Collagen Hydrolysate - Strawberry - Wild Caught Fish - 500 Grams

Ready for a true all-in-one supplement? Then Paleo Powders Collagen Hydrolysate with natural vitamin C is an excellent option for you. This powerful supplement provides collagen, the most abundant protein in the human body, which makes up approximately 25% to 35% of all proteins in our connective tissue, skin, bones, and tendons.

Collagen has a unique combination of amino acids that specifically supports the collagen-rich structures in your body. The name “collagen” is derived from the Greek word “colla” (glue): it acts as a kind of “cellular glue” that holds all connective tissue in the body together. The amino acids in collagen form the building blocks of these tissues and thus contribute to an optimally functioning body.

Benefits of Fish Collagen

• Powerful form of nutricosmetics that nourishes the body’s natural collagen network.
• Natural wild strawberry flavor, sweetened with stevia, for a pleasant and refreshing taste.
• Serves as a high-quality source of protein.
• Rich in the amino acids glycine, lysine, and proline.
• Sourced from sustainably caught, wild fish from Europe.
• Contains type I collagen.
• With natural vitamin C from acerola to support normal collagen production.
• Low molecular weight (3 kDa) for rapid and efficient absorption.
• Dissolves easily in water and is free from gluten, soy, and artificial additives.

Natural Vitamin C and Flavor

This formula contains not only natural vitamin C but also the natural sweetener stevia and has a light, fresh strawberry flavor. The collagen mixes easily with various liquids and, due to its low molecular weight (3 kDa), is quickly absorbed by the body. Your body rapidly gains access to targeted amino acids and other compounds that can be utilized immediately.

What Are Nutricosmetics?

Nutricosmetics are a category of supplements focused on beauty and care from within. These products are typically used to support the skin, hair, and nails. This category includes various types of natural dietary supplements, including collagen and bone broth. By using collagen and bone broth together, you create a nutricosmetics stack that works from different angles, as these products strengthen each other synergistically: 1 + 1 feels like 3.

Supporting the Body with Collagen

Collagen is therefore not only a nutri-cosmetic ingredient but – as described earlier – a true all-in-one star for the entire body. Collagen obtained through food or supplements naturally helps replenish your body’s own collagen reserves. Although your body produces collagen itself, this production begins to decline around the age of 25, and by the time you reach approximately 50 years of age, very little collagen is still produced.

Maintaining healthy collagen levels and ensuring a sufficient daily intake is therefore a logical part of nourishing, supportive nutrition, similar to what the body has been accustomed to from an evolutionary perspective.

Why Collagen Is Essential

1. Collagen is an important protein that is largely absent from many modern dietary patterns. Collagen and its associated specific amino acids help restore balance in protein and amino acid intake, particularly in the ratio between L-methionine and glycine. Collagen is especially rich in glycine.
2. All tissues in your body, including collagen itself, require a supply of building blocks and sufficient nutrients in order to function optimally.
3. As age increases, the body’s natural ability to produce collagen noticeably declines.
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Strengthening Your Body from Within

Increasing your collagen intake does not have to be limited to supplements. You can also make bone broth yourself, prepare stews, or more often choose tougher, collagen-rich cuts of meat instead of only lean muscle meat. Using collagen hydrolysate as a dietary supplement is primarily a practical and time-saving solution. Collagen hydrolysate from wild fish is an easy way to quickly enrich your daily diet with important amino acids.

Glycine, Lysine and (Hydroxy)Proline

Although collagen hydrolysate does not provide all essential amino acids, it does contain three amino acids that are generally not found in comparable quantities in other protein sources. The notably high concentrations of glycine, proline, and hydroxyproline make collagen unique. These amino acids are present only in small amounts in plant foods. Glycine, proline, and hydroxyproline are the three most common amino acids in collagen, and in the human body they occur roughly in the same proportions as in collagen supplements.

Suitable for Keto and Paleo

Collagen hydrolysate from wild fish is produced from ingredients that fit within a paleo-approved, responsibly sourced origin. Because collagen hydrolysate consists almost entirely of protein and contains no sugars or fats, it fits into nearly any dietary pattern, from a ketogenic diet to a low-fat eating plan. Wild-sourced products are among the most nutrient-dense and healthy choices, and wild-caught fish from the clean regions of the Atlantic Ocean are no exception. Moreover, collagen hydrolysate is easy to digest and quickly absorbed, making it interesting if your digestion reacts sensitively to other protein-rich foods.

100% European Origin

Our collagen hydrolysate comes from wild-caught fish from the Atlantic Ocean (catch area FAO 27) and is produced entirely within Europe. This allows the quality of the product to be carefully monitored and safeguarded throughout the entire process, from catch to final product. By limiting the sourcing of our wild fish collagen to Europe, we increase sustainability compared with the use of less reliable sources from, among others, China.

Made from Wild Sea Fish

With a protein content of approximately 95% per serving, this supplement is exceptionally pure. By breaking down collagen proteins from high-quality fish skins into smaller particles through a natural and mild enzymatic hydrolysis process, peptides with a low molecular weight of 3 kDa are created. This results in a powder with a very neutral taste. This makes it ideal for use in shakes, smoothies, or other recipes. The collagen particles are also efficiently and quickly absorbed by the body.

Focus on High Quality

The quality of collagen powders varies greatly. In 2020, the Clean Label Project examined thirty collagen products for the presence of the heavy metals arsenic, cadmium, lead, and mercury. The report showed that although the mercury value of all tested products was within safe food standards, 34% still contained low measurable concentrations. In addition, 37% tested positive for elevated concentrations of lead and 17% for elevated concentrations of cadmium.

Animal-friendly and sustainable sourcing helps prevent a large part of these issues. The report emphasizes that contamination with heavy metals is often associated with concentrated animal feed and intensive animal processing. In this product, Paleo Powders therefore chose exclusively European, wild-caught sea fish. Another factor that contributes to heavy metal contamination according to the same report is air pollution, a reality in the modern world that can be mitigated through the exclusive use of appropriate processing technologies.

Routine Testing for Heavy Metals

For Paleo Powders, quality control, product safety, and transparency are central. Therefore, every certificate of analysis is carefully reviewed, and all new batches are double-tested in an independent laboratory. This ensures that the desired quality can consistently be maintained. The typical levels of heavy metals in Paleo Powders marine collagen hydrolysate are as follows.

• Arsenic (As) < 0.10 mg/kg = < 0.1 PPM
• Cadmium (Cd) < 0.01 mg/kg = < 0.01 PPM
• Lead (Pb) < 0.10 mg/kg = < 0.10 PPM
• Mercury (Hg) < 0.005 mg/kg = < 0.005 PPM

Fish Collagen, Bone Broth and Kefir Whey

Fish Collagen	Bone Broth	Kefir Whey
Neutral taste	Mild savory taste	Creamy taste
Fast absorption	Normal absorption	Fast absorption
Hydrolyzed	Not hydrolyzed	Semi-hydrolyzed
Collagen type I	Collagen type I to V	No collagen
Enzymatically produced	Slowly simmered	Kefir-fermented
95% proteins	98% proteins	90% proteins
95% collagen	78–84% collagen	0% collagen
No dairy	No dairy	Dairy whey
0% fat	2–5% fat	0% fat
0% sugars	0% sugars	0% sugars
Glycine 21.6%	Glycine 20%	Glycine 1.5%
BCAAs 7.42%	BCAAs 8.4%	BCAAs 23.75%
Hydroxyproline 10.6%	Hydroxyproline 10.2%	Hydroxyproline 0%
Derived from skin	Derived from meaty bones	Derived from pasture milk
No glucosamine	Contains glucosamine	No glucosamine
No chondroitin	Contains chondroitin	No chondroitin
No hyaluronic acid	Contains hyaluronic acid	No hyaluronic acid

Ancient Eating Habits and Collagen

Our ancestors from the hunter-gatherer period, and many generations after them, consumed significantly more collagen than we do today. This was due to their strong reliance on animal foods. During times of scarcity as well as abundance, it was natural that a captured animal would be fully utilized. Anyone who wanted to survive ate the animal from head to tail: tendons, cartilage, skin, connective tissue, and even bones were consumed or processed into tools and weapons. Whether it involved sea or land animals – or both – the “nose-to-tail” principle was the universal norm.

Migration and More Animal Foods

It is known that hunter-gatherers, as they moved farther from the equator to more northern regions, had less access to plant foods. The colder the climate, the scarcer natural plant growth becomes. This shortage was compensated by a higher intake of animal products. Prehistoric hunter-gatherers obtained on average about 50% of their food from animal sources.

The Nose-to-Tail Principle

In prehistoric times, consuming only lean muscle meat, without fats, organs, glands, and collagen-rich tissues, would not have been sufficient to function optimally or even survive. A substantial part of animal nutrition consisted precisely of nutrient-rich, collagen-rich parts. In the modern world, nose-to-tail eating has largely been abandoned. As a result, collagen-rich or tougher meats and other animal parts are no longer preferred over tender, lean cuts.

The difference in daily collagen consumption between earlier and current generations is therefore considerable. Research shows that vegetarians and vegans generally consume even less collagen than the average omnivore.

The Dynamics of Collagen

Maintenance and quality of collagen are not only dependent on daily nutrition. Mechanical stimuli from movement and sports also play an important role. Collagen can rapidly adjust its crystallinity in response to physical load. The ordering of collagen molecules, for example in the cartilage of your knees, adapts to every step you take. As a result of varying mechanical load, the structural state of collagen continuously changes.

The expression “Use it or lose it” therefore applies not only to muscles and bones but especially to collagen-rich tissues. If your tissues are insufficiently or one-sidedly loaded, they deteriorate in function and structure. Frequent and varied movement is part of our human heritage.

Interaction Between Collagen and Water

Water is another important factor from our paleolithic environment. In its natural state, approximately 60% of the weight of collagen consists of water. In other words, water forms an integral part of collagen.

Water molecules can firmly embed themselves within collagen tissue and closely follow its helix structure. The complex movement and organization of water molecules in hydrated collagen tissue are essential for its structural and functional properties.

In other words: good hydration is of great importance for healthy collagen. Supporting your mitochondria and drinking sufficient pure water daily should, alongside proper nutrition and movement, be high on the priority list for collagen health and function.

Health: The Bigger Picture

In addition, sleep, earthing (grounding), and sensible exposure to sunlight also play an important role in maintaining healthy collagen levels and proper collagen function throughout the body. Sleep means recovery. Sunlight provides you with red and near-infrared light, especially at sunrise and sunset. Earthing, making contact with the earth with bare feet, supplies the connective tissue matrix with electrons from the soil.

Conclusion

Collagen Hydrolysate with natural vitamin C is a versatile and powerful supplement that can contribute to your daily nutrition and self-care routine in multiple ways. Thanks to its sustainable European origin and the combination of specific amino acids with natural vitamin C, this product forms a valuable addition to a modern, conscious lifestyle. If you are looking for effective and broad support for your body from within, Collagen Hydrolysate with natural vitamin C is a highly suitable choice.