional Consultant. He has traveled extensively, both domestically and abroad, visiting over 32 countries. He published Confessions of a Body Builder: Rejuvenating the Body with Spirulina, Chlorella, Raw Foods and Ionized Water (2000), Achieving Great Health (2005), The Miraculous Properties of Ionized Water, (2006) which is the only book on the market that exclusively addresses Ionized Water, Twelve (Fiction, 2007) and Honoring the Temple of God (2008). He considers himself a Naturalist, meaning he pursues health in the most natural way possible. He studies and promotes nature as the only way to true health. From 2002-2004 he hosted the radio program Achieving Great Health, which was heard by thousands of people each day. His guests included some of the most well-known and respected names in the natural health world. With the help of his father, Dr. Robert F. McCauley, Sr. (Doctorate in Environmental Engineering, MIT, 1953) they started Spartan Water Company in 1992, which sold vended water machines in supermarkets. Robert Jr. founded Spartan Enterprises, Inc. in 1993. He is a Certified Water Technician with the State of Michigan. He is also a Type II Public Water Supply Specialist and has the certifications of S-5 and D-5. The McCauley family has a long history in the water industry. Bob's father pioneered environmental issues regarding ground water and drinking water quality. He received his Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in 1953 for his thesis on removing radioactive strontium from water. He earned his doctorate in Environmental Engineering in less than 2 years, one of the shortest doctoral studies in the history of MIT. He taught civil, sanitary and environmental engineering at Michigan State University for 18 years before retiring to run Wolverine Engineers & Surveyors of Mason, Michigan, for 17 years. His reputation throughout Michigan as a water quality expert was legendary. Bob worked for his father's company for 12 years learning the water business, which dealt primarily with municipalities, including water quality and sanitary sewer issues. After apprenticing with his father, Bob moved on to the bottled water business. He established greater Michigan's biggest selling bottled water: Michigan Mineral – Premium Natural Water. He was introduced to Ionized Water in 1995 and has done more to promote Ionized Water than anyone else in the industry. Bob often lectures and offers seminars on his Seven Component Natural Health Protocol . Bob is a Certified Nutritional Consultant and a Certified Master Herbalist. He is also a 3rd Degree Black Belt and Certified Instructor of Songahm Taekwondo (American Taekwondo Association).
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