Not all Cod Liver Oils are Equal - Buyer Beware!

02 August 2009

There seem to be a large number of cod liver oil suppliers taking a ride on the good name of cod liver oil and it's proven benefits.  Unfortunately the quality of most of the oil supplied is less than satisfactory.  If you can find a cod liver oil that is processed as cleanly as ours and can fulfil the criteria underneath - you should buy it!

Key things to look for in your cod liver oil:

1. Check if the oils are cleaned,deodorised and then the natural vitamins are then added back in.

This is a very difficult process and is expensive. Unless your supplier specifically states they use this process they aren't doing it.  Likelihood is they are adding in synthetic vitamins after they removed the vitamins that were there in the first place -crazy!

2. Look at the ratio of Vitamin A : Vitamin D

An excellent cod liver oil which has not been processed to disrupt the natural levels of vitamins A:D should be 10:1 or less.

In our New Zealand competitors their ratio will be between 30:1 to 150:1.  Vitamin A and Vitamin D work together. If these ratios are disrupted the effectiveness of both vitamins will suffer and may lead to unsafe levels of vitamin A.

As with anything you put in or on your body - check your labels.

Our oil is more expensive than most other brands - but we guarantee that you'll be getting better nutrition and quality in our products.