Sea Vegetable
Chlorella vulgaris
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Chlorella vulgaris is a freshwater green microalga sold as powder and tablets—deep green, grassy-marine health-food flavour, used sparingly in smoothies and functional foods. Not a sea lettuce sheet; a microscopic single-cell product. Whisk tiny amounts into smoothies; colour pasta experimentally. Strong green taste means start low. Species is a major commercial chlorella.
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Unit
Characteristics
Preparations
Functional FoodSmoothieTiny Dose
Traits
Deep GreenGrassyIntenseMicroalga SpeciesPowderPowder FormStrong Green
History
Chlorella research began scientific culture of green microalgae.
Health-food chlorella products commercialised in Japan and beyond.
C. vulgaris powders became global supplement-kitchen ingredients.