Title:Application of Spirulina platensis in Protein Enrichment of Manioc Based Bakery Products

The addition of Arthrospira platensis powder to bakery products improves their nutritional value due to the presence of higher amounts of vitamins and trace elements.

“The addition of Arthrospira platensis powder to bakery products improves their nutritional value due to the presence of higher amounts of vitamins and trace elements [40].”

Enrichment of bakery products with Arthrospira platensis powder is feasible without significantly affecting the typical characteristics of the products, including satisfactory sensory acceptance.

“The results revealed in terms of texture, expansion coefficient, centesimal composition and sensory acceptance the feasibility of this enrichment without affecting in a significant manner the typical characteristics of the products, including satisfactory sensory acceptance [40].”

Urea both slows down and promotes the formation of cells with a larger amount of chlorophyll.

“which both slows down and promotes the formation of cells with a larger amount of chlorophyll [18].”

The conditions required by A. platensis allow its fast growth while suppressing other algae such as Chlorella.

“These circumstances allow for the fast growth of these algae while suppressing the development of other algae, such as those belonging to the genus Chlorella [18,25,26,27].”

Urea can replace potassium nitrate as a nitrogen source.

“It is possible to replace it with urea”

Spirulina grown in closed environments yields biomass free of contaminants and contamination.

“Spirulina that is grown in closed environments yields biomass that is free of contaminants and contamination”

A. platensis requires an aquatic environment with pH 9.5-10.5, high sodium carbonate salts at 10-20 g/L, and a temperature of 35-37 °C during the day.

“A. platensis requires certain environmental parameters in order to thrive, including an aquatic environment with a pH between 9.5 and 10.5, a high concentration of sodium carbonate salts at a rate of 10–20 g/L, and a temperature that ranges between 35 and 37 °C throughout the day.”

Light intensity of 60 μmol photons/m2/s is sufficient for maximum cell growth; higher intensities do not increase growth due to shadow effect.

“According to Danesi et al. [18], this intensity of 60 µmol photons/m2/s is sufficient to obtain the maximum growth of the cells. When the light intensity was increased to higher values, there was no increase in cell growth due to the shadow effect, which is responsible for the stunting of growth.”