Collagen and hot coffee: what temperature is okay?

collalloc collagen belongs in a drink up to 60 °C. Cold drinks, lukewarm water and cooled tea or coffee below this limit are fine. Boiling water (100 °C) or freshly brewed coffee (90 to 96 °C) are not, let them cool below 60 °C first.

The 60 °C limit is not arbitrary. Around this temperature, proteins begin to denature, meaning their structure changes. With hydrolysed collagen the structure is already deliberately loosened, but we keep this limit as a safety margin so the quality of the peptides stays intact.

„It is not that hot liquid instantly destroys collagen. It is about sticking to a sensible limit, up to 60 °C.“

Denaturation occurs around 60 °C, the protein changes its structure. Degradation, meaning the irreversible breakdown of peptides, occurs only around 150 °C. Coffee, tea and soup never reach this temperature. But it is precisely the 60 °C denaturation limit that is the reason we recommend letting the drink cool down.

In other words: above 60 °C you take a needless risk and gain no benefit from it. A lukewarm or cold drink is always the safe bet.

• Cold drinks: ideal. Water, juice, smoothie.
• Lukewarm water, cooled tea or coffee (up to 60 °C): fine.
• Freshly brewed coffee, boiling water: let it cool below 60 °C, then add.
• Hot soup: better not, it tends to be above 60 °C.
• Microwave: never heat collagen in the microwave, local overheating can damage the peptides. Add it only to a drink that has already been heated and cooled.

Solubility matters. collalloc sachets are formulated to dissolve evenly even in lukewarm liquids, with no lumps and no sediment.