Wild Marine Collagen

Dosage and preparation

Take between 10 g (80% of a 30 ml measuring spoon) and 20 g of Naticol marine collagen peptides per day. Measuring spoon included.

Best taken

In the morning, at lunchtime or in the evening, with a meal.

After training.

Directions for use

Dissolve 10 g in:

• a glass of water with lemon juice.
• plant-based milk.
• fruit or vegetable juice.
• a smoothie.
• gazpacho.
• your whey isolate shake.

Nutripure has decided to offer the first marine collagen sourced from wild fish and with a low molecular weight (2000 daltons) for greater effectiveness on tendons and joints. This collagen comes from European seas and meets the Friend of the Sea criteria for responsible and sustainable fishing.

Our aim is to offer an alternative to bovine collagen without compromising on its effectiveness. In fact, marine collagens sourced from aquaculture have an impact on wildlife, and the feed given to these farmed fish does not meet the requirements of our community.

Nutripure offers 100% pure marine collagen with optimal bioavailability and a high dosage for real effectiveness in the tendons (10 to 20 g per day). This also provides proven effectiveness for the skin from as little as 2.5 g per day.

It will become part of your daily routine thanks to its very mild taste and smell, as well as its excellent solubility. It is the choice for those following a pescatarian diet or seeking a marine alternative to our excellent bovine collagen peptides.

Benefits:

• Collagen is present throughout our body.
• Its synthesis decreases with age.
• Collagen is scarce in our modern diet.

The optimised dose of Naticol® wild marine collagen

Nutripure’s Naticol® wild marine collagen is specially formulated to support joint and skin health. Each serving is carefully measured to provide an optimal amount of type 1 and 3 collagen, 100% pure and hydrolysed to 2000 daltons, ensuring maximum bioavailability. The recommended daily dose of 10 to 20 g delivers noticeable benefits for tendons and joints, whilst also helping to improve the skin’s hydration and elasticity.

This high-purity supplement helps maintain connective tissues. By choosing this hydrolysed collagen, you are providing a structural protein that supports skin firmness and muscle wellbeing. Many users choose to combine it with magnesium or vitamin C to enhance holistic body care.

Sourced from wild fish caught sustainably in Europe, this marine collagen offers a high-quality alternative with no negative impact on marine life. Its perfect solubility, with no distinct taste or odour, makes it a supplement that is easy to incorporate into your daily routine, whether with meals or after a workout, for accelerated muscle recovery and improved joint comfort.

Per 10 g serving of neutral marine collagen:

93 % Protein

0 % Carbohydrates

0 % Fat

A marine collagen that is pleasant to consume

Naticol® marine collagen is a pure protein comprising over 99% dry weight and with a very low molecular weight, giving it a very mild taste and odour. Highly soluble and with no aftertaste, it is particularly pleasant to consume during meals or after a workout.

Thanks to its very low molecular weight, our marine collagen guarantees high bioavailability and optimal absorption. Your body effectively absorbs and utilises the collagen, thereby maximising its health benefits for the tendons and joints of athletes. The effects on skin elasticity have been demonstrated from as little as 2.5 g per day, whilst a daily dose of 10 g to 20 g of wild marine collagen provides benefits for both joints and skin.

Furthermore, Naticol® is resistant to heat and acidic pH levels, ensuring its stability and efficacy, even when incorporated into hot recipes or acidic drinks.

Maintaining strong bones is essential for any athlete. A daily intake of collagen peptides has been linked to the ability to help regenerate joint cartilage, making it a favourite product for those seeking to improve their mobility and protect their joints after intense training sessions.

Nutripure’s commitment to sustainable marine collagen

Nutripure is committed to providing high-quality supplements whilst respecting the environment. This commitment is particularly reflected in our choice of Naticol®, our supplier of wild-caught marine collagen.

Naticol® collagen is sourced from wild-caught fish from European fisheries. As with our omega-3s, these fish come exclusively from three non-endangered species to preserve marine biodiversity.

Diversifying our fish sources is a conscious decision and an active contribution to the protection of the marine ecosystem.

Full traceability, from catch to final product, ensures complete transparency for our community. The ‘Friend of the Sea’ certification recognises these efforts to minimise environmental impact and promote sustainable fishing practices.

By choosing Naticol® for its marine collagen supplements, Nutripure demonstrates its commitment to sustainable development and environmental responsibility, whilst guaranteeing the highest quality and efficacy for its customers.

The benefits of wild marine collagen backed by science

Naticol® marine collagen is distinguished by the numerous scientifically proven benefits it offers the body.

Scientific research has shown that Naticol® contributes significantly to joint wellbeing, improved muscle tone and physical performance. These results are essential for active people and those suffering from joint pain.

Naticol® is renowned for its impact on skin beauty. Studies have shown a 16% reduction in skin wrinkles, a 21% increase in skin firmness, a 24% improvement in skin elasticity and a 23% increase in skin hydration. These results are supported by preclinical and clinical studies, as well as in vitro and in vivo tests.

Our wild marine collagen combines benefits for the joints with benefits for the skin’s appearance.

1. What is collagen?

Collagen, the most abundant protein in the human body, plays an important role in the structure of connective tissues: cartilage, tendons, ligaments, bones, skin… This fibrillar protein acts as a mesh and ensures the cohesion, elasticity and regeneration of tissues (1). There are many types of collagen, but three categories predominate:

• Type I collagen, the most abundant in vertebrates (90 per cent), which forms the skin, tendons and bone tissue.
• Type II collagen, which forms cartilage.
• Type III collagen, which forms muscles and the walls of blood vessels.

Known for its anti-wrinkle properties, this protein has other interesting uses.

2. Why take supplements?

From the age of 25 onwards, the quality and quantity of collagen produced by the body gradually decline. After the age of 40, collagen synthesis decreases by 1 per cent per year and, by around the age of 80, the body’s collagen content may be reduced by 75 per cent compared with that of a young adult (2,3) . This physiological decline is closely linked to age, genetic factors and even environmental factors (sunlight, pollution, free radicals caused by poor sporting technique, etc., as well as poor diet, smoking, alcohol and illness).

When taking a hydrolysed collagen supplement, the aim is not to ingest ‘collagen fragments’ to replace defective collagen, but to provide hydrolysed collagen molecules that stimulate the cellular signalling pathways responsible for the body’s natural production of collagen.

3. How is collagen synthesised?

Collagen is produced from pre-collagen in cartilage cells (chondrocytes), bone cells (osteoblasts) or even in the skin’s fibroblasts. This pre-collagen is then cleaved, elongated, linked into chains and secreted.

Collagen is a protein consisting of three chains, each containing a thousand amino acids, which coil to form a triple helix organised into strong fibres. It could be compared to a large ‘scoubidou’. The amino acids that make it up are mainly glycine, proline, hydroxyproline, lysine and hydroxylysine.

The assembly of these proteins depends on the presence of hydroxyproline. In the absence of this amino acid, the triple helix is unstable. The hydroxylation (addition of a hydroxyl group -OH) of proline, in turn, depends on the presence of vitamin C. Consequently, a vitamin C deficiency leads to impaired collagen synthesis, causing a weakening of blood vessels, tendons and skin, which results in a disease that ravaged the great maritime expeditions undertaken between the 15th and 18th centuries: scurvy.

4. What is hydrolysed collagen or collagen peptides?

Hydrolysed collagen is a mixture of broken-down collagen molecules (peptides).

Although native collagen has been used for a long time, particularly in the agri-food industry, it is difficult for the body to absorb through the intestinal barrier. To overcome this limitation, the collagen molecules are ‘broken down’ in a process known as hydrolysis. Hydrolysis produces small, low-molecular-weight protein segments called ‘peptides’, which can be absorbed in the gastrointestinal tract and are available to the body.

The properties of hydrolysed collagen depend on its absorption, which in turn is determined by several factors:

• The origin of the source tissue: type I collagen can be extracted from various animal sources (bovine, porcine, fish), but the main source of extraction is bovine due to its availability and biocompatibility.
• Molecular weight. Various studies suggest that low-molecular-weight hydrolysed collagen has greater bioavailability than other forms due to its miscibility, which makes it more easily absorbed in the gut (4). For example, hydrolysed collagens with an average molecular weight of 2000 Da increase osteoblastic activity more effectively than those composed of peptides with an average weight of 6000 Da (5).

Our digestive system is capable of further breaking down hydrolysed collagen into small amino acid peptides. These di- or tripeptides, composed largely of glycine, proline and hydroxyproline (6), cross the intestinal mucosa with the help of a transporter into the circulating blood, where they can be measured within an hour of ingestion (7). These circulating amino acids then act on the cells of the various tissues containing collagen (tendons, bones, cartilage, skin, etc.). It has been demonstrated in mice that radioactively labelled components of hydrolysed collagen accumulate in cartilage (8), bone marrow or skin (9), where they exert their biological effect directly.

5. How is hydrolysed collagen obtained?

Hydrolysed collagens are obtained from animal tissues of bovine, porcine or even fish origin. The manufacturing process is divided into three essential stages:

• Pre-treatment of the raw material and removal of impurities.
• Chemical extraction (alkaline or acid hydrolysis) or via an enzymatic process. The enzymatic treatment, which is more innovative, is more effective (6) and results in a higher-quality final product. This process yields collagen peptides with a molecular weight of between 2,000 and 6,000 daltons.