What is collagen?

Collagen I is the most abundant protein in our body and provides the strength and durability needed for our daily activities. As we age the natural collagen production in our body slows down resulting in looser skin and the formation of wrinkles. Icelandic Marine Collagen contains peptides and amino acids that the body uses as building blocks to maintain a healthy, smooth and hydrated skin.

Marine collagen

Icelandic Marine Collagen is highly bioavailable and comes from the skin of wild caught sustainably harvested cod that lives the North Atlantic Ocean around Iceland. 

Regular consumption of collagen peptides been reported in laboratory tests and clinical trials to have a wide range of beneficial effects on the health and helps promote joint health and youthful looking skin.    

Cold water fish gelatine

Gelatin is obtained by the partial hydrolysis of collagen, the principal protein found in skin and bones. The raw material for our cold water fish gelatine is the skin from cod (Gadhus morhua), the uniqueness of fish gelatin lies in the amino acid content of the gelatine. Although all gelatines are composed of the same 20 amino acids, there can be a variation in the amount of amino acids, proline and hydroxyproline. With lower amounts of these amino acids, there is less hydrogen bonding of gelatine in water solutions, and therefore a lower gelling temperature. Gelatin from cod skin gels at 10ºC, whereas gelatine from warm water fish such as carp would have properties more similar to mammalian gelatine and form stable gels at room temperature. 

Most people think of gelatine as a food additive or a part of photographic films. Cold water fish gelatine however has a lower gelling temperature making possible other commercial applications such as in pharmaceuticals and wound dressing and for use in cold foods or treats.