Omega-3: which oil?

Sold as fish oil, algal oil and krill oil. Each is compared separately, on the combined EPA and DHA its own label states, never on total oil.

Of the 61 products across every type: 13 named at the exact package by a certifier, 9 certified batch by batch, 1 at another size only, 1 listed but not confirmed at its package, 37 in no database we searched.

Fish Oil49 products

A softgel's total oil is not its EPA and DHA, so a bottle price tells you little. Priced per 1,000 mg of EPA+DHA; panels that omit those get no price per dose.

Algal Oil4 products

Vegan omega-3 from algae, priced per 1,000 mg of combined EPA+DHA as the panel states it. Some carry DHA and no EPA, so the panel figures sit next to the price.

Krill Oil8 products

Krill oil is sold by milligrams of oil, which is not the same as EPA and DHA. Where a panel states no EPA or DHA amount, there is no price per dose.

Questions about omega-3

What is the cheapest omega-3 per 1,000 mg of EPA+DHA?

Every omega-3 we track, priced per 1,000 mg of combined EPA+DHA instead of per softgel or per bottle, split by fish, algal and krill oil.

Why does my fish oil label not say how much EPA and DHA it has?

Some fish oil panels print a total omega-3 figure, or only the oil weight, and name EPA and DHA with no amounts. Those cannot be priced per dose.

Which fish oil and omega-3 brands are third-party tested?

Every fish, algal and krill oil we track, grouped by whether a certifier names the exact bottle sold, another size, or nothing we found.

How many fish oil capsules make 1,000 mg of EPA and DHA?

Fish, algal and krill oils by how many softgels reach 1,000 mg of combined EPA and DHA, read from each label. A price yardstick, not a recommended dose.

What is the cheapest NSF certified fish oil or omega-3?

Every omega-3 we track whose exact bottle NSF names in its Certified for Sport database, ranked by cost per 1,000 mg of combined EPA and DHA.

Krill oil vs fish oil: which costs less per dose of EPA and DHA?

What krill oil and fish oil cost for the same EPA and DHA, and how many softgels of each it takes to get there. Algal oil is priced alongside them.

Is Sports Research fish oil third party tested?

Sports Research fish oil, krill oil and algal DHA checked bottle by bottle against the Nutrasource directory that publishes IFOS results and NSF’s database.

Is Momentous fish oil NSF certified?

Momentous Omega-3, its travel packs and the vegan omega-3 checked against NSF Certified for Sport and the IFOS directory, with the listing IDs.

Cheapest means the cheapest we track, not the cheapest that exists. A price per 1,000 mg is a statement about price, not a suggestion of how much to take. How these numbers are made: How we compare.

What this rests on: prices we last recorded at the retailer named on each product page, which go stale, and each page says when it was checked; the products we track, not every product sold, and Amazon and Walmart are not among the stores; listings and labels read at the source, each linked from the page. Found an error? Tell us. The full method: How we compare.