Primal Goddess Collagen is Planet Paleo’s beauty formula with its cards on the table: 100% grass-fed collagen peptides from high-welfare farms, joined by hyaluronic acid, named vitamins and minerals in stated forms, and a berry-flavoured herbal layer — every ingredient listed, every serving measured at 6 g.

What’s in the blend, and why

• Grass-fed collagen hydrolysate — pasture-raised bovine peptides, rich in a wide range of amino acids
• Zinc (as glycinate) — zinc contributes to normal protein synthesis and the maintenance of normal skin, hair and nails
• Vitamin C — contributes to normal collagen formation for the normal function of skin, and to the protection of cells from oxidative stress
• Vitamin E (d-alpha-tocopherol) — contributes to the protection of cells from oxidative stress
• Biotin (vitamin B7) — contributes to the maintenance of normal skin, normal hair and normal mucous membranes
• Hyaluronic acid — the body’s own moisture-binding molecule, included for exactly that reputation

The berry-and-herb layer

Around the measured actives sits a whole-food cast from the herbal tradition: schisandra, goji and açai berries (natural sources of antioxidant compounds and vitamin C), sea buckthorn with its famous spectrum of omega fatty acids including omega-7, burdock root with its quercetin and phenolic acids, and horsetail — the classic silica-rich botanical of European hair-and-skin folklore. Stevia leaf and natural berry extract carry the flavour; there’s no added sugar doing it.

How to take it

One to one-and-a-half 6 g servings daily with food, mixed into at least 200 ml of cold or room-temperature liquid — smoothies are its natural home; the berry profile earns its place in plain water too. Planet Paleo suggests drinking around two litres of water daily when using hyaluronic acid, which is sound advice for a humectant. Not suitable during pregnancy. Food supplements are not a substitute for a varied, balanced diet and healthy lifestyle.

Who this tin is for

The customer who has outgrown plain collagen and wants the cofactors — the zinc, C, E and biotin that skin-hair-nails routines are actually built on — in one scoop instead of four bottles. It’s a bovine formula (not vegetarian, not marine); the fish-based alternative on our shelf is Planet Paleo’s own Beauty Collagen, and choosing between them mostly comes down to marine vs bovine preference and flavour.

Frequently asked questions

How does it taste? Berry-led and lightly sweet from stevia — one of the easier beauty powders to drink plain.

Morning or evening? With food, whenever the habit sticks — consistency across the tin matters far more than the clock.

How long should I run it? Skin and hair renew over weeks; a full tin taken daily is the honest minimum trial.

The cofactor logic, spelled out

Collagen alone is a raw material; the body’s use of it involves a supporting workforce, and this formula hires them by name rather than gesture. Zinc’s job description — normal protein synthesis, maintenance of normal skin, hair and nails — reads like the label of the whole category; vitamin C sits at the centre of collagen formation itself; vitamin E and C together mind the oxidative-stress front. That the botanicals — the goji, schisandra, sea buckthorn and horsetail of a hundred traditions — arrive as recognisable whole foods rather than mystery “complexes” is the formulation style that earns Planet Paleo its shelf space here: everything auditable, nothing hidden behind a blend name.

Stevia — noticeable? A light background sweetness only; the berry notes lead.

Primal Goddess vs Beauty Collagen — which one? Bovine-plus-botanicals here, marine-plus-hyaluronic there; the formulas rhyme, so let source preference and flavour (berry vs strawberry) settle it.

Delivery in Malta & Gozo

€6 delivery, free over €40 across Malta and Gozo, or collection from St Paul’s Bay.