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What's in it

Carnosine

The active ingredient, and the reason this product exists.

Where it's from

A naturally occurring dipeptide, made of two amino acids, beta-alanine and histidine. Your body already makes it and holds it in muscle and brain tissue, and in food it's found in meat. No plant carries it ready-made.

That's usually where people assume it must come from animals. It doesn't have to. The two amino acids are made first and then joined, and LactiGo make theirs from corn, in their words, the raw materials that create their L-Carnosine are derived from corn. Nothing animal goes into it, which is why LactiGo describe the formula as vegan friendly. What you end up with is the same molecule your body already recognises.

Why I'm comfortable using it

Carnosine is the ingredient that started all of this for me. It's a dipeptide, which means two amino acids joined together, and it's something the body already makes and recognises. As a peptide, it isn't foreign territory for me. Peptides have been part of the dermal world for years. This particular one was new to me, and once I understood what it was, a naturally occurring compound the body already holds in its own tissue, I was comfortable. I'd still encourage you to read about it yourself, the way I did.