Many collagen-containing products are commercially available in both liquid and tablet form.
Most of these products are not effective due to their low absorption capacity.
Because:
- Molecule diameters are too large for the required absorption.
- Damage to the structures due to stomach acid.
- They cannot reach the dermis layer of the skin after their absorption.
Collagen derived from natural products of animal products is a non-hydrolyzed collagen.
The collagen produced by the use of gelatin for nutritional purposes after boiling of animal products is also non-hydrolyzed collagen.
The most easily available collagen by the body is hydrolyzed collagen .
More than 90% of the hydrolyzed collagen is absorbed within six hours after ingestion. This means the existence of the so-called biological usability (= bioavailability); Peptides are more suitable for use in the body without intermediate digestion and absorption steps.
Bioavailability
Bioavailability is the most important condition used in grading the effects of all dietary supplements. Not only in collagen-containing products but in all nutritional supplements aj
• Bioavailability enables observing how product content has an impact on the cellular level.
• Bioavailability is determined as% after use. The highest percentage indicates the highest availability.
• The bioavailability of hydrolyzed collagen is 90%.
• Non-hydrolyzed collagen is only 5%.
Hydrolyzed Collagen
The collagen form with the highest absorption is hydrolyzed collagen . These hydrolyzed collagen peptides are much smaller than the collagen molecules. They are absorbed in a very rapid manner.
Collagen peptides are a pure protein source. When these peptides are produced, extremely high utilization is possible when the selected collagen source is an extracellular matrix protein of a mammal.
The key to this technology is the enzymatic step used to separate collagen into specific peptides.