{"id":3157,"date":"2025-11-25T17:30:04","date_gmt":"2025-11-25T08:30:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dic-healthcare.jp\/en\/?page_id=3157"},"modified":"2025-12-17T15:57:54","modified_gmt":"2025-12-17T06:57:54","slug":"assessments","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dic-healthcare.jp\/en\/healthcare\/evidential\/assessments\/","title":{"rendered":"Accomplishments and assessments"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"pagetitle\">\n    <div class=\"inner\">\n        <div class=\"bread\">\n            <span>\n                <span><a href=\"\/en\/\">HOME<\/a><\/span> &gt;\n                <span><a href=\"\/en\/healthcare\/evidential\/\">Safety and security <\/a><\/span> &gt;\n                <span class=\"breadcrumb_last\">Accomplishments and assessments<\/span>\n            <\/span>\n        <\/div>\n        <h1>Accomplishments and assessments<\/h1>\n        <div class=\"pagevisual\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/assessments_kv.jpg\" alt=\"Assessments and credentials\">\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<section>\n     <div class=\"inner2\">\n<h3 class=\"h3\" id=\"01\">Loved for over 45 years! Trusted and reliable DIC Spirulina<\/h3>\n<p>In 1977, DIC succeeded in cultivating and mass-producing Spirulina under controlled conditions, a world first. Using carefully selected in-house strains, especially those with high amounts of carotenoids such as beta-carotene and zeaxanthin, we provide high-quality Spirulina. DIC Spirulina is currently used in approximately 30 countries worldwide.\n<\/p><br><br>\n <h3 class=\"h3\" id=\"history\">DIC Spirulina assessments and credentials<\/h3>     \n        <div class=\"sp_scrolltable\">\n            <table class=\"common_table\">\n                <tbody>\n                  <tr>\n                    <th style=\"width: 4em;\">1981<\/th>\n                    <td>The U.S. Food and Drug Administration releases a Talk Paper giving a favorable assessment of Spirulina as a source of protein, vitamins and minerals.<\/td>\n                  <\/tr>\n                  <tr>\n                    <th>1991<\/th>\n                    <td>DIC Corporation (formerly Dainippon Ink and Printing) provides Spirulina to children affected by the Chernobyl nuclear power plant explosion.<\/td>\n                  <\/tr>\n                  <tr>\n                    <th>1993<\/th>\n                    <td>At the request of the United Nations World Health Organization, DIC Corporation provides Spirulina to child refugees from former Yugoslavia being housed at a hospital in the Republic of Croatia. WHO comments that Spirulina is an interesting food, rich in iron and protein, that can be fed to children.<\/td>\n                  <\/tr>\n                  <tr>\n                    <th>2002<\/th>\n                    <td>Spirulina is supplied to health practitioners via the Red Cross Society of China and the Red Cross Society of Qingdao for supplementing nutrition and maintaining health<\/td>\n                  <\/tr>\n                  <tr>\n                    <th>2003<\/th>\n                    <td>The U.S. FDA includes Spirulina on the FDA list of foods Generally Recognized as Safe (GRAS) on the basis of documentation submitted jointly by Earthrise Nutritionals, LLC.\u00a0 (a DIC Group company) and Cyanotech<\/td>\n                  <\/tr>\n                  <tr>\n                    <th>2003<\/th>\n                    <td>Earthrise\u00ae Spirulina foods are listed in the nutritional supplement edition of the U.S. clinician\u2019s handbook to prescription and nonprescription drugs<\/td>\n                  <\/tr>\n                  <tr>\n                    <th>2011<\/th>\n                    <td>DIC Spirulina is certified under the third-party safety certification program for health foods established by the Japan Health and Nutrition Association<\/td>\n                  <\/tr>\n                <\/tbody>\n              <\/table>\n            <\/div>\n          \n            The production facilities of DIC LIFETEC\u00a0and the DIC Group announced that they have developed a reliable methodology for measuring phycocyanin, the blue active component in Spirulina, and that this method has been accepted by an official organization.<br><br>\n\n            <a href=\"\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/pressrelease_phycocyanin.pdf\" style=\"color: #52A5A4;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Press Release [PDF: 63KB]<\/a>\n\n    <\/div>\n\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HOME &gt; 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