Umamiz Spirulina, nutrition and pleasure

What are Umamiz products?

Spiruline Givrée invites consumers to enjoy this cyanobacterium, which has impressive virtues in terms of its taste properties, while preserving its nutritional value as much as possible. These small macarons are simply frozen doses of fresh spirulina. The frosted palets enhance juices, sauces, bowls, or spaghetti dishes by adding creaminess and a mild umami flavor.

This allows you to benefit from its nutrients while enjoying yourself. Nutrient supplementation is no longer a taste punishment! The frosted palettes are convenient to consume as they melt easily and can be stored in the freezer.

Crunchy and mild in taste, Véritable Spiruline consists of spirulina flakes dehydrated at low temperature (<40°C) and crushed by hand before being carefully packaged. It reveals to consumers what spirulina should be: an amazing condiment, to be stored with spices rather than medicines, even though it is very rich!

100% French, Véritable Spiruline is produced on the Umamiz farm or those of its partner producers in Occitanie. Each batch is checked for taste, color, and flake size, and analyzed microbiologically as well as for protein and iron content. Heavy metals are also analyzed regularly, and all analyses are published online on the brand's website. This ensures true traceability and reliable information about a product that is supposed to be good for us.

What are the benefits of spirulina? 

1- Spirulina helps develop lactic acid bacteria, which are true allies to good health. This type of bacteria counteracts the effects of pathogenic bacteria. A form of competition develops between the good and bad bacteria. This is called the contrabiotic effect.

2- It produces an antimicrobial substance that is very effective against certain strains of bacteria: Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Proteus vulgaris, Staphylococcus aureus, Bacillus subtilis, and Bacillus pumulis. Spirulina also inhibits the development of Candida albicans yeast, which attaches itself to the intestinal wall, destroying it and making it porous.

3- It promotes the absorption of water-soluble vitamins that are easily excreted by the body, particularly VIT B1 and VIT C.

4- Although it does not contain vitamin C, spirulina promotes its absorption, which is already quite beneficial!

5- Rich in antioxidants such as vitamin E and the enzyme superoxide dismutase, it is a detox ally, trapping free radicals to prevent them from producing chain reactions with other molecules produced by our cells.

Why Umamiz?

Our mission is to permanently change consumers' perception of how spirulina should be used, moving it away from the realm of dietary supplements and into the world of nutritional pleasure. In doing so, we are promoting the emergence of a small-scale or semi-industrial production sector, which will eventually replace the large pharmaceutical companies that currently dominate the market in France and Europe with imported products of questionable quality that do not meet consumers' expectations for transparency and proximity.

In ten years' time, throughout Europe, everyone will be able to choose, according to their lifestyle and preferences, to consume spirulina in juice, on savory or sweet toast, as a snack, for breakfast, as an afternoon treat, before or during exercise, and in all cases there will be a choice of products whose authenticity, pleasant taste, quality, and transparency in production methods will have become the norm. Our success must demonstrate that spirulina is a food that is pleasant to consume, as well as being a nutritional treasure and a real asset for everyday well-being and energy.

Thomas and Dimitri, the founders of Umamiz, have backgrounds in business and atypical careers made up of professional opportunities and necessities, interspersed with travel and exoticism, including several years spent in French Guiana, where the two partners met. These experiences in business have developed in Thomas and Dimitri a keen sensitivity to the customer experience and the pursuit of total customer satisfaction. Their reasoning always starts with the customer: What do they like about the products on offer? What do they dislike? What would they like to see offered to alleviate their pain? How can they be surprised? Thomas and Dimitri are representative of Generation Y, born in the 20th century and now part of the 21st, with a deep desire for change and a determination to try new things and shake up the established order.

What is your expertise? 

In its fresh form, spirulina becomes a food in its own right, which can be incorporated into a multitude of recipes enjoyed by everyone, making it accessible to as many people as possible while leaving the field of plant protection products.

To achieve this transformation, we had to rethink every stage of production in order to preserve the fresh biomass for more than two days without resorting to artificial preservatives or sterilization processes. Develop machines to reduce the amount of time spirulina is exposed to ambient air once harvested. Mastering rapid cooling kinetics and hygiene processes to optimize preservation. Finding the best way to present the product to consumers, so that they are curious enough to overcome their preconceptions and taste spirulina with all their senses.

We are pleased and proud to have mastered all the steps involved in cultivating spirulina, harvesting it, keeping it fresh, delivering it to our customers, and respecting our product throughout this process, right down to the way we talk about it. We are pioneers in this field and have mastered the entire production chain from pond to plate. This is a real guarantee of quality for our customers.

What are your labels?

Our production is certified by Ecocert for its ecological character and according to specifications that correspond to 99% of European AB specifications. The audit report and the specifications we meet are published on our website.

We are certified by Sud de France, which sets us apart from brands that package imported spirulina in France and put a French flag on their packaging. They cannot obtain this certification!

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