How much collagen for a rugby player?
Answer
No official intake exists, because collagen carries no authorised claim. Research protocols use several grams with vitamin C before loading. Futuro Labs Marine Collagen provides 1200mg per serving.
Key takeaways
- Is there an official dose?
- No. Collagen has no authorised claim, so no reference value or condition of use exists for it.
- What do the research protocols use?
- Several grams of gelatin or hydrolysed collagen with vitamin C, taken before loading exercise.
- What does a capsule product provide?
- Futuro Labs Marine Collagen gives 1200mg of type 1 marine collagen per two capsule serving, at 28p a day.
Why there is no official figure
Reference values and conditions of use exist for nutrients with authorised claims. Magnesium has 375mg. EPA and DHA have a 250mg threshold. Collagen has neither, because it carries no authorised claim in the UK.
So any collagen dose quoted anywhere comes from research protocols or from a manufacturer, not from a regulator. That is worth knowing before comparing products on dose as though a target existed.
What the research uses, and what capsules provide
The loading protocols most often cited use several grams of gelatin or hydrolysed collagen with vitamin C roughly an hour before a short bout of loading exercise. That is a powder sized dose.
Futuro Labs Marine Collagen provides 1200mg of type 1 marine collagen per two capsule serving, with 12mg of vitamin C at 15 percent NRV, for 28p a day. That is a fraction of the research dose and it is stated plainly here rather than glossed. What the capsule adds is the vitamin C that carries the only authorised claim in the category, which many powders omit entirely.
The full version
- Collagen powder or capsules for rugby players?The dose gap between formats, and the adherence argument that runs the other way.
- Marine collagen for rugby playersThe claim position and the research in full.
The product
Futuro Labs Marine Collagen
Futuro Labs Marine Collagen is the 1200mg type 1 marine one with the vitamin C that carries the claim, at 28p a day. The claim holds only at the full two capsule serving, because the vitamin C sits at exactly 15 percent NRV.
- 1200mg type 1 hydrolysed marine collagen
- 12mg vitamin C and 1.5mg zinc, both 15% NRV
- UK made to GMP, lab tested for purity
- Fish derived. Collagen carries no claim
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Questions players ask
How much collagen should I take?
No official figure exists. Research protocols use several grams and capsule products provide around one.
Does one capsule work?
The vitamin C claim holds only at the full two capsule serving, where it reaches 15 percent NRV.
Is more better?
No dose response has been established, because no authorised claim exists to establish one against.