Scales Collagen Peptide
Launching full-scale sales of "Marine Collagen Oligo"

Chisso Corporation (president: Shunichi Okada, head office: Chuo-ku, Tokyo) will launch full-scale sales of the Collagen Peptide "trade name: Marine Collagen Oligo" serving for a health food material and a cosmetics material in the beginning of the year 2005.

"Marine Collagen Oligo" is the collagen peptide extracted from scales of fish and enzymatic degraded. "Marine Collagen Oligo" is a high purity and high-quality collagen peptide produced by significantly removing characteristic taste and smell of fish by performing advanced purification using the "scales" of fish carefully selected. As compared with conventional products, the average molecular weight is as small as about 1,000, and the size of molecular weight is excellent for digestion and absorption in stomach or intestines. Although the molecular weight is small, the product has no bitterness. Furthermore, a degree of distributing the molecular weights is sharp to show 1.8 - 2.1. The peptide has more uniform molecular weight distribution as compared with the former.

In the days of securing food safety desired, the demand of collagen based on fish having higher security is increasingly strengthened, as compared to the collagen extracted from cattle or the like prevailed in the past.

"Marine Collagen Oligo" is available in stock such as the powder grade for health food and cosmetics, the powder grade for beverage, and the grade for solution preparation for cosmetics.

• Marine Collagen Oligo CF: Standard powder with substantially tasteless and odorless.Mainly for health food and cosmetics blending material.
• Marine Collagen Oligo DF: Powder with substantially odorless and weak sour taste.Mainly for beverage, suitable for using in mild acidity.
• Marine Collagen Oligo HS: Solution including active ingredient of 20% with slight fragrance and light yellow.Preparation for skin care and hair care.

The present sales are expected about 10t per month to undertake the preparation for a target of 40t per month in 2 - 3 years.

In addition, in order to have "Marine Collagen Oligo" more publicly recognized, "Marine Collagen Oligo" will be exhibited in "Supplement & functional food 2005" (sponsored by Nikkei Business Publications, Inc.) to be held in Tokyo Big Sight (Koto-ku, Tokyo) January 26 (Wed.) - 28 (Fri.).