Here's something most supplement brands hope you never Google...
A recent study tested 28 of the best-selling collagen products for heavy metals.
Arsenic. Cadmium. Lead. Mercury.
The results? Pretty grim.
*image courtesy of Organic Consumers Collagen White Paper
Now here's what the research points to as a likely reason...
The study found that the majority of collagen on the market comes from factory-farmed animals.
And factory farms have a well-documented heavy metals problem.
Cattle are exposed to contaminated feed, soil and water, and those metals accumulate in the soft tissue and bones used to make collagen supplements.
The study found that the majority of collagen on the market comes from factory-farmed animals.
And factory farms have a well-documented heavy metals problem.
Cattle are exposed to contaminated feed, soil and water, and those metals accumulate in the soft tissue and bones used to make collagen supplements.
The researchers were clear: this isn't a collagen problem. It's a sourcing problem.
Cheap source in, cheap product out.
(Some of these brands have the cheek to plaster open pastures and grazing cows on their packaging too 🤣)
So what does APE do differently?
Most brands simply take their raw material supplier's word for it when it comes to safety testing. We don't.
Every batch of our Grass-Fed Collagen is independently third-party tested - by an accredited lab, not us - across six areas:
🦠 Microbiology (Listeria, Salmonella, E.Coli, Moulds, Yeasts and more)
☠️ Heavy metals (Arsenic, Lead, Cadmium, Mercury)
🌿 Pesticides - including Glyphosate
⚗️ PCBs - toxic industrial chemicals banned decades ago but still present in the environment
☣️ Dioxins - considered among the most toxic chemicals on earth
🧫 STEC - a dangerous strain of E.Coli where even trace amounts are unsafe
This testing isn't legally required, but we do it anyway.
And we don't just publish a reassuring statement on our website…
We publish the actual lab results so you can read them yourself.
👉 Click here to see our latest test results
Our collagen is sourced from grass-fed, regeneratively farmed cattle in Switzerland. Hormone-free. No factory farm shortcuts. Nothing you wouldn't want.
We test because we have nothing to hide. Most brands don't test because they do.
Cheap source in, cheap product out.
(Some of these brands have the cheek to plaster open pastures and grazing cows on their packaging too 🤣)
So what does APE do differently?
Most brands simply take their raw material supplier's word for it when it comes to safety testing. We don't.
Every batch of our Grass-Fed Collagen is independently third-party tested - by an accredited lab, not us - across six areas:
🦠 Microbiology (Listeria, Salmonella, E.Coli, Moulds, Yeasts and more)
☠️ Heavy metals (Arsenic, Lead, Cadmium, Mercury)
🌿 Pesticides - including Glyphosate
⚗️ PCBs - toxic industrial chemicals banned decades ago but still present in the environment
☣️ Dioxins - considered among the most toxic chemicals on earth
🧫 STEC - a dangerous strain of E.Coli where even trace amounts are unsafe
This testing isn't legally required, but we do it anyway.
And we don't just publish a reassuring statement on our website…
We publish the actual lab results so you can read them yourself.
👉 Click here to see our latest test results
Our collagen is sourced from grass-fed, regeneratively farmed cattle in Switzerland. Hormone-free. No factory farm shortcuts. Nothing you wouldn't want.
We test because we have nothing to hide. Most brands don't test because they do.
Here's to raising the bar,
– The APE Team
– The APE Team