Since its beginning in 1982, our founder, Daryl Kollman, designed and built the first processing equipment for harvesting Super Blue Green Algae. Cell Tech has consistently opted for those methods that are optimal for insuring that all of Super Blue Green Algae's wonderful properties are held intact throughout the harvesting, freeze-drying and packaging.

The harvesting and processing method used to make Super Blue Green Algae available is one of the many critical factors making it so special.

Freshwater algae are more sensitive to heat, light and more rapid spoilage than their cousins, the edible seaweeds. In traditional times, some native cultures in Africa and the Americas used simple sun-drying methods to process their freshwater algae - but it is likely that a significant amount of the nutrition was lost in the process. If the algae were transported many miles after harvesting and before freezing, or if it were subjected to high heat during the processing, much of its valuable nutrition could easily be lost.

There are two methods available for drying freshwater algae: spray drying, which can involve the use of high temperatures (5000F to 6000F) and freeze drying, which employs low temperatures (320F) and reduced air pressure (vacuum). Since freeze drying is by far the more expensive process, it was largely abandoned for processing algae - until Cell Tech's commitment to make available a product with all its essential qualities intact dictated its use.