NATURE’S SCAFFOLDING: Collagen, chicken feet, caviar and ceramics: The luxury rebranding of ordinary appetites

NATURE’S SCAFFOLDING Collagen, chicken feet, caviar and ceramics: The luxury rebranding of ordinary appetites Would you rather consume collagen in a premium powder, or find it where it has always been: in a chicken foot? By Anna Trapido 26 Jun 2026 Chef Absa’s orange and chutney chicken feet. (Photo: Absa Kotsokoane) Dive Deeper Speed Read Summary Listen Dive Deeper Long before collagen was repackaged as a luxury wellness supplement, this humble structural protein was already doing extraordinary work in the most ordinary way: bringing strength and shape to skin, joints, bones, cartilage, tendons, ligaments and blood vessels.

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