ANTECEDENTS OF GELATIN AND COLLAGEN PEPTIDES
Antecedents of Gelatin and Collagen Peptides
When it comes to gelatin and collagen peptides, it cannot be without mentioning these two antecedents collagens, the natural collagens——a very important and most abundant protein of the human body that is widely found in connective tissues, plays an important role of connecting cells, supporting each other, and is highly extensible, being ligaments Major constituent of the tendon extracellular matrix. When the molecular weight of native collagen becomes smaller, it becomes gelatin and collagen peptides.
The victory of Jelly Bears
In recent years, with the gradual emergence of people's demand for health, functional soft candy has opened a breakthrough in the young market for functional food because of its health, convenience and other characteristics. In the U.S. dietary supplement market, functional fudge has become the second popular form after capsules / tablets. According to the statistics of the U.S. Nutrition Business Journal, the sales volume of gummy bear with functional ingredients increased by 6% in 2019, accounting for 13% of the U.S. supplement market share. According to NBJ data, it took only four years (2014-2018) to double the global sales volume of functional gummy. It is expected that the global sales volume of functional candy will exceed $8.6 billion in 2022.
The Best Partner of Functional Soft Candy
Collagen peptides are derived from naturally derived animal collagens through further enzymatic hydrolysis, and due to the disassembly of macromolecular proteins, they can be actively and barrier free absorbed by the human body in the form of small molecule peptides, which are transported to various body tissues through the blood to exert health benefits.
Collagen peptide, as a scientific and clinically proven health ingredient, can not only maintain bone health, help muscle growth and help repair hair and nails. Most importantly, collagen peptide always dominates the screen in the field of oral beauty, which is the most widely used functional soft candy. The consumption trend of Tmall global oral beauty products in 2017-2019 shows that collagen products not only account for the largest proportion, but also grow the fastest. The position of collagen peptide in functional soft candy can be seen.
The clinical experiments on people from Asia and other races like Latin America all showed that collagen could help brand merchants meet the needs of millions of consumers by making their skin glowing, tenacious and beautiful. In addition, in the process of actual use, the collagen protein also had the advantages of good solution, gentle smell, good stability, and a wide range of pH adapt, which made it be fully used in the functional soft candy.
In addition to the soft candy added with collagen and vitamin C, there are many soft candy products on the market, such as zinc and iron, curcumin and probiotics. Soft candy has become the carrier of snack innovation and functional diversity.
On many social platforms, # nutritional soft candy #, # collagen soft candy # and other topics are also hot. Many stars and well-known bloggers participate in discussions and bring goods, pushing the exposure of soft candy products to a new wave of upsurge. Beauty, reducing fat, helping sleep, soothing nerves and replenishing multidimensional... Under the trend of food health and functionality, functional soft candy with the halo of health food has become the transformation direction of traditional candy enterprises.
The rapid growth of functional soft candy has injected new vitality into the big health market. Both gelatin as a filling ingredient and collagen peptide as a functional ingredient will help it invincible and bring unparalleled sensory and health experience to consumers.
Post time: Dec-22-2021
