This is a plant-based alternative to animal-derived collagen with the added bonus of Glucosamine for Joint Stiffness & pain

Ingredients in Vollagen & Glucosamine

1. Vollagen Amino Acid Complex: 450mg
2. Glucosamine HCl, vegan: 150mg
3. MAGNIFOOD Complex total: 150mg
4. Organic Rose Hips: 50mg
5. Organic Turmeric Root, fresh freeze dried: 50mg
6. Organic Ginger Rhizome/Root, fresh freeze dried: 25mg
7. Organic Matcha Green Tea, ceremonial grade AAA: 25mg
8. Vegetarian capsule shell

100% plant-based, shellfish-free, no fillers, binders, or additives

Collagen supplements are normally made from bovine or marine material. 

Vollagen is a patented fermented complex that is the same as 18 building blocks your body uses to make this protein, without any animal ingredients.

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

• Skin needs collagen for firmness, bounce and smoother-looking texture.
• Hair and nails need amino acids to stay strong and less brittle.
• 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.

How Glucosamine Works

Glucosamine is an amino sugar (a glycan) used to make the gel-like substances inside cartilage and joint fluid.

It feeds into a pathway called the hexosamine pathway, where the body turns it into UDP-GlcNAc. 

1. Making GAGs (Joint Cushioning Glycans)

This is then used to make glycosaminoglycans, or GAGs. GAGs include: 

1. chondroitin sulphate, 
2. keratan sulphate and 
3. hyaluronic acid. 

These GAGs:

• help cartilage hold water, stay springy and absorb pressure.
• help make proteoglycans, especially aggrecan. Aggrecan is one of the main molecules that gives cartilage its cushion-like structure.

Glucosamine helps supply raw material for the “shock absorber” part of joints.

2. Anti Inflammatory Effect of Glucosamine

It also affects inflammatory signalling inside cartilage cells, called chondrocytes.

When joints are under stress, pathways such as NF-κB can switch on. 

This can increase inflammatory chemicals such as IL-1β, TNF-α, COX-2 and PGE2.

These signals can also increase cartilage-breaking enzymes, including MMP-3, MMP-13, ADAMTS-4 and ADAMTS-5.

Glucosamine is thought to help turn down some of these signals, so the joint is not just breaking down cartilage faster than it can rebuild it.

3. Benefits of Glucosamine

1. Helps keep cartilage healthy and cushioned.
2. Useful when joints feel stiff, creaky or worn.
3. Helps cartilage hold water, which keeps it springier.
4. Often chosen for knees, hips, hands and everyday joint wear and tear.
5. Useful for people who exercise, walk a lot, or feel joints are not as comfortable as they used to be.
6. Works well as a long-term joint ingredient, not a quick painkiller.

Other Ingredients in Terranova Complex 

1. Rosehip contains galactolipids and vitamin C. Galactolipids work by reducing inflammatory messengers that can drive joint stiffness, while vitamin C is needed to make stable collagen.
2. Turmeric contains curcumin. Curcumin works mainly by calming inflammatory signalling pathways such as NF-κB, COX-2 and LOX, which are involved in joint irritation.For skin, lower inflammatory signalling can be useful when skin looks stressed or tired.
3. Ginger contains gingerols and shogaols. These compounds work by reducing prostaglandin and leukotriene signalling, two pathways involved in soreness, stiffness and post-activity discomfort. It is a strong antioxideant which protects the skin from ageing.
4. Matcha contains catechins, especially EGCG. EGCG works by neutralising free radicals and reducing oxidative stress, which can damage collagen and connective tissue over time.

Natural Alternative to Anti-Inflammatory Drugs

The turmeric, ginger, and rosehip in the botanical blend provide mild anti-inflammatory effects through different pathways than NSAIDs. This is not a painkiller, but over 8 to 12 weeks, many customers find they need anti-inflammatories less often. Discuss medication changes with your pharmacist.