How much does omega-3 cost?
Latest price check:
- Fish Oil, capsules, softgels and tablets: Nature Made Omega-3 from Fish Oil 1200 mg (100 softgels).
- Algal Oil: Momentous Vegan Omega-3 (60 capsules), priced before delivery.
Across the 64 capsules, softgels and tablets of omega-3 we track and can price, 1,000 mg EPA+DHA costs between $0.208 and $8.37, before delivery. The median is $0.669, and the most expensive costs 40× the cheapest.
Across the 2 liquids of omega-3 we track and can price, 1,000 mg EPA+DHA costs between $0.383 and $0.833, before delivery. The median is $0.608, and the most expensive costs 2.2× the cheapest.
Each format is priced as its own range, never against another; capsules include softgels and tablets.
What moves the price is the oil (fish, krill or algae), how much EPA and DHA each serving holds, and the package. Every figure counts combined EPA and DHA, not total oil or total omega-3, so a cheap bottle whose softgels hold little EPA and DHA can cost more per dose than a more expensive bottle whose softgels hold more. Each format is its own range, with the oil named on each row. A label that states no EPA or DHA amount has no price per dose and is not in these ranges. The cheapest row is a price, not a recommendation. Every figure is per 1,000 mg EPA+DHA as each product's Supplement Facts panel (or, where a size has none published, another size's panel from the same line) states it, before delivery; each product page says whether its retailer publishes a delivery rate.
Capsules, softgels and tablets
Liquids
| Product | Type | Per 1,000 mg EPA+DHA, before delivery | Container | Verification |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sports Research Omega-3 Fish Oil Liquid, Lemon (8 oz) (last known price, Nov 4) | Fish Oil, liquid | $0.383 | $44.95 | B |
| Thorne Omega Superb, Lemon Berry (6.76 fl oz) | Fish Oil, liquid | $0.833 | $50.00 | C |
1,000 mg EPA+DHA is the unit this site prices omega-3 against, so that packages of different strengths and forms can be compared at all; it is not a recommendation about what to take. The cheapest of each oil and format, side by side: What is the cheapest omega-3 per 1,000 mg of EPA+DHA?
Where to buy: the pick for each type
The pick is the cheapest product that clears four bars:
- certified, and named at the exact package where the certifier names packages
- no adverse finding on record
- a price its retailer let us read recently
- no more than a year’s supply at the label’s serving
It is ranked per delivered dose where the retailer publishes a delivery rate. Where none does, it is the cheapest such product before delivery, and it says how far the order is from free delivery. It is the same pick the category page shows.
How these lines are chosen
Among 55 products and 55 retailer listings we track; Amazon and Walmart are not included. A month is thirty doses of 1,000mg, priced the same way as the figure beside it. It is worked out before that figure is rounded, so it can differ from thirty times it by a few cents. It is not thirty servings where a serving holds more or less than 1,000mg. “Delivery known” ranks only products whose retailer publishes a delivery rate. Every package we price, with its delivery terms, is on the Fish Oil page.
A pick has to clear four bars:
- independently certified, and named at the exact package where the certifier names packages
- no recall or failed test
- a price its retailer let us read recently
- no more than a year’s supply at the label’s serving
Where the retailer publishes no delivery rate, the pick is priced before delivery and says so. Nothing we track here clears all of those yet. This one clears the certification bar; what holds it back is on its line:
Nothing we track here has a price per dose yet. See every fish oil we track.
How these lines are chosen
Among 5 products and 5 retailer listings we track; Amazon and Walmart are not included. A month is thirty doses of 1,000mg, priced the same way as the figure beside it. It is worked out before that figure is rounded, so it can differ from thirty times it by a few cents. It is not thirty servings where a serving holds more or less than 1,000mg. “Delivery known” ranks only products whose retailer publishes a delivery rate. Every package we price, with its delivery terms, is on the Algal Oil page. No product here that clears every other bar publishes a delivery rate below its free-delivery threshold, so the pick is priced before delivery.
A pick has to clear four bars:
- independently certified, and named at the exact package where the certifier names packages
- no recall or failed test
- a price its retailer let us read recently
- no more than a year’s supply at the label’s serving
Where the retailer publishes no delivery rate, the pick is priced before delivery and says so. Nothing we track here clears all of those yet. This one misses at least one bar, and says which:
- What is the cheapest omega-3 per 1,000 mg of EPA+DHA?
- Why does my fish oil label not say how much EPA and DHA it has?
- Which fish oil and omega-3 brands are third-party tested?
- How many fish oil capsules make 1,000 mg of EPA and DHA?
- What is the cheapest NSF certified fish oil or omega-3?
- Krill oil vs fish oil: which costs less per dose of EPA and DHA?
Full comparison of every product in this category: Omega-3. Every question we answer: the question index.
What this rests on: Prices are the last ones we recorded at the retailer named on each product page. Prices go stale, so each page says when it was checked. We track some products, not every one sold, and Amazon and Walmart are not among our stores. Listings and labels are read at the source, and each page links to them. Found an error? Tell us. The full method: How we compare.