Proven industrial process – trusted for decades

Our expertise in collagen production is based on more than 85 years of experience in collagen handling and processing at our parent company Naturin Viscofan GmbH. The in-house manufacturing of research, medical and food grade collagen covers the entire workflow from processing of bovine skin splits to the ready-to-use collagen product.

The industrial production process, together with a thorough quality control management according to DIN ISO 9001, ensures a consistent high quality of all our collagen-based biomaterials.

The basis: safe bovine material

Viscofan BioEngineering obtains its bovine raw material for medical applications solely from veterinary-controlled herds in countries where BSE risk is negligible (Category A countries). The feed stock is free of genetically modified organisms (GMO-free). For our collagen products we use bovine skin that has been classified by the World Health Organization (WHO) as a category 4 tissue with no detectable infectivity (same level as milk). This assessment is also shared by the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE).

In addition, our raw material is in compliance with DIN EN ISO 22442 for “medical devices utilizing animal tissues and their derivatives”. In accordance with this norm, we source our collagen from animals with full traceability and keep the raw material strictly separated in all processes to minimize the risk of cross-contamination.