Food ingredient · Protein

Collagen

Animal collagen broken into peptides; used in supplements and bars.

  • Industrial protein
  • Ultra-processing marker
  • Expert review pending

Concern level

Low concern Level 1 of 4 How concern levels work

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

  • 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:

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

Sources

  1. Ultra-processed foods: what they are and how to identify them

    Public Health Nutrition · April 2019 · Peer-reviewed

    doi.org