Collagen
Hydrolysed collagen peptides used in beauty-positioned supplement ranges. Bovine and marine sources available.
- Type
- Other
- Family
- Other
- Measured in
- mg
At a glance
- Format suitability
- Reviewed for gummies — confirmed per project.
What collagen is, and is not, in this catalogue
Collagen is filed in the catalogue as an 'Other' type — the catalogue's placement for actives that sit outside the vitamin, mineral and botanical families. The catalogue description is correspondingly plain: hydrolysed collagen peptides, used in beauty-positioned gummy ranges, available from both bovine and marine sources.
That is the full extent of what the row states about it. There is no permitted health-claim line attached the way there is for a vitamin, and the benefitsNeutral field is explicit that no EU health claim is authorised for collagen at the time of writing. The neutral ceiling here sits lower than either a vitamin's settled claim set or a botanical's pending one: collagen's row positions it in generic protein-and-amino-acid terms only, with no claim language to draw on. For a brand owner, that means collagen's story in a range has to be built on format, positioning and sourcing choice — bovine or marine — rather than on any authorised benefit wording, a different planning conversation than a claims-bearing vitamin invites.
Why brands use Collagen
Collagen is a formulation input reviewed per project, sitting in the other family. On DAT Supply briefs it is most often considered for Beauty gummies and Sport-adjacent ranges — the exact positioning is set by the brand brief and reviewed against the target market’s claim rules. Editorially we frame it around Generic protein/amino-acid context (no EU health claim authorised for collagen at the time of writing), using only EU 432/2012- or DSHEA-compatible wording for the final pack copy. Format-wise we have considered Collagen for gummies; the per-format formulation notes below describe the live constraints (taste, payload, stability, packaging) we tune in the formulation pass. Sourcing form (extract ratio for botanicals, salt or chelate form for minerals, free-form vs ester for amino acids) is reviewed against the brief, with documentation matched to the target market’s import rules. Inclusion rate and claim wording are reviewed per project — we don’t publish off-the-shelf doses.
How we use Collagen in formulas
A public-safe formulation reference — how this active behaves in our formats, common pairings and handling notes. Final formulation, dose and on-pack copy are confirmed per project.
- Heat stable
- Limited — use coated forms
- Soluble in matrix
- Conditional
- Vegan supply
- Project-specific
EU-authorised health claims
EU-authorised wording for this ingredient is reviewed per project against Reg. 1924/2006 and the authorised list under Reg. 432/2012. No final claim wording is implied by this page.
Collagen is reviewed against the target market’s claim posture: EU 432/2012 wording (UK tracks EU post-Brexit) for the EU/UK route, and DSHEA structure-function wording with the FDA disclosure for the US route. Pack copy is rewritten per market and confirmed per project.
Authorised at ≥15% NRV per daily serving. Claim wording must appear verbatim on consumer packaging. DAT reviews final pack copy per project against EU 1924/2006 and the authorised list under EU 432/2012.
