Overview
We keep Ancient + Brave True Collagen Sachets 15 x 5 g on our collagen shelf alongside 54 others, and rank it on rating, review volume and live price rather than on the brand. The manufacturer puts it this way: Easily digestible, highly absorbable and clinically researched Type I hydrolysed bovine collagen peptides. Type I is the most abundant collagen in the human body. Collagen powder is a simple addition to your daily ritual. Collagen levels naturally decline with age. That is the maker talking, not us, so read it as a claim rather than a finding. Buyers have it at 4.5 out of 5 from 3,100 ratings. We work out below what that is worth against everything else on the shelf.
At a glance - Brand
- Ancient + Brave
- Amazon rating
- 4.5 out of 5, from 3,100 ratings
- Against the shelf
- 0.1 above the collagen median of 4.4
- Our placing
- 5 of 55, weighted for how many people rated it
- Where the price sits
- Middle of a shelf running £7.99 to £38.50
- How settled
- A solid base of ratings behind the score
- In the pack
- 15, so the per-unit cost is shown with the price
Read from the label- Collagen per serving
- 5 g
- Types on the label
- I
- Source
- Bovine
The dose above is per serving, and a serving is often more than one capsule. We do not publish a
cost per 10 g of collagen on this shelf because the listings rarely say how many capsules make a
serving, and multiplying by the capsule count would overstate what you get.
Taken from the wording on the listing itself and the price we track, not from a brand claim about value.
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How it compares on the collagen shelf
Across the 55 rated collagen products we track, the middle of the pack sits at 4.4 out of 5. This one scores 4.5. That sits mid-table. Ratings this close together don't decide anything on their own, so weigh pack size, price per unit and the specifics below instead. Weighted for review volume, we place it fifth on this shelf.
3,100 people rated it, where the shelf median is 453. A score built on that many opinions is hard to shift and hard to game, which is why we weight review volume rather than ranking on stars alone.
On money, this sits in the middle third of a shelf running from £7.99 to £38.50, with the midpoint around £19.90. That's where most sensible buys land, neither the cheapest thing on the shelf nor the one you pay a name for.
Worked out from the 55 collagen products we track, not from the brand's own claims.
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Key features, as the manufacturer lists them
Taken from the product listing via Amazon's product API. These are the seller's claims, not our test results.
- TYPE I BOVINE COLLAGEN POWDER: Easily digestible, highly absorbable and clinically researched Type I hydrolysed bovine collagen peptides. Type I is the most abundant collagen in the human body.
- BENEFITS OF TAKING COLLAGEN: Collagen powder is a simple addition to your daily ritual. Collagen levels naturally decline with age, and hydrolysed collagen peptides provide collagen-derived amino acids in an easily dissolvable form.
- EFFORTLESS DAILY RITUAL: Take 5g daily. Neutral in taste, dissolves easily into hot or cold drinks and food - from your morning coffee or smoothie to soups and overnight oats.
- ONE INGREDIENT: Hydrolysed bovine collagen from European cattle, derived from the hides. No fillers, flavourings or unnecessary ingredients.
- OUR COMMITMENT TO PEOPLE & PLANET: Certified B Corp and proud members of 1% for the Planet and the Change Climate Project.
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