How to compare fish oil prices

Bottle price alone doesn't tell you much about whether a fish oil is a good deal, because fish oil concentration varies a lot between labels. A bottle listing "1,000 mg fish oil" at a 30% concentration provides roughly 300 mg of combined EPA and DHA per softgel; another bottle the same size at a 60% concentration provides roughly 600 mg. The number that's actually comparable across brands is price per softgel of EPA and DHA, not price per bottle or per capsule.

Why bottle price alone is misleading

Two bottles can be priced identically, hold the same softgel count, and still deliver very different amounts of EPA and DHA, because "fish oil" on a label is the total oil weight, not the concentration of the two fats that matter. Comparing sticker price without checking the EPA/DHA line specifically is the single most common way a fish oil purchase ends up costing more per useful milligram than it looks like it should. See how to choose a good fish oil for the fuller label-reading checklist.

The math, worked out

Electric Tiger Omega-3 is as low as $16.78 a bottle on subscription, 100 softgels, each providing 300 mg of combined EPA and DHA. That works out to roughly $0.17 per softgel of EPA+DHA, or about $0.34 a day at the labeled two-softgel amount. To do this math on any bottle: divide the price by (softgel count × combined EPA+DHA per softgel), not by softgel count alone.

Servings per container isn't the same as days supply

A bottle listing 100 servings, at one softgel per serving, sounds like a 100-day supply — but if the label directs two softgels a day, as ours does, it's actually a 50-day supply. That doubles the effective monthly cost compared to reading "100 servings" as "100 days." Check both the serving size and the suggested daily amount before comparing cost-per-month across brands.

Is fish oil worth the price?

That depends on what you're using it for. If you're closing a gap in a diet that's light on fatty fish, a modestly priced softgel with a clearly stated EPA/DHA amount does that job. If you're weighing it against a specific health outcome, the research behind those outcomes generally used doses well above a standard softgel — see fish oil benefits: what the research does and doesn't show and how much fish oil is too much for where those doses sit. A higher price doesn't necessarily buy a higher dose or a different outcome; check the label, not the price tag, for that.

Questions people ask

Are omega-3 supplements worth it?

They're a way to get a fixed, known amount of EPA and DHA without relying on how much fatty fish you actually eat. Whether that's "worth it" for you depends on your diet and budget more than any universal answer — the fair comparison is price per softgel of actual EPA and DHA, not price per bottle.

Where can I compare fish oil prices?

We can't rank other brands here. What we can tell you is the math to run on any bottle you're considering: price ÷ (softgel count × EPA+DHA per softgel) gives you a comparable per-serving figure across brands, regardless of bottle size or concentration.

What's a reasonable price range for fish oil?

It varies enormously with concentration and softgel count, which is exactly why price-per-bottle isn't a useful number on its own. Running the price-per-softgel-of-EPA+DHA math above is a more reliable way to judge a specific product than comparing sticker prices.

Sources

• Electric Tiger Omega-3 Supplement Facts and pricing: product page.

Related reading: how to choose a good fish oil, fish oil without fillers: reading the other ingredients, and how much fish oil should you take a day.