Animal-Derived

Collagen, colostrum, organ powders, bee products and marine extracts. Quality control and sourcing are the dominant issues.

17 entries

Bee pollenFlower pollen collected by honeybees, packed with nectar and bee…Beef organ blendsCapsules combining several freeze-dried bovine organs — typically…Bone mealGround animal bone, usually bovine, sold as a calcium supplement in…Bovine immunoglobulinConcentrated immunoglobulin G purified from bovine serum or from…Deer antler velvetThe soft cartilaginous tissue of growing deer or elk antler, removed…Desiccated liverBeef or lamb liver dried at low temperature and milled into powder or…Eggshell membraneThe thin fibrous layer between an egg white and its shell, separated…Glandular extracts (thymus and others)Dried tissue from animal glands — thymus, adrenal, thyroid,…Green-lipped musselPerna canaliculus LactoferrinAn iron-binding glycoprotein found in milk, tears and other…Manuka honey supplementHoney from bees foraging on the New Zealand and Australian manuka…Marine collagenCollagen extracted from fish skin, scales and bones and hydrolysed…Oyster extractFreeze-dried or enzymatically hydrolysed oyster meat, sold in…Placenta supplementsDried placental tissue, either from sheep and deer in cosmetic and…PropolisA resinous material bees collect from tree buds and sap and use to…Royal jellyA milky secretion produced by worker honeybees from their…Shark cartilageDried and powdered cartilage from shark skeletons, sold in capsules…

Every entry rates its claims against the human research attached to them, and reports doses as what trials administered rather than as a recommendation. How we rate evidence.