New Zealand
Collagen
Clean Sourced - Top Grade - Processed for Purity
Collagen is required by the body to maintain a healthy and well-functioning musculoskeletal system.
What is Collagen?
The word “collagen” comes from the Greek word kolla, which means glue. This is an easy way to think of what collagen does – it is the main component of the connective tissues that hold our musculoskeletal system together.
Collagen makes up one-third of the protein in our bodies. It is found in bone, tendons, joints, cartilage, and skin. It is also present in muscle tissue, organs, blood vessels, hair, and nails There are at least 16 types of collagen – Type 1 collagen is the most abundant, comprising up to 90% of the total collagen in our bodies. It is a vital component in our skin, bone, organs, tendons, and ligaments.
Antler Farms® New Zealand Collagen is derived from grass fed bovine hides, yielding a natural blend of high grade type 1 and type 3 collagen and contains 19 different essential and nonessential amino acids.
Why Grass Fed Matters
Our collagen starts with naturally healthy, 100% grass fed cows raised in the beautiful Canterbury Plains of New Zealand. Our cows live outdoors and feed on green pasture year round.
Collagen is found naturally only in animals. It is present in animal bones, hides, tendons and ligaments. Bovine hides are a great source of collagen because the intermediate layer is rich in top grade collagen. In a hide-processing facility, collagen is carefully and hygienically extracted from hides that have been “split”, meaning the subcutaneous connective tissue has been removed and separated.
We use a hi-tech enzymatic hydrolyzation process that breaks down long chain collagen protein into smaller chains, called collagen peptides (also known as hydrolyzed collagen or collagen hydrolysate). The hydrolyzation process isolates, purifies and concentrates collagen peptides before being spray dried and packaged for distribution.
The herd is raised without the use of hormones, antibiotics, chemicals or GMOs.
