Vegan collagen-style magic for plumper-looking skin, stronger hair, nails and healthier joints.

Ingredients in Terranova Nutrition Vollagen & Hyaluronic Acid

Per 1 vegetarian capsule

1. Vollagen Amino Acid Complex: 500mg
2. Hyaluronic Acid, as Sodium Hyaluronate: 50mg
3. MAGNIFOOD Complex total: 200mg
4. Rose Hips, organic: 75mg
5. Matcha Green Tea, ceremonial grade AAA, organic: 50mg
6. Horsetail Spring Shoot, fresh freeze dried: 25mg
7. Parsley Leaf, fresh freeze dried, organic: 25mg
8. Nettle Leaf, fresh freeze dried: 25mg
9. Vegetarian capsule shell

This high-dose Vollagen formula with antioxidant-rich Magnifood complexes and hyaluronic acid

Vollagen is the patented amino acid complex that gives all 18 amino acids found in the Collagen protein. It is made through fermentation of non-GMO corn. As collagen declines with age it is great to have a vegan option to top up levels.

How Vollagen Works

1. Supplying Collagen Amino Acids

This is not marine or bovine collagen. It is a vegan amino acid complex designed to give the body the main amino acids found in collagen.

Collagen has a very specific amino acid pattern. It is rich in glycine, proline and hydroxyproline. These are heavily used in skin, hair, nails, joints, tendons, ligaments, bones and blood vessels.

In simple terms, it gives the body collagen-type raw materials without using fish, bovine or animal collagen.

2. Helping the Body Build Its Own Collagen

The body does not just “use collagen” straight from a capsule. It has to make collagen inside cells.

• Cells such as fibroblasts in the skin and chondrocytes in cartilage use amino acids to build new collagen chains.
• Glycine is especially important because collagen needs glycine at every third position in its structure. Proline and hydroxyproline help give collagen its strong, stable shape.

So Vollagen works differently from hydrolysed collagen peptides. It does not supply animal collagen peptides. Instead, it gives the body the key amino acids it needs for its own collagen-making process.

3. How Vollagen Works for Skin, Hair, Nails and Joints

1. Skin needs collagen for firmness, bounce and smoother-looking texture.
2. Hair and nails need amino acids to stay strong and less brittle.
3. Joints, tendons and ligaments need collagen-type building blocks because these tissues are protein-rich and structural.

This is why Vollagen is often chosen by people who want a collagen-style product, but need it to be vegan, vegetarian, fish-free or bovine-free.

Hyaluronic Acid for Dry Skin and Joints

Hyaluronic acid is the chemical your skin uses to hold moisture. It is found naturally in your body. A single gram can hold up to six litres of water, which is why it is works so well for plumpness and hydration. Its in skin, joints and all over the body. 

Your body produces less hyaluronic acid as you age.

How Hyaluronic Acid Works

Taking Hyaluronic acid Supplements doesn't just supply the HA to your Skin (Joints, Eyes etc) for it to use. It works in two ways:

1. HA fragments are absorbed and used directly to hold water in skin and all connective tissue (even you eyes feel brighter!)
2. HA also actually triggers to the body to make  more HA naturally. HA fragments may bind to CD44 receptors on fibroblasts, triggering pathways such as TGF-β/Smad, MAPK/ERK and HAS2 activity, which are involved in making the skin’s own hyaluronic acid, collagen and elastin. Fibroblasts are collagen producing cells. 

How Matcha Works

Simple Explanation: matcha is in this formula to help protect collagen from oxidative damage. It is not the main collagen-building ingredient. Vollagen gives the amino acid building blocks, while matcha helps reduce the background damage that can age skin faster.

The more long winded explanation is:

1. Matcha acts as an Antioxidant

They act as antioxidants in two ways. 

They neutralise free radicals: Matcha contains catechins, especially EGCG, which work as antioxidants. They neutralise free radicals before they damage skin and joint cells.

They Reduce MMP activity: Over time, free radicals  can trigger enzymes called MMPs, especially MMP-1, which break down collagen in the skin and joints. EGCG helps reduce this oxidative stress and may help quieten collagen-breaking pathways, including MMP activity and inflammatory signalling such as NF-κB.

2. Matcha makes more Antioxidants

Matcha catechins also activate the Nrf2 pathway. This is one of the body’s own cell-protection systems. When Nrf2 is switched on, the body makes more antioxidant enzymes such as glutathione-related enzymes, superoxide dismutase and catalase.

How Rosehip Works

Simple Explanation: Rosehip is packed with GOPO. These helps calm joint irritation, while vitamin C (also in Rosehip) helps the body make stronger collagen for cartilage, bones and connective tissue.

Long Winded explanation:

Rosehip is better studied than many customers realise, especially for joints and stiffness. Its key actives are galactolipid GOPO and vitamin C.

1. GOPO helps calm inflammatory signalling around worn or stiff joints. It appears to reduce neutrophil chemotaxis, meaning fewer inflammatory white blood cells are drawn into the joint area. This helps lower some of the chemical signals that can irritate cartilage cells, called chondrocytes.
2. Vitamin C (contained in Rosehip) works differently. It helps the body build strong collagen by acting as a cofactor for prolyl hydroxylase and lysyl hydroxylase, enzymes needed to make stable collagen fibres.

Other Ingredients in Terranova Nutrition Vollagen & Hyaluronic Acid 

1. Horsetail builds strength of Collagen: It is rich in silica, which works by helping form collagen cross-links and strengthening the extracellular matrix, the structure that gives skin, hair, nails and connective tissue their firmness.
2. Parsley as an antioxidant: It contains vitamin C, apigenin and other flavonoids, which work by feeding vitamin C-dependent collagen enzymes and reducing oxidative stress through antioxidant pathways such as Nrf2.
3. Nettle as an anti inflammatory and antioxidant: It contains polyphenols, minerals and flavonoids, which work by calming inflammatory signalling such as NF-κB and reducing oxidative stress that can weaken skin, scalp and connective tissue.

Collagen Declines from Your Mid-Twenties

From age 25, the body's production drops about 1 to 1.5 per cent per year. By 40, capacity has declined 20 to 30 per cent. After menopause, decline accelerates sharply, with women losing up to 30 per cent of skin collagen in the first five years.

UV exposure, smoking, excess sugar, and chronic stress speed this process. Fine lines, thinner skin, brittle nails, and stiff joints all reflect this internal decline.