Yes. MoriKol™ is assayed for and complies with all regulated limits of detection for 40+ antibiotics, PCBs and heavy metals including mercury, lead, arsenic and cadmium.

Yes. Marine Collagen-15™ is 100% FMD and BSE-free, but this is by default – as these diseases do not develop in marine/piscine sources, but can be the result of unscrupulous practices in the rearing of land animals, i.e cows. The majority of collagen on the market is bovine (cow) sourced, so this can still pose even small concerns, even when a product certifies themselves as ‘BSE and FMD-free’, because low-level, untraceable levels or the prions that causes these diseases may persist in the source material, and can still transfer to the human or animal that consumes them.

Marine Collagen-15™ is a clean-cultivation, Kosher sourced fish.

The molecular weight of Marine Collagen-15™ is between 200-2000 Da, or < 1500 Da on average. The 15% tripeptide component of which average ~ 280 Da.

No. Our tests result show Marine Collagen-15™ to be devoid of any Egg, Gluten, Peanut, Soybean, Milk, Almond, of Crustacean allergens.

Yes and No; most collagen products will have some very low molecular weight peptides, such as those in the low range under 300 Da – but the quantity thereof is quite negligible. Most hydrolyzed collagen products demonstrate a predictible bell curve, whereby the majority of peptides are in the middle of the bell curve, centered about the median peptide value. However, MoriKol low molecular weight collagen peptides (LMWCP) show a much more skewed curve, with two peaks showing a significant portion of peptides in the tripeptide range. This is the minimum 15% standard that we promote. Conversely, tripeptides in most other collagen hydrosylates are in the low 0-1% range.

Bi- and Tripeptides of collagen are the smallest absorbable peptide units. They have both been measured in the serum intact, either meaning that bipeptides have been predigested from tripeptides and absorbed, or that they too are absorbed directly from their available source material. Marine Collagen-15™’s LMWCP deliver a 15% concentration of tripeptides, whereby in other products this amount is not guaranteed, and moreover tend to be available in negligible quantities. Because bi- and tripeptides are absorbed intact (i.e. more bioavailable), and/or require minimal predigestion activities, their action is more direct and predictable. Bi and tripeptides directly serve as collagen repair building blocks, or through indirect action, stimulate fibroblast recruitment and collagen deposition.

Because more tripeptides are predictably and directly delivered to the body (e.g. areas of collagen breakdown), the results of a 64-women DBPCR-trial has shown remarkable results at an industry-low dose of LMWCP of only 1g/day. Additionally, some of the beneficial results of these LMWCP showed significance as early as 6 weeks after intake. Most hydrolyzed collagen products show beneficial effects at higher doses, and often times after 12-weeks of intake.

Being able to supply a clinically-proven dose of collagen at 1g/day is completely novel. The molecular weight of a product has a lot to do with the amount of bulk/room it occupies. Larger molecular weight collagen hydrolysate products, therefore traditionally required high doses. As hydrolysates have gotten smaller and smaller over time, the required doses to obtain clinical value has also come down, yet none have come down as low as MoriKol™.

For this reason, nearly all collagen products on the market are sold in tubs, or containers with free-flowing powder and scoop/tablespoon sizes are required per day. Generally holding about 500 mg, encapsulated collagen products are definitely available in the market, they tend not to sell as well as powders – as the requirement is often times 6-10, or even 20 capsules per day. Capsules are supposed to a convenient delivery system, but this is definitely NOT convenient! Marine Collagen-15™’s full dose can be obtained in ONLY (2) capsules/day.