Grass-Fed, Pasture Raised, 20% IgG+
Bovine Colostrum is one of the most scientifically researched whole-foods available to humans. Also called first milk, colostrum is a scarce resource containing an estimated 250+ bioactive and regenerative compounds including:
✔️ Immunoglobulins (IgG, IgM, IgA).
✔️ Secretary Immunoglobulin (SIgA).
✔️ Growth Factors (IGF-1 & 2, TGF-β1 & β2).
✔️ Epithelial Growth Factor (EGF).
✔️ Prebiotic Oligosaccharides.
✔️ Anti-Inflammatory Cytokines.
✔️ Proline Rich Polypeptides.
✔️ Lactoferrin & so much more.
🌟 Reduces Respiratory Illness Duration.
🌟 Repairs Leaky Gut Syndrome.
🌟 Increases Beneficial Gut Bacteria.
🌟 Reduces Intestinal Inflammation.
🌟 Supports Iron Levels & Regulation.
🌟 Increases Muscle Growth & Strength.
🌟 Improves Elite Athlete Sport Times.
🌟 Boosts Anaerobic Power.
🌟 Protects Athletes Against Illness.
🌟 Speeds Up Wound Healing.
🌟 Promotes Skin & Collagen Production.
🌟 Reduces Allergies & Sinus Symptoms.
Our colostrum is the only colostrum sourced from a unique set of pastures located near New Zealand's Southern Alps. Sourced from grass-fed and pasture raised cattle only, we use low thermal processing to maintain colostrums impressive bioactive profile when turning it into a powder.
✔️ Verified & Tested 20% IgG+, IgM & IgA.
✔️ Verified & Tested IGF-1 & 2, TGF-β1 & β2.
✔️ Verified & Tested Vitamin & Minerals.
✔️ Low Thermal Processing.
✔️ Optimal Powdered Form.
✔️ Responsibly Collected At All Times.
✔️ Collected Only During Calving Season.
✔️ No Antibiotics or Hormones.
✔️ No Additives, Preservatives or Fillers.
Containing an estimated 250+ bioactives, bovine colostrum is a scarce superfood shown to restore mucosal barriers, repair the gut, support iron absorption, enhance athletic performance, fortify immunity + so much more.
The gut plays a critical role in optimal health. When the gut lining is healthy, it is a barrier of tight junctions. These junctions selectively absorb nutrients, vitamins, minerals and amino acids while keeping out allergens, bad bacteria, toxins, gliadin and viruses. However, certain lifestyle factors can damage this barrier leading to a host of downstream effects. Thousands of studies now demonstrate that the gut lining holds the delicate balance between health and disease progression.
Processed foods, pesticides, sugar, alcohol, antibiotics and chronic stress damage our gut barrier, leading to leaky gut syndrome (intestinal hyper permeability). When our gut junctions become leaky, bad bacteria, allergens and toxins can leak into the blood stream resulting in immune activation and inflammation. Overtime, this chronic response may result in a host of symptoms and conditions. A PUDMED search now returns 25,000+ studies discussing the role of intestinal permeability in poor health outcomes including conditions like eczema, psoriasis, acne, asthma, Hashimotos, Anaemia, IBD, Hayfever, Chronic Fatigue + more.
Colostrum contains an estimated 250+ bioactives, many of which have anti-inflammatory, antimicrobial, anti-pathogen, antioxidant and immunodulatory benefits at the gut level. Some of these bioactives include Immunoglobulins, sIgA, Growth Factors, Lactoferrin, Oligosaccharides, Prebiotics, Cytokines, Proline Rich Polypeptides + much more. Colostrum also contains a host of essential vitamins and minerals which are foundational to gut health.
Multiple studies demonstrate that bovine colostrum can help reverse leaky gut. For example, just 500mg (small dose) of colostrum was shown to improve leaky gut. While two other studies found that colostrum improved and blunted leaky gut by 70% and 80% respectively. We also have studies showing that colostrum led to a significant reduction in Zonulin levels, the main test for measuring intestinal permeability.
Clear out the bad bugs, boost the good bugs. In studies, colostrum has been shown to boost short-chain fatty acid bacteria (1), combat gut pathogens like E.Coli (2), promote the growth of beneficial bacteria including Bifidobacterium spp. and Lactobacillus spp (3), repair intestinal cells (4) and detoxes gut Endoxtin (5).
Enhance immune health and get sick less often. In studies colostrum has been shown to be 3x more effective than the flu vaccine (6), protect against respiratory tract infections (7), reduce the severity of rotavirus (8) and provides immune protection for elite athletes (9).
Take athletic performance to another level. In studies colostrum has been shown to improve sprint test performance (10), enhance recovery in endurance athletes (11), improve post exercise induced muscle damage (12), improve cycling times (13) and boost peak anaerobic power (14).
Boost muscle growth and recovery faster. In studies, colostrum has been shown to increase tissue mass and upper body strength (15), improve lean body mass in active men and women (16), increase serum IGF-1 (17) and improve metabolic health (18).
Boost collagen production, get radiant skin and improve scarring. In studies, topical colostrum has been shown to shorten wound healing times (19), stimulate skin repair and regeneration (20), Enhance keratinocyte proliferation and migration (21), and stimulate significant healing in chronic non-healing ulcers (22)
Don't mask symptoms. Get to the root cause of allergies, asthma, hay fever and itchiness. In studies colostrum was shown to reduce allergy symptoms, reduce nasal congestion and improved lung function (23). A Leaky gut is the leading cause of allergies and colostrum repairs the main culprit.
Colostrum is the richest source of Immunoglobulins, containing 100x more immunoglobulins compared to mature milk.
At the gut level, Immunoglobulins act as a defence system against bacteria, toxins, viruses, and other antigens. They bind, recognise and destroy these toxins thereby fortifying the gut barrier and regulating the innate and adaptive immune system.
Secretory IgA is one of the most important immune molecules which plays an essential role in ensuring the health of the gut barrier. It prevents the overgrowth of mucosal pathogens and bad bacteria.
Low SIgA levels have been found in people with IBD, IBS, food Intolerances, intestinal permeability and autoimmunity.
Colostrum has been found to help increase and modulate IgA levels. In one study, long distance runners taking bovine colostrum for 12 weeks, improved s-IgA levels by 79%.
Colostrum contains close to 50 different growth factors including IGF-1, IGF-2, TGF-β and TGF-α which are exclusive to bovine colostrum.
Growth factors are natural proteins which promote healing and repair. Many of these growth factors have been shown to display antihypertensive, antioxidant, antithrombotic, antimicrobial, anti-inflammatory and immunomodulatory activity.
Studies show that growth factors repair intestinal cells, enhance immunity, build lean muscle and enhance wound repair.
Lactoferrin in an iron binding glycoprotein which plays an important role in iron regulation and immune health.
Lactoferrin displays antioxidant, antimicrobial and immunomodulatory activity. It is effective against viruses, pathogens (like e.coli), the common cold and viral gastro-enteritis. It also reduces pathogenic microbial load.
Studies show that lactoferrin is more effective at increasing iron levels than synthetic iron tablets. It has also been shown to restore the gut mucosal barrier.
Bovine colostrum is a rich source of Prebiotic oligosacchardies.
Oligosaccahrdies are the only prebiotic shown to promote the growth of Bifidobacterium. This probiotic or species of bacteria has been shown to reduce gut permeability, inflammation and restore gut homeostasis (e.g. crowding out bad bacteria in favour of the good guys).
New evidence is also looking at the role of prebiotic oligosaccharides in obesity prevention. For example, one study showed that the consumption of oligosaccharides significantly reduced weight gain and reduced intestinal permeability.
Proline Rich Polypeptides are incredibly small chains of amino acids that have powerful effects on immunity.
They have been shown to promote T-lymphocyte function, stimulate undifferentiated lymphocytes, promote the growth of B cells, enhance natural killer cell activity, increase the proliferation of leukocytes and inhibit viruses known to be linked with autoimmune disease.
One specific Proline rich polypeptide called colostrinin has recently been shown to improve cognition and outcomes in patients with mild to moderate dementia.
a-Lactalbumin is a whey protein that plays an important role in maintianing muscle mass and aiding in weight loss.
It has been shown to improve sleep, protect against gut infections and support an overall healthy microbiome.
Our colostrum is sourced from a unique set of pastures located on New Zealand's South Island. These pastures are surrounded by the Southern Alps with lands so picturesque they could feature on a postcard. Cattle roam the lands freely and are grass-fed and 365 day pasture raised.
Proprietary low thermal processing is used on our colostrum at temperatures much lower than industry norms. This ensures that colostrum maintains its bioactive compounds.
20% IgG is the hallmark of high quality colostrum as it is the most concentrated bioactive. Our colostrum is exclusively selected from batches exceeding 20% IgG+.
Low thermal processing maintains IgG activity. Higher temperature processing can denature IgG and impact the reliability of the commonly used affinity HPLC testing method. This means that 20% IgG may be closer to 15% if low thermal processing is not used.
We provide comprehensive testing for microbiologics, IgG, IgA and IgM. We are also one of the rare companies who test IGF-I, IGF-II, TGF-β1, TGF-β2 as-well as test for complete vitamin and mineral counts.
Colostrum is a scarce resource and is only collected during the cattles natural calving season. Only surplus colostrum is collected. This ensures the calf gets all the colostrum it needs to develop and be healthy with the remainder then being collected.
In order to meet yearly demand, colostrum is sourced from multiple different New Zealand farms across the South Island. It is then processed within 48 hours to maintain Colostrums Bioactives.
As everyone is different, there is some individual difference in how quickly someone will see benefits. For some, they will experience benefits right away. For others, it might take a few weeks to a couple of months of consistent use to start to see more transformational benefits.
In saying that, the most commonly reported benefits pretty quickly including better bowel movements, less bloating, less gas, better athletic performance and just overall feel healthier.
Just like whey protein but better. The taste is neutral so can be added to water, smoothies, shakes or any drink with ease. Some people dry scoop it because they love it so much.
Absolutely, you are pairing the No 1 most vitamin and mineral rich whole-food (beef liver) with the most bioactive rich whole-food in colostrum. Amazing to take separately but also the ultimate combination when taken together.
Yes! Our colostrum powder is sourced from Grass-fed and pastured raised New Zealand dairy cows only. We source our colostrum from a unique part of New Zealand where pastures are surrounded by the Southern Alps. It is a one of kind source of Colostrum.
No, they never miss out.
Animal Welfare is always the first consideration and coded into supply agreements, NZ dairy industry guidelines and also legislation under the Animal Welfare Act.
Calves must receive the colostrum they need under these regulations and must have continued access to colostrum and all other necessities essential to their development.
We only ever collect surplus colostrum after the calf has been fed. Adult cows produce quite a substantial amount of colostrum.
Yes, our colostrum uses low thermal processing technology to ensure more active IgG. Compared to one of the main US colostrum suppliers, our colostrum contained more active IgG.
Different colostrum serving sizes have different benefits. 3g is a good place to start. Our serving size of 3g is informed by research to suit most health outcomes. Just 500mg has been shown to improve intestinal permeability while 3g has been shown in other studies to help with athletic performance, URTIs and other health concerns.
Colostrum should not be taken in capsules in our opinion. The power tastes good and has oral mucosal benefits when consumed in this way. Capsules remove this additional benefit.
Each serve of Colostrum does contain a small amount of lactose, so would not be advisable to those with severe lactose allergy.
However, many with a small dairy sensitivity find they don't have an issue with colostrum. This might come down to colostrum helping with their gut, which may be contributing to the dairy sensitivity in the first place.
If you are unsure if its right for you, please contact a health care professional before taking.
We recommend consulting with your health care professional if you are unsure about taking colostrum during pregnancy or while breastfeeding.
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Bodammer P, Maletzki C, Waitz G, Emmrich J. Prophylactic application of bovine colostrum ameliorates murine colitis via induction of immunoregulatory cells. J Nutr. 2011;141(6):1056-1061.
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Baśkiewicz-Hałasa M, Stachowska E, Grochans E, et al. Moderate Dose Bovine Colostrum Supplementation in Prevention of Upper Respiratory Tract Infections in Medical University Students: A Randomized, Triple Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial. Nutrients. 2023;15(8):1925.
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Hałasa M, Skonieczna-Żydecka K, Machaliński B, Bühner L, Baśkiewicz-Hałasa M. Six Weeks of Supplementation with Bovine Colostrum Effectively Reduces URTIs Symptoms Frequency and Gravity for Up to 20 Weeks in Pre-School Children. Nutrients. 2023;15(16):3626.
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Summary: In vitro, colostrum stimulated skin repair and regeneration by direct action on genetic material. Significantly less inflammation in colostrum treated wounds was observed due to anti-inflammatory properties of lactoferrin and other growth factors.
Kovacs D, Cardinali G, Aspite N, Picardo M. Bovine colostrum promotes growth and migration of the human keratinocyte HaCaT cell line. Growth Factors. 2009;27(6):448-455.
Panigrahi A ,Sahoo M , Mohapatra S, et al. Role of Bovine Colostrum in Healing of Chronic Non-Healing Ulcers – A Clinical Study. Journal of Medical Science & Clinical Research. 2018; 6(11): 204-207.
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