Investigate the manufacturing process. How is the fish oil manufactured and what are the manufacturing standards?
• Smell: Does the fish oil smell fishy? If it smells fishy, the fish oil has most likely been exposed to oxygen and is becoming rancid. • Taste: Does the fish oil taste fishy? The freshest fish oils should not taste fishy. • Desirable characteristics of an omega-3 fatty acid supplement are: highest concentration of omega-3 fatty acids, highest concentration of EPA per capsule, high ratio of EPA to DHA, low omega-6 fatty acid and saturated fat concentration, pharmaceutical grade purity, Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP), color and smell of oil, molecular distillation, winterization, manufactured and encapsulated under nitrogen, peroxide value less than 5 at time of manufacture, source of the fish oil (including the type of fish used and location of catch), low cholesterol concentration, no cod liver oil, and presence of tocopherols (Vitamin E) in the encapsulated oil as antioxidants.
• Smell. Does the fish oil smell fishy? If it smells fishy, the fish oil has most likely been exposed to oxygen and is becoming rancid. • Taste. Does the fish oil taste fishy? The freshest fish oils should not taste fishy. Avoid fish oils that have really strong fruit flavor added to them because they are most likely trying to hide the fishy flavor of rancid oil.
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