What is the cheapest NSF certified fish oil or omega-3?
Our pick for each type: Fish Oil: Sports Research Alaskan Omega-3 Fish Oil, Triple Strength 1250 mg (240 softgels) (NSF Certified for Sport does not list this package; it qualifies because IFOS (International Fish Oil Standards) lists it); Algal Oil: Momentous Vegan Omega-3 (60 capsules) (before delivery). Types with no certified product are listed below. Where to buy
Bare Performance Nutrition Strong Omega (60 softgels) is the cheapest per 1,000mg, at $0.517 before delivery, at $29.99 a container.
7 of the 61 omega-3 products we track have their exact package named in NSF's Certified for Sport database. That is a stricter test than “the brand is NSF certified”, and it is deliberately so: NSF lists package sizes against each certificate, and a size it does not name is not one it has stood behind. Each price is delivered where the retailer publishes a delivery rate and before delivery where it does not, and each row says which. This page counts NSF's Certified for Sport database only, because its listings name the package size, which lets us check the exact package on sale. Informed Sport and Informed Choice certify tested batches instead, a different way of answering the question rather than a lesser one.
| Product | Per 1,000mg | Container | Delivery |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bare Performance Nutrition Strong Omega (60 softgels) buy | $0.517 before delivery | $29.99 | not published |
| Core Med Science Omega-3 TG Softgels (60 count) buy | $0.635 before delivery | $39.99 | not published |
| Thorne Super EPA, NSF Certified for Sport (90 softgels) buy | $0.719 delivered | $45.00 | free |
| Momentous Omega-3 (60 softgels) buy | $0.833 before delivery | $39.99 | not published |
| Nordic Naturals Ultimate Omega-D3 Sport (60 softgels) buy | $0.888 delivered | $33.95 | free |
| Momentous Vegan Omega-3 (60 capsules) buy | $1.83 before delivery | $54.99 | not published |
Named at the exact package, but not priced per 1,000mg
- BulkSupplements.com Fish Oil 1000 mg Softgels (240 count): The panel names EPA (Eicosapentaenoic Acid) and DHA (Docosahexaenoic Acid) as line items but prints NO amount for either.
Why a label can be silent on the amount that matters: Why does my fish oil label not say how much EPA and DHA it has?
Listed, but at another package
NSF lists these products, and the listing names a package other than the one we price. Very likely the same formula; not a package NSF has put its name to.
- Momentous Omega-3 Travel Packs (10 softgels) ($1.87 per 1,000mg, before delivery)
- Thorne Super EPA (180 gelcaps) ($0.639 per 1,000mg, delivered)
Cheapest among the 7 certified omega-3 packages we have checked, not the cheapest that exists. NSF certifies omega-3 from more brands than we carry, and our catalog is extended brand by brand, so a certified product we have not added yet cannot appear here however cheap it is.
Every brand in this category, by program: Which fish oil and omega-3 brands are third-party tested? What is the cheapest omega-3 per 1,000 mg of EPA+DHA? How many fish oil capsules make 1,000 mg of EPA and DHA?
Where to buy: the pick for each type
The pick is the cheapest certified product, at the exact package sold where the certifier names packages, with no adverse finding on record, a price its retailer let us read recently, and no more than a year’s supply at the label’s serving; 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 49 products and 49 retailer listings we track; Amazon and Walmart are not included. A month is thirty doses of the size in the heading, priced the same way as the per-dose figure beside it. “Delivery known” ranks only products whose retailer publishes a delivery rate; a cheaper product with an unpublished rate is on its own line, or in the full list below.
How these lines are chosen
Among 4 products and 4 retailer listings we track; Amazon and Walmart are not included. A month is thirty doses of the size in the heading, priced the same way as the per-dose figure beside it. “Delivery known” ranks only products whose retailer publishes a delivery rate; a cheaper product with an unpublished rate is on its own line, or in the full list below. No product here publishes a delivery rate below its free-delivery threshold, so the pick is priced before delivery.
A pick has to be independently certified, at the exact package sold where the certifier names packages, and carry no recall or failed test. Nothing we track here is yet. Each of these misses at least one bar, and says which:
- Krill oil vs fish oil: which costs less per dose of EPA and DHA?
- Is Sports Research fish oil third party tested?
- Is Momentous fish oil NSF certified?
- 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?
Full comparison of every product in this category: Omega-3. Every question we answer: the question index.
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.