Your 360° Collagen Partner for Innovative Foods, Beverages, & Dietary Supplements
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Over a Century of Collagen Expertise
Wellnex specializes in the production of bovine, porcine, fish, and marine collagen peptides for use in trending applications for functional foods, beverages, and nutraceuticals. Utilizing technical expertise and decades of know-how from our roots in Japan, Wellnex leads the way in clinically tested, award-winning collagen ingredients under its Replenwell™ product line. As responsible stewards of the environment, we’re proud to offer sustainably harvested collagen peptides from wild-caught marine or grass-fed bovine sources.
Our global footprint includes sales, marketing, and research facilities across the USA, Japan, India, and China, offering unique regional insights paired with unmatched international collaborative capabilities. As part of the Nitta Gelatin Inc. group, Wellnex leverages over 100 years experience in the collagen ingredient market to support our customers around the world.
Strategically located in North Carolina’s Research Triangle, the Wellnex North America HQ includes teams of sales, marketing, regulatory, formulation, and nutrition experts, ready to support our customers in the Americas and Europe. Our NC facility boasts a full scale food innovation lab, confection room, sample program, and pilot plant. From ideation to commercialization, Wellnex is more than just a raw material supplier. We’re your 360 degree collagen ingredient partner, from ideation to scale-up and commercialization.
Benefits
Bioavailability
Bringing targeted science-based health benefits through proven physiological mechanisms of action. We use proprietary hydrolysis processes based on clinical research to create collagen peptides with industry-leading levels of bioactive compounds including proline-hydroxyproline and hydroxyproline-glycine.
Beauty
Healthy Aging
Sports Nutrition
Applications
The Latest from Wellnex
New Research Supports Collagen Peptide Supplementation Positively Affects Biomarkers Related to Cardiovascular Disease
A recent review of pooled data published The British Journal of Nutrition provides the world's first wide-ranging analysis of the effects of collagen peptide supplementation on biomarkers associated with cardiovascular health including body mass, fat mass, fat-free...
Wellnex Replenwell Sets New Milestone in Sports Nutrition
It's an exciting time for joint support product formulation, as the options for branded, clinically-substantiated ingredients increase by leaps and bounds. As the R&D toolbox grows, it's more important than ever to deliver unique, science-based, highly effective...
Café RIWACO Celebrates its First Anniversary this Month!
It's not often you'll hear of a B2B ingredient company launching its own restaurant (let alone during a global pandemic), but for the love of collagen, we did it! Nitta Gelatin Inc., makers of Wellnex collagen peptide ingredients, opened the doors to its very own Café...