“This powder comes in a darkened jar with instructions and good information including nutritional value on the jar. The jar has a screw top, and I was very surprised to see that the powder is a dark red colour. Mixed with water it does not blend well and lots of bits are left floating. The taste is a personal thing, but for me it had a strange taste with a strong fishy element. Quite frankly it was horrible. This is a pity as the combination of ingredients are really good for you and seem like a good idea, but this is not something that I could consume in my coffee as I normally do, and I had to choose my smoothie ingredients very carefully to make it palatable in my morning smoothie using mixed berries and banana, even then it wasn’t great. I will have to think very carefully as what I can combine it with to either hide the taste or complement and modify the taste.”
“KIKI Health’s Premium Marine Collagen Beauty Blend is basically a powder you mix into drinks, and it's meant to be good for skin, hair, nails, and joints. What I appreciate about KIKI Health as a brand is their commitment to quality and sustainability. They tend to use glass jars with metal lids, which is great for the environment, and it just feels like a more premium product. Also, this jar was full to the brim with powder, and I like to see the content match the container as it’s much less of a waste.Anyway, back to the collagen. It's made from hydrolyzed marine collagen, which means they’ve broken down the collagen into smaller pieces called peptides. This makes it easier for the body to absorb. They’ve also added some other good stuff, like hyaluronic acid, which helps skin hold onto moisture, and organic acai and camu camu powders, which are sources of vitamin C. Vitamin C is important because it helps the body produce its own collagen.Free from artificial additives, they use type 1 collagen, which is the most abundant type in our bodies and is particularly important for skin, tendons, and bones. There are other types, like type 2, found mainly in cartilage, and type 3, found in skin, muscles, and blood vessels, but this one is type 1. The collagen comes from sustainably wild-caught fish, and they’re careful not to use any antibiotics. They recommend taking two teaspoons (10g) a day, which gives you 7.5g of collagen. A 200g jar has 20 servings.Marine collagen can have a bit of a fishy taste, and KIKI even go so far as to mention this, so they offer capsules if you don't like the taste of the powder. Personally, as fishy as it is, I didn’t find it too bad at all, and I do tend to be sensitive to strong tastes. I mixed it into a veggie smoothie, and it was fine for me. I prefer powders because I can adjust the dose if I want, and also because I take other supplements. It’s just easier for me to manage that way.”
“I sprinkle this into my daily smoothie which I blend in my nutribullet so using a powdered form of collagen for me is nice and convenient as I am already making the smoothie. It comes in a jar which I prefer to a pouch as I find it easy to store and keep safely sealed. With it being marine collagen you do get a very slight fishy aftertaste and that’s why adding it to a smoothie is my preferred option. If you stick to their recommended serving size then this will last you for 20 servings. There’s no price on the product page at the time of writing so it’s hard to judge value for money. However, one thing to watch is that it currently says vegan in the product page description which is incorrect as it contains marine collagen.”
“Tastes awful it ruins my coffee; I dread it so much sometimes I skip it which means I’m having less than I would if I stuck with my previous brand. It doesn’t blend/melt very well and leaves a lot of residue at the bottom which makes me wonder how much of it goes down the drain. Will not be buying again. In fact tempted to bin it which is so so disappointing as the label promises sooo much.”
“I think collagen is a good product but wish id purchased the tablet version due to the taste / poor flavour, which i should of considered being a product made from the skin of fish that it may not have a reasonable flavour :0/ but I believe the product and manufacturer to be good, I take the product with a little apple juice as a shot, rather than struggle to drink a larger glass of something that doesn't taste nice.”
