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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Richa Syal

Revealed: many common omega-3 fish oil supplements are ‘rancid’

Amber glow through a bottle full of fish oil capsules
More than one in 10 fish oil supplements were found to be rancid in independent tests. Some had levels that were 11 times higher than recommended limits. Photograph: Mstock/Alamy

More than one in 10 fish oil supplements tested from among 60 large retail brands are rancid, while nearly half are just under the recommended maximum limit, according to independent tests.

Conducted over several years by Labdoor, which analyses vitamins and supplements based on criteria such as purity, label accuracy and nutritional value, the tests measured common US-branded fish oils, available globally, against international voluntary standards of rancidity.

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