Fillers, Flavors & Additives: What's Actually in Your Scoop

Beyond the collagen itself, supplement powders commonly include a handful of additional ingredient categories. Knowing what they are makes it easier to evaluate why they might—or might not—be in a product you are considering.

What you will commonly find

• Flavoring agents — natural or artificial, added purely for taste
• Sweeteners — stevia, monk fruit, or sugar alcohols, usually alongside flavoring
• Anti-caking agents — keep powder from clumping in humid conditions
• Fillers — bulking agents that add volume without adding functional ingredient

None of these are inherently harmful in small amounts, and some genuinely improve usability. But each one is also one more thing between you and a straightforward assessment of what you are actually taking.

Why Unmade skips all of it

Unflavored means we did not need flavoring, which meant we did not need sweeteners to balance it, which meant there was nothing left to add. It helps that our collagen peptides are naturally neutral in taste and smell on their own—there was no strong flavor to mask in the first place. What is on the label is what is in the jar—10 g of collagen peptides, nothing else.