What are the red pigments visible in Raw Living Spirulina?

Fresh Spirulina contains many Photosynthetic phytonutrient color pigments, including chlorophyll a, xanthophyll, beta-carotene, echinenone, myxo xanthophyll, zeaxanthin, canthaxanthin, diatoxanthin, 3-hydroxyechinenone, beta-cryptoxanthin, oscillaxanthin, plus the phycobiliproteins c-phycocyanin and allophycocyanin.

Spirulina’s primary photosynthetic pigment is phycocyanin, which is blue. Spirulina also contains chlorophyll and carotenoids. Some, including Raw Living Spirulina, have the pigment phycoerythrin, expressing visibly red or pink colors.

 

Phycoerythrin (PE) is a red protein-pigment complex from the light-harvesting phycobiliprotein family, present in red algae^[1] and cryptophytes,^[2] accessory to the primary chlorophyll pigments responsible for photosynthesis.