Can I drink butterfly pea flower pollen every day?

Q: Can butterfly pea pollen powder be consumed long-term? 

Safe Dosage: The latest assessment by the European Union's EFSA in 2024 indicates that no adverse reactions were observed with a daily intake of ≤300 mg/kg body weight of butterfly pea anthocyanin (Clitoria ternatea anthocyanin), equivalent to 18 g of dry powder per day for a 60 kg adult. A 500 ml "butterfly pea flower latte" on the market contains 0.4–0.8 g of this, far below the warning line.

Heavy Metal Control: SOST Biotech's blue butterfly pea raw material base is located in a plantation in Yunnan, China, naturally rich in selenium and low in cadmium; the raw materials enter the SOST factory's cleanroom within 12 hours of harvesting, ensuring that the produced products meet the triple standards of China, the EU, and the US.

Drinking Instructions:

① Daily Maintenance: Once daily, 0.5 g butterfly pea pollen powder+ 300 ml 40℃ warm water, on an empty stomach or after meals.

② For those who use their eyes intensively: Combine with 0.2 g lutein ester; anthocyanins and lutein work synergistically to filter blue light.

③ For athletes: Within 30 minutes after training, 0.8 g butterfly pea flower powder + 5 g branched-chain amino acids for antioxidant effects and to accelerate lactic acid clearance.

Q: Besides milk tea and sparkling water, can butterfly pea pollen be used in the kitchen? 

High-Temperature Stability Test:

We baked it in a 180℃ oven for 5 min, 10 min, and 15 min respectively. HPLC analysis of anthocyanin retention rates showed:

5 min: 92% retention

10 min: 85% retention

15 min: 74% retention

Conclusion: Baking at ≤180℃ for ≤10 min maintains over 80% activity, making it safe for bread, cakes, and cookies. For longer high-temperature baking (e.g., 2 hours of slow baking), it is recommended to brush the surface with liquid and butterfly pea pollen at the end to minimize loss.

Seven "Non-Beverage" Recipes:

① Blue Velvet Pancakes: 100g all-purpose flour + 2g butterfly pea flower powder + 3g baking powder. Microwave 80ml milk to 40℃ and mix with 15g honey. Let the batter rest for 10 minutes. Pan-fry over low heat (without oil) for 90 seconds on one side. The finished product has a natural "Tiffany blue" color, potentially increasing the price per store by 35%.

② Three-Color Toast: Divide 300g of high-gluten dough into 3 equal portions: A (plain), B (with 1g butterfly pea flower powder, blue), and C (with 1g butterfly pea flower powder + 0.5g baking soda, purple). Roll and fold the dough once, then stack them in a mold. After baking, the cross-section will have a "blue-purple-white" nebula pattern, increasing social media check-in rate by 3 times.

③ Low-Sugar Butterfly Pea Flower Cheesecake Mousse
Cream 200g cream cheese + 25g zero-calorie sugar. Dissolve 1g butterfly pea flower powder in 20ml 55℃ coconut milk, add 5g gelatin solution, refrigerate for 4 hours. Only 3.8g carbohydrates per 100g, keto-friendly.

④ Anthocyanin Sushi
Add 0.3g butterfly pea flower powder when making sushi vinegar. The rice turns a light blue color. Paired with salmon and avocado, it offers a complete four-color palette of red, orange, blue, and green. A single roll can be priced 4 yuan higher.

⑤ Butterfly Pea Flower Agar
Boil 1g agar + 200ml purified water, add 0.5g butterfly pea flower powder and 10g zero-calorie sugar. Refrigerate until set, cut into 1cm³ cubes, and place in lemon sparkling water. The color changes from blue to purple in 30 seconds, creating a visual difference that encourages repeat purchases.

⑥ Butterfly Pea Flower Noodles
250g high-gluten flour + 2g butterfly pea flower powder + 100ml salt water. Use a stand mixer for 10 minutes until a smooth dough forms. Repeat 3 times on a pasta machine at speed 6. The finished product retains its color even after boiling for 3 minutes. It can be used to make "blue cold noodles." Searches for the keyword "visually appealing noodles" on food delivery platforms have increased by 110% monthly.

⑦ Butterfly Pea Flower Salt
1g butterfly pea flower powder + 50g sea salt. Dry at 60℃ for 30 minutes. Grind into "blue salt crystals." Sprinkle on steak or white chocolate for instant slices.

Q: The butterfly pea flower powder I bought clumps up as soon as it comes into contact with water, and there is still sediment after stirring for 5 minutes. Is it fake?

Particle size determines solubility: Ordinary 80–100 mesh pollen, with a particle size of 150–180 μm, has a hydrophobic surface and is prone to agglomeration; Sost Biotech 450 mesh air-jet milling, with a D90 < 35 μm, increases the specific surface area by 6 times, achieving "instant solubility in cold water." Actual testing showed that 1 g of butterfly pea flower powder + 50 ml of water at 25℃, stirred for 5 seconds, produced no clumping, and the light transmittance was ≥95%.

Spray drying vs. freeze drying: Low-end raw materials on the market use spray drying with an inlet air temperature of 160–180℃, resulting in anthocyanin heat loss of up to 30%; we use vacuum freeze drying, pre-freezing at -45℃ and sublimation at 20℃, maximizing activity retention, with a color value E (1%, 1 cm, 615 nm) ≥68, 40% higher than the national standard.

Carrier and Encapsulation: For ready-to-drink factories, we offer an "instant-dissolving encapsulated type"—using gum arabic and maltodextrin as the wall material, achieving a 98% encapsulation rate. It dissolves instantly in both cold and hot water within 3 seconds, and shows no sedimentation after 30 minutes of standing, solving production line pain points such as "pipe clogging" and "nozzle staining."

Small-scale on-site experiment: Two 100 ml graduated cylinders were used. Left: 0.5 g of commercially available 80-mesh butterfly pea pollen + 50 ml of 25°C water; Right: 0.5 g of SOST 450-mesh instant powder + 50 ml of water.

After 5 seconds: The left cylinder showed obvious adhesion to the cylinder wall and powder accumulation at the bottom; the right cylinder showed a uniform sapphire blue color.

After 30 minutes: The sediment height on the left was 8 mm; on the right, it was <1 mm.

Using a TDS meter to measure the solids content of the solution: the right cylinder showed an 18% increase, indicating true "dissolution" rather than "suspension."

Why choose SOST's Blue Butterfly Pea Powder?

Leading Technology: 450-mesh ultrafine grinding + vacuum freeze-drying, anthocyanin retention ≥92%, color value ≥68.

Dual Instant Solubility: Choose between regular and encapsulated types; dissolves in cold and hot water in 3 seconds, no tube clogging, no precipitation.

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