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Spirulina -Food for the Future
SYED ISA SYED ALWICEO of Algaetech International, Malaysia
Against Malnutrition
Spirulina – “food for the future”
Contents
Who We Are – Algaetech International
World Hunger /Malnutrition
The Statistics
Spirulina Against Malnutrition
Spirulina – Food for the future
Algaetech’s – PREMIA Spirulina-EX
Conclusion
Spirulina “Food for the Future”
Who We Are?Algaetech International Sdn Bhd, Malaysia
Spirulina – “food for the future”
Algaetech International was incorporated in Malaysia year 2004 as an investment holding company with group activities in Micro-Algae Research & Development,
Consultancy, Production and Marketing for Renewable Energy and High Value Products of Anti-Oxidants (or functional foods)
Sales & Marketing of algae nutritional product such as PremiaSpirulina, Spirulina Coffee and others.
Research and development of algae for bio fuel
Cultivation of Heamatococcus pluvialis for Astaxanthin production
Consultancy of micro-algae development for renewable energy and high value products from flue gas
Consultancy of Green technology solutions
Introduction
Spirulina – “food for the future”
Pioneer in the Algae Bio technology in Malaysia since 2004.100% Bumiputera company with head office in WismaRampai, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Core competencies in providing “clean technology”solutions to mankind predominantly by using algae.
Algaetech envisions a greener and cleaner environment by“prevention & curing” approach for the major “earthproblems” such as global warming and wastes.
Successfully implemented many proven solutions forCarbon Credit Management, Methane capturing, waste andwater treatment system using Algae etc.
Successfully developed technologies to producecommercial algal strains specifically for Malaysian climatesand surrounding tropical countries.
About Us
Spirulina – “food for the future”
Algaetech’s Expertise
R & D of Algae for functional food and bio-fuels
Consultancy in CO2 Sequestration, Carbon Credit Management, Emission Control management and Integrated Renewable Energy Plant
combines with algae cultivation and production
Algae Integrated Management System (AIMsys)
Primary production of high value products and anti oxidants such as Spirulina, astaxanthin
Sales & Marketing of algae nutritional product under brand named “Premia”.
Spirulina “Food for the Future”
World Hunger / Malnutrition
……………..lack of food are the primary reasons why malnutrition occurs.
Spirulina – “food for the future”
What is Malnutrition
Malnutrition is the insufficient, excessive or imbalanced consumption of nutrients.
According to the UN World Food Program, over 1 billion people in the world do not
have enough to eat.
Every 6 seconds a child dies from malnutrition and related causes. There are lots of causes
which are responsible for malnutrition in the world which has emerged as the gravest single
threat to the world's public health.
Poverty is a major cause of malnourishment because it limits the amount of food available to children causing wasting and a lack of vitamins, minerals and nutritional
value leading to stunting and low weight.
Malnutrition can affect anyone in any age group. However infants and children are at greater risk because of the higher need of nutrients for a healthy growing.
Spirulina – “food for the future”
World Hunger & Malnutrition Issues
Spirulina – “food for the future”
Worldwide poverty and lack of food are the primary reasons. Families of
low-income households do not always have enough healthy food to
eat.
Lack of requisite amounts of vitamins, protein, and essential
minerals in the broad population’s diet.
Depending on what nutrients are deficient in the body and
unintentionally losing weight may be a sign of malnutrition.
Hair is thin, tightly curled, and easily pulled out. Joints ache and bones are soft and tender. The tongue may be swollen, or shriveled and cracked.
Causes & Effect
Children are the most vulnerable to malnutrition because of their high
energy needs.
Medical problems occurring as the result of malnutrition are called
deficiency diseases.
Visual disturbances include night blindness and increased sensitivity
to light and glare.
Their skin is pale, thick, dry, and easily bruised. Rashes and changes
in pigmentation are common.
Spirulina – “food for the future”
Others Symptoms
Other symptoms of malnutrition include:
Fatigue
Dizziness
Anemia
Diarrhea
Disorientation
Goiter (enlarged thyroid gland)
Loss of reflexes and lack of coordination
Muscle twitches
Decreased immune response
Scaling and cracking of the lips and mouth
Children who are over nourished are visibly overweight or obese, and consume more food than their bodies need (or expend too little energy
through physical activity).
Spirulina “Food for the Future”
The StatisticsAccording to WHO, several hundred million people are suffering from
malnutrition in different parts of the globe and majority belongs to the Third World Countries
Spirulina – “food for the future”
Global Hunger
925 million people do not have enough to eat - more than the populations of USA, Canada and the European Union;(Source: FAO news release, 14 September 2010)
98 percent of the world's hungry live in developing countries;(Source: FAO news release, 2010)
Asia and the Pacific region is home to over half the world’s population and nearly 2/3 of the world’s hungry people;
(Source: FAO news release, 2010)
Women make up a little over half of the world's population, but they account for over 60 percent of the world’s hungry.(Source: Strengthening efforts to eradicate hunger, ECOSOC, 2007)
65 percent of the world's hungry live in only seven countries: India, China, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Pakistan and Ethiopia.(Source: FAO news release, 2010)
Spirulina – “food for the future”
Child Hunger
More than 70% of the world's
146 million underweight
children under age five years live
in just 10 countries, with more than 50 % located in South
Asia alone;(Source: Progress for
Children: A Report Card on Nutrition, UNICEF,
2006)
10.9 million children under
five die in developing
countries each year.
Malnutrition and hunger-related diseases cause
60% of the deaths;
(Source: The State of the World's Children,
UNICEF, 2007)
The cost of under nutrition to
national economic
development is estimated at
US$20-30 billion per annum;
(Source: Progress for Children: A Report Card
on Nutrition, UNICEF, 2006)
One out of four children - roughly
146 million - in developing
countries are underweight;
(Source: The State of the World's Children,
UNICEF, 2007)
Every year WFP feeds more than
20 million children in school feeding program
in some 70 countries. In
2008, WFP fed a record 23 million
children.
(Source: WFP School Feeding Unit)
Spirulina – “food for the future”
Malnutrition
• It is estimated that 684,000 child deaths worldwide could be prevented by increasing access to vitamin A and zinc
(Source: WFP Annual Report 2007)
• Under nutrition contributes to 53% of the 9.7 million deaths of children under five each year in developing countries.
(Source: Under five deaths by cause, UNICEF, 2006)
• Lack of Vitamin A kills a million infants a year
(Source: Vitamin and Mineral Deficiency, A Global Progress Report, UNICEF)
• Iron deficiency is the most prevalent form of malnutrition worldwide, affecting an estimated 2 billion people.
(Source: World Health Organization, WHO Global Database on Anaemia)
• Iron deficiency is impairing the mental development of 40-60 % children in developing countries
(Source: Vitamin and Mineral Deficiency, A Global Progress Report, p2, UNICEF)
• Worldwide, 1.9 billion people are at risk of iodine deficiency, which can easily be prevented by adding iodine to salt
(Source: UN Standing Committee on Nutrition. World Nutrition Situation 5th report. 2005)
Spirulina – “food for the future”
Foods & HIV/AIDS
In the countries mostheavily affected, HIVhas reduced lifeexpectancy by morethan 20 years, slowedeconomic growth, anddeepened household
poverty.
(Source: 2008 UNAIDSGlobal Report on theAIDS Epidemic)
In sub-Saharan Africaalone, the epidemichas orphaned nearly12 million childrenaged under 18 years.
(Source: 2008 UNAIDSGlobal Report on theAIDS Epidemic).
WFP and UNAIDSproject that it will coston average US $0.70cents per day tonutritionally supportan AIDS patient andhis/her family.
(Source: Cost ofNutritional Support forHIV/AIDS Projects, WFP,July 2008)
Assistance for orphansand vulnerablechildren is estimated atUS$0.31 per day.
(Source: Cost ofNutritional Support forHIV/AIDS Projects, WFP,July 2008)
Spirulina – “food for the future”
Foods & HIV/AIDS
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Spirulina – Food for the Future
Spirulina is incredibly rich containing a balance of nutrients that make it virtually a ‘whole food’ capable of complimenting life without the need
for other dietary supplements
Spirulina – “food for the future”
What is Spirulina??
Spirulina is microscopic blue - green algae that exist as a single-celled
organism turning sunlight into life energy. It is one
of the first life forms designed by nature more than 3.6 billion years ago.
Spirulina contains billions of years of evolutionary wisdom in its DNA and is
an offspring of earth’s first photosynthetic life
forms
Spirulina is exceedingly adaptable and occurs in a
wide variety of environments including
fresh water, tropical springs, saltwater and
saltpans.
Spirulina is full of nutrients and very easily digested. Commercially, Spirulina is available as a
powder, tablet and capsule or added to foods
and health tonics.
Now many people around the globe realize that
Spirulina is a powerful food with huge potential as a whole food source &
medicine.
There are many forms of valuable algae and in the last 40 years Spirulina has
been singled out for its nutritional properties & it became a favorite of the
health food industry.
Spirulina – “food for the future”
Why Spirulina??
The gap between the human population and food supply has widenedgradually in recent years and the balance is greatly in favor of populationgrowth. Spirulina, micro-algae is a way out for the problems of humankind tobe able to survive in the future.
Micro-algae are high value, low volume biological materials with a growingdemand in health food, therapeutics and specialized feeds. The potentials ofmicroalgae as source of food or food supplements dates backs to manycenturies, wherein thick surface growth in water bodies were collected andconsumed by ancient Aztec tribes.
In the present era, Spirulina, a spirally coiled photosynthetic cyan prokaryote,is often hailed as “wonder food” of our times, with unusually high proteincontent and nutraceutical properties.
Spirulina has been existing on the earth surface for more than 3.6 billion years, may be one of the disease preventing and anti aging wonderful nature's gift to mankind.
Spirulina – “food for the future”
Spirulina as Super Food
Spirulina is a wholesome food supplement, richest source of protein (65-71% by
dry weight), vitamins, amino acids, beta carotene, linolenic acid, minerals and
other nutrients. Spirulina is claimed as non toxic, nutritious food with corrective
properties against viral attacks, anemia, cancer, heptotoxicity, cardiovascular diseases, hyperglycemia, hyperlipedemia, immunodeficiency, inflammatory
processes and like.
26 times more calcium than milk
1kg of Spirulina = 1,000Kg of assorted vegetables
6 times more protein than eggs
20 times protein more than milk
Richest source of iron and beta carotene, as well as of vitamin B12
Has all the essential amino acids besides necessary enzymes and minerals.
Spirulina – “food for the future”
Spirulina – New taste of Foods
Spirulina “Food for the Future”
Spirulina AgainstMalnutrition
“There are people in the world so hungry that God cannot appear to them except in the form of Bread” – Mahatma Gandhi
Spirulina – “food for the future”
ProspectIt appears today that Spirulina shows a significant potential for fighting chronic
malnutrition and for development. In its 2008 - 2010 report, the Food & Agriculture Organization (FAO) made two recommendations in that regard
International organization working with spirulina should consider preparing a practical guide to small-scale spirulina production. This small-scale production
should be orientated towards:
“There is a role for both national governments – as well as intergovernmental organizations to reevaluate the potential of spirulina to fulfill both their own food security needs as well as a
tool for their overseas development ”
i) Providing nutritional supplements for widespread use in rural and urban communities where the staple diet is poor or
inadequate;
ii) Allowing diversification from traditional crops in cases where land
or water resources are limited
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FOA on Spirulina
Improve technical and economic solutions to Spirulina production in environmentally impoverished conditions.
Develop a practical guide to small-scale Spirulina production that could be used for development mythologies
Providing nutritional supplements for use in rural and urban communities where the diet is inadequate
As a short- and medium-term solution to emergency situations where a sustainable supply of high protein/high vitamin foodstuff is required.
Establish a better monitoring of global Spirulina production and product flows
Develop some form of web-based resource that allows the compilation of scientifically robust for public access.
Develop clear guidelines on food safety aspects of Spirulina so that human health risks can be managed
Spirulina – “food for the future”
UN on SpirulinaConvention for the Use of Food Micro-algae and the IntergovernmentalInstitution for the Use of Spirulina against Malnutrition” has been established inkeeping with the above agreements and has been granted observer status in thework of the Economic and aiming to encourage greater attention to theproduction and use of Spirulina for the reduction of hunger and poverty and tocombat the food crises.
Takes note of the potential of Spirulina to reduce hunger and malnutrition and to improve the prospects for sustainable development
Calls upon Member States, United Nations agencies and other intergovernmental organizations, as well as non-governmental organizations and the private sector, to encourage the production and use of Spirulina
Emphasizes the importance of assisting national activities for the production and use of Spirulina, Use of Food Micro-algae and the Intergovernmental Institution for the Use of Spirulina against Malnutrition
Decides to review at its sixty-second session, the progress made in these areas, and requests the Secretary-General to submit a report, through the Economic and Social Council, on the relevant efforts
Spirulina – “food for the future”
• Algaetech International Sdn Bhd, Malaysia has signed an Memorandum of Understandingwith IIMSAM for the development of World Spirulina Program (in Malaysia and Asian Region).The mandate is to eradicate and endeavor to sensitize the global community of the urgentneed of ending acute malnutrition and actuate collective efforts for the same bymainstreaming the use of Spirulina.
• With our support and initiatives would help save the lives of almost forty-thousand childrenthat suffer and perish every day from acute malnutrition. It would also empower the lives ofalmost a billion that are affected negatively by malnutrition worldwide.
World Spirulina Program
Intergovernmental Institution for the use of
Micro-Algae Spirulina Against Malnutrition www.iimsam.org
IIMSAM aspires for cooperation and alliances with the privatesector, NGOs, IGOs, academia, and the civil society so that theuse of Spirulina be mainstreamed as a tool of policy andpractice to deliver to the peoples of the world the dailynutritional requirement of a human body; and to make Spirulinaa key-driver to eradicate malnutrition, achieve food security andbridge the health divide with a special priority for theDeveloping and the Least Developed Countries.
Spirulina “Food for the Future”
Algaetech &Spirulina
“There are people in the world so hungry that God cannot appear to them except in the form of Bread” – Mahatma Gandhi
Spirulina – “food for the future”
We Introduced – PREMIA Spirulina-EX
Why PREMIA Spirulina is better than the wild Spirulina?
PREMIA has chosen the best wildSpirulina and is cultured carefully incontrolled clean environment . PREMIASpirulina contains the same activecomponents such as the wild type butmore stable levels of effectiveness andsafety.
How PREMIA Spirulina is different from other brands?
1. High quality Spirulina is used2. Cultured in a controlled clean pond environment3. Quality management from breeding to processing4. In the process of applying new technologies to maintain purity5. 100% plant products without preservatives6. HALAL certified7. Easily digestible food; and8. Suitable for all ages
How PREMIA guarantees product quality of Spirulina?
PREMIA Spirulina is processed in more detail in the formof tablets and continue to be bottled Every day, our staffcarry out quality control tests in the laboratory atrandom products the finished products are packed toensure purity, cleanliness and effectiveness of theproduct is at the high level of quality
Spirulina – “food for the future”
Spirulina – “food for the future”
• Its located at Technology Park , Malaysia ( 2 acres of land and facilities area) and also at Sentul Jakarta, Indonesia (7 acres of land and facilities area)
• Target to produce: up to 5 tonne of Spirulina upon full production capacity per annum
Our Spirulina Farm
Spirulina – “food for the future”
Longest PBR – Our Algae Cultivation Project
Spirulina “Food for the Future”
Conclusion
Spirulina – Food for the Future, Against Malnutrition
Spirulina – “food for the future”
The Conclusion Malnutrition not only existed, but was readily available, waiting for the opportunity to
get into the hands and the solution to this heart-wrenching issue is accessible in theform of a micro-alga known as Spirulina, and the time for it to be distributed is now.
Spirulina is the richest whole-food source available in nature. It is extremely digestibleand contains every natural known antioxidant a healthy body could need. It is rich invitamins, minerals, carotenoids and perhaps most importantly for those who aremalnourished- protein.
ALGAETECH’s, has made it its duty to bring these urgent recommendations stridestowards eradicating malnutrition through the production of Spirulina & we arepersonally witnessed the wonderful things the consumption of Spirulina can do for theseverely ill and malnourished.
Just 1 gram of Spirulina a day is sufficient to bring a child who is severely malnourished to health.
Spirulina “Food for the Future”
THANK YOU Algatech International Sdn Bhd (650079-K)
Address : 3rd Floor, Block Pasific, Wisma Sri RampaiJln. 34/26, Taman Sri Rampai, 53300, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Tel : +603 4142 2834 Fax: +603 4142 2837Email : [email protected] site : www.algaetech.com.my