What is in the bottle, and why.

Perla is one formulation in one measure: a 25 ml elixir taken once a day, built around Peptan® Type I marine collagen peptides and a short group of nutrients.

Everything on this page is one of two things. A quantity you can check against the pack, or a sentence taken word for word from European law. Nothing here is our own description of what the formula will do to you.

10,000 mg of Peptan Type I marine collagen.

Peptan® is a hydrolysed marine collagen peptide, among the most studied sources available, and chosen for that rather than for its price.

The measure carries 10,000 mg of it, named on the pack at the quantity it is actually present in. What we will not do is tell you what that quantity does for you. The chapter below explains why not.

Zinc, manganese and biotin.

Three nutrients sit alongside the collagen. Each is here because it is authorised to say something specific, and because the formulation reaches the quantity that authorisation requires.

These are the permitted wordings for zinc, quoted exactly as they appear in the register:

  • Zinc contributes to the maintenance of normal skin.
  • Zinc contributes to the maintenance of normal hair.
  • Zinc contributes to the maintenance of normal nails.
  • Zinc contributes to the protection of cells from oxidative stress.

Manganese and biotin carry their own authorised wordings, printed in full on their ingredient pages.

No authorised claim exists for collagen.

Under Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006 a health claim may only be made if it appears in the Union register. Collagen — marine, hydrolysed, peptide, in any form — has no entry.

So a figure with a study behind it is no more permitted than one without. That is why there are no percentages on this site, no before-and-after photographs, and no sentence about what the elixir will do to your face. The nutrients carry what proof there is. The collagen is stated as a quantity and a source, and left there.

One 25 ml measure, once a day.

That is the whole of it. No scoop, no shaker, no loading phase.

Food supplement. A varied and balanced diet and a healthy lifestyle are the foundation of good health. One 25 ml measure daily. Do not exceed the stated dose. Keep out of the reach of young children.