Certified Organic
Botanica Perfect Greens is a chocolate-flavoured organic greens powder blend of chlorella, spirulina, and leafy greens to help ensure that you’re getting your daily greens.
Sizes:173g
Qualifications
Organic
Non-GMO
Sugar-free
Stevia-free
Vegan
Dairy-free
Gluten-free
Soy-free
RICH SOURCE OF MAGNESIUM
Magnesium is essential to the proper functioning of many systems in the body: heart, lungs, bones, maintaining healthy blood sugar levels, and even helps in easing muscle cramps. We lovingly call magnesium the “anti-anxiety” mineral for its many calming benefits. [1] Magnesium loves to live inside plant blood, which is chlorophyll.
RICH SOURCE OF B VITAMINS
The B vitamins are important for energy production within each of our cells. They also play a crucial role in brain and nervous system health. Sources of B vitamins, except B12, are from plants.
HIGH IN ANTIOXIDANTS
Everyday living, especially when under stress or in a chronic illness, creates biochemical bi-products in the body known as free radicals. These can bounce around, cause damage and accelerate ageing. Antioxidants neutralize these free radicals, preventing further damage.
Rich source of chlorophyll
785 mg
Like many cereal grasses (such as wheat grass and oat grass), barley grass is a rich source of essential vitamins and minerals. It is an excellent source of chlorophyll in particular, a potent antioxidant. [1] Although surprisingly rich in protein, cereal grasses do not offer a complete amino acid profile and as a result are best taken in a blend.
Potent antioxidant properties
221 mg
Chlorella is a single-celled, green freshwater algae. It has been greatly studied for its rich source of a wide range of nutrients as well as its potent antioxidant properties. Chlorella possesses a hard outer cell wall which cannot be digested by humans, as a result, it is best taken as a supplement.
Potent antioxidant properties
221 mg
Spirulina is a type of cyanobacteria, a family of microbes that are generally referred to as blue-green algae. Its use goes as far back as the ancient Aztecs but in recent years it grew greatly in popularity as a food supplement when it was proposed as a healthy and protective food choice for astronauts in space. [2] Spirulina appears to offer many health benefits but it’s likely most loved for its potent antioxidants that offer great protection from stress and damage to the body.
SHAKE
Add one scoop to your favourite plant-based milk.
BLEND
Mix one scoop into your favourite smoothie recipe.
NO-BAKE DESSERT
Add to raw food dessert recipes for an extra greens boost.
Thank you Botanica for making a greens drink without stevia! The chocolate flavor is my favourite. There is no harsh aftertaste and no 'green burps' Easily digested. I mix mine with oat milk.
I love the chocolatey flavour of Botanica Perfect Greens powder, and the fact that this flavour contains the least caffeine of any of the other flavours. I drink it in the morning, mixed with unsweetened almond milk and water, and it doesn't give me any jitters or stop me from sleeping at night. I love that the ingredients list is simple, with no fillers. I love the taste and how it makes me feel.
Tastes like very real ingredients. I would describe it as tasting clean or pure. Almost like when you stop eating processed food and realize what real food tastes like again.
You are struggling to get your daily 8 servings of fruit and vegetables. You constantly feel tired, like you're dragging your feet. You have a tendency towards constipation.
There are no medicinal herbs in Perfect Greens, so it's safe for the whole family. If the child is old enough to be eating a good variety of foods, then they should tolerate the powdered greens well. Likely around 2 years of age. Taste might be the bigger challenge for the little ones. We recommend 1/2 scoop for children aged 6-12 yrs, 1/4 scoop for 4-6 yrs, and a pinch in their food for under 4yrs.
Wheat leaves, or grass, do not contain gluten. Gluten is found in the berry (the grain). All the ingredients in our Perfect Greens as well as the finished product are tested for gluten. All batches need to contain less than 20 parts per million of gluten to meet the Health Canada requirement to be noted as gluten free. The facility where the product is manufactured does not work with gluten, but it is important to note that because of the agricultural nature of the ingredients, this product is at higher risk for gluten contamination - the main concerns here would be wheat grass, barley grass, and oat grass at the ingredient supplier level (if the delivery truck is also used to carry barley grain, for example). So even though we do test and make sure the product contains less than 20 parts per million of gluten, it most likely does contain very tiny amounts of gluten. Meaning that If you have an allergy to gluten, we would err on the side of caution and recommend refraining from taking our Perfect Greens.
To preserve maximum antioxidant content and ORAC value, we recommend using Perfect Greens at a maximum of ambient temperature and consuming it immediately upon mixing. Unfortunately, cooking heat, even below boiling point, does destroy antioxidants.
As advised on the label, we recommend keeping Perfect Greens refrigerated upon opening to prevent oxidation between uses.
