Food ingredient · Protein
Collagen
Animal collagen broken into peptides; used in supplements and bars.
- Industrial protein
- Ultra-processing marker
- Expert review pending
Concern level
A minor or very limited concern, such as being an ultra-processing marker only. The concern level sets how many points collagen costs on a product’s receipt.
What the evidence says
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Marker of ultra-processingInfo
An ingredient typical of ultra-processed foods (NOVA group 4). [1]
Evidence tiers say how sure the evidence is, separately from how much it matters. About evidence tiers.
Popular products that list collagen
130 of the 17,000 most-scanned products in the US with a GoodSwap page list collagen. The 12 most scanned:
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Collagen Peptides Vital Proteins · 24 oz Score 100 out of 100 Excellent -
Collagen Peptides + Probiotics Orgain · cada cuánto se toma Score 99 out of 100 Excellent -
Minis Original Archer · 1 stick 14 g Score 80 out of 100 Excellent -
Archer Original Beef Stick Mini Archer · 0.5 oz (14 g) Score 72 out of 100 Good -
CHOCOLATE PEANUT BUTTER protein bar Pure Protein · 50 g Score 28 out of 100 Poor -
Original Beef Stick Chomps · 1.15 oz (33 g) Score 75 out of 100 Good -
Barebells Cookies & Cream Protein Bar Barebells · 55 g Score 89 out of 100 Excellent -
Caramel Cashew Barebells · 1.94 oz (55 g) Score 30 out of 100 Poor -
Coconut Puff Built · 560 g Score 84 out of 100 Excellent -
Chocolate Dough Barebells · 55 g Score 90 out of 100 Excellent -
Piece Coconut Built · 40 g Score 25 out of 100 Poor -
Pure Protein Chocolate Deluxe Pure Protein · 50 g Score 22 out of 100 Poor
Diets and allergens
- Vegan
- No
- Vegetarian
- No
- Gluten-free
- Depends on the source
For the ingredient in general. Always check the package: a product’s own labels win.
Names GoodSwap recognizes on labels (12)
- collagen
- beef collagen
- fish collagen
- bovine collagen
- marine collagen
- collagen protein
- collagen peptides
- grass fed collagen
- hydrolyzed collagen
- collagen hydrolysate
- bovine collagen peptides
- hydrolyzed collagen peptides