Hi Ernie, Thanks for keeping in touch. Yes, we know this company. Many US companies are using this source. Earthrise, Jarrow, Sequal (ChlorEssense).
This chlorella is a different species, Vulgaris, with soft cell wall. It claims to be more nutritious than Pyrenoidosa speciese. Many years ago, they approached us for us to distribute for them. I was very much puzzled by the fact that their heavy metal content was very high (at 20 ppm). While most of chlorella (pyrenoidosa) is only at 1 or 2 ppm at the worst. I requested the break down to see what was in it, but they did not do separate testing on mercury and lead then. I told them then that we could never distribute for them as the level of detection for heavy metal is too high. My opinion is that the species is easy to get contaminated as the cell wall is soft. In Pyrenoidosa species, the inside chlorella (where all nutrients are stored) is protected by the tough cell wall. While this Yaeyama chlorella being vulgaris has a soft cell wall and therefore it is easy for contaminants to cross into inside. But of course this is my guessing using my common sense, as I could not ask them to explain why this level is so much higher. I do not like this company for another reason. Their sales literature is not always truthful. For example, they claim their CGF in their chlorella is 20%. This is actually very doubtful. With my common sense, I know chlorophyll content in chlorella is around 25% and chlorella looks green. If CGF is 20% chlorella should look yellow, not green. Also, CGF is hot water soluble substance and will not easily absorbed if just taken without proper treatment. Our CGF liquid is extract with hot water. I think Yaeyama is a great company doing marketing. But I am definitely not sure of the quality of chlorella. I trust almost all commercial growers of chlorella choose pyrenoidosa species for a reason. If Yaeyama chlorella (vulgaris) is truly as good as it is claimed, all other companies will grow the same thing. In fact many chlorella growers insist that vulgaris is not a good species of chlorella and therefore they are not growing it. For me I believe which species to use for chlorella was decided almost 40 years ago, when Sun chlorella came out with Pyrenoidosa. Many research was done on Pyrenoidosa, not on vulgaris. This is a technical issue, but for me the most important issue is heavy metal issue. For this reason, I would not personally use Yaeyama chlorella at all. In fact, I think the Japanese chlorella (grown in Japan) is among the worst. Sun chlorella is a Japanese chlorella, but it is grown in Indoniesia, not japan, and it is pyrenoidosa, not vulgaris. There are only a few countries that grow good chlorella. Japan is not one of them. Taiwan, Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia are the usual choice of growers. Ours is from Taiwan but its quality is all controlled by Germans. It is very unfortunate now that commercialization sometimes makes it harder for people to see the truth of matter. The above is just my personal opinion and I hope you could use your judgment in this matter, not influenced by mine. Hope the above explains well your questions. Thanks for keeping touch. Wish you all the best in the new year. Jiny -- The Silver List is a moderated forum for discussing Colloidal Silver. Instructions for unsubscribing are posted at: http://silverlist.org To post, address your message to: [email protected] Address Off-Topic messages to: [email protected] The Silver List and Off Topic List archives are currently down... List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]>
