Ifu ya Spirulina irakanda kugirango ibe ibinini bya spiruline, bigaragara icyatsi kibisi cyijimye.Spirulina ni icyiciro cyibimera byo hasi, bya phylum Cyanobacteria, bikura mumazi, bikwiranye nubushyuhe bwo hejuru bwa alkaline, munsi ya microscope bigaragara nkibishusho.Spirulina ikungahaye kuri poroteyine yo mu rwego rwo hejuru, aside irike ya acide-linolenic aside, karotenoide, vitamine, hamwe n’ibintu bitandukanye byerekana ibimenyetso nka fer, iyode, seleniyumu, zinc, n'ibindi.