What is Hydrolyzed Fish Collagen (HFC) ?

Our Hydrolyzed Fish Collagen is a pure protein made up of amino acids1. These are the basic structural group for all proteins. While all proteins are made up of amino acids, not all proteins are collagen.

Collagens from all sources are composed of the same amino acids and have the same Chemical Abstract Service2 number 68410-45-7 no matter if they come from fish, cattle or pigs. The difference is the amino acids are in slightly different percentages and the acceptance or confidence that consumers place in the source, manufacturing and purity.

Everyone needs to consume protein in order to provide the nutrition needed for daily life. If you are reducing your consumption of red meat, our Hydrolyzed Fish Collagen can readily be added to your diet to insure you obtain the necessary protein. There’s no cholesterol, sugar or fat in our protein so it can be added to meals to provide a pure protein boost.

When collagen is hydrolyzed, the protein molecules are broken into smaller molecules. A hydrolyzed protein will be easier to digest and will be absorbed by the body faster and easier than a non-hydrolyzed protein.

Atlantic Hydrolyzed Fish Collagen is manufactured from collagen which is the principal protein found in all animal skin and bones. Animal collagen is typically extracted from cattle or pig skin while our fish collagen is produced only from the skin of wild, deep-sea, ocean fish such as cod, haddock and pollock. Wild fish have no possibility of being exposed to antibiotics or hormones as is possible with farm raised animals or fish3.

  1. Amino Acids are the chemical units or "building blocks" of the body that make up proteins. Protein substances make up the muscles, tendons, organs, glands, nails, and hair. Growth, repair and maintenance of all cells are dependent upon them. Next to water, protein makes up the greatest portion of our body weight. Amino Acids that must be obtained from the diet are called "Essential Amino Acids". Amino Acids that the body can manufacture from other sources are called "Non Essential Amino Acids." www.realtime.net/anr/aminoacd.html

  2. CAS registry numbers are unique numerical identifiers for chemical compounds. They are also referred to as CAS numbers or CAS RNs. The Chemical Abstract Service, a division of the American Chemical Society, assigns these identifiers to every chemical that has been described in the literature. About 20 million compounds have received a CAS number so far, with about 4,000 new ones being added each day. The intention is to make database searches more convenient, as chemicals often have many names. Almost all molecule databases today allow searching by CAS number. www.knowledgerush.com/kr/encyclopedia/CAS_number/

  3. Barrionuevo A., Chile's Antibiotics Use on Salmon Farms Dwarfs That of a Top Rivals's, NY Times, July 26, 2009 www.nytimes.com/2009/07/27/world/americas/27salmon.html?_r=1

  4. All the skins used to produce our collagen are from food fish processing plants in Canada, the United States and Europe.