Vitapure Krill Oil 500 mg 360 Softgels

After using only a few days I have realized that I "burp up that fishy aftertaste" and that its directly associated within a maximum of 30 minutes of taking a single dose (500mg) of this brand. I decided the large size since a better value and now stuck with this product. I have directly contacted VitaPure website to voice my complaint and to see if a bad product batch and to receive some sort of credit since this product is not as advertised. I have bought several other Krill brands and never have had this aftertaste. . I wonder what taking the actual dosage of 2 pills to total the daily 1000mg would be like. Purchasing Krill was to avoid the after taste at least for my household and paying the higher cost was hopefully so I can avoid the usual "fish oil" taste. Not to be..I will have to note the length of aftertaste. As for now burp--err take at your own risk!

I read if you take 2000 mgm per day it will help lower it. So I do take prescribed meds but started this one in the morning as I took the other in the evening. My cholesterol was lower so I am going to continue to take it...and no after taste or burping either.

Brand names try to promote their product. This is true with fish oil. However, it may not be true when it concerns krill. I may be ignorant, krill is krill. And this is inexpensive!

Help prevent sunburn. Used with astaxanthin I do not use sunscreen unless I plan to be out in the sun for hours.

Seems to be what I need...there is no way to no for sure what the quality of the pill is, but they are small, don't stink, and easy to swallow, so all is good on that front.

This product includes 360 500 mg Krill oil softgels, with a recommended dose of 2 per day, or 180 servings per bottle. At $0.28/gm for the "special introductory price" this is an extremely reasonable price--far below what is charged for similar products. The bottle characterizes the product as "cold extracted Antarctic Krill" and it is manufactured by VNH, LLC, New Jersey. I also have a bottle of Best Naturals Neptune Krill oil that is manufactured by the same company and both products list the identical lot number and expiration date (7/2014), so presumably this is also Neptune Krill oil even though this isn't explicitly stated on the Vitapure product label. If true, this is an unusual marketing choice because the Neptune brand has been used in most of the medical literature on Krill oil and most companies that get their Krill oil from this source prominently display the "Neptune" or "NKO" moniker. The product label claims two softgels contain: 162 mg EPA, 104 mg DHA, 28 mg Omega-6, 92 mg omega-9, 70 mg other Omega-3 fatty acids, 400 mg Phospholipids, and 1 mg Astaxanthin. Numerous studies have suggested that Krill oil is superior to fish oil and at least one study (Altern Med Rev 2004;9(4):420-428) claims dramatic reductions in LDL cholesterol and increases in HDL cholesterol for patients that had elevated cholesterol levels, something that was not observed for fish oil. A skeptic might note that this study was apparently funded by the Neptune corporation and its results have not been replicated yet. Another study (Lipids. 2011 Jan;46(1):37-46), that didn't use NKO Krill oil, found no significant differences between Krill and Fish oil for LDL cholesterol levels, but did suggest that krill oil achieves similar plasma levels of omega-3 fatty acids as fish oil but at lower doses (a finding that has been reported elsewhere as well). Krill oil contains a small amount of Astaxanthin, which is a powerful antioxidant not found in fish oil, but one can obtain this as a separate supplement fairly cheaply (and at higher doses) if desired. I will express no position on the relative merits of Krill oil vs. fish oil; that is a subject that has received considerable coverage in the literature but is not fully understood yet. However, if you have decided to pay the substantial price premium for Krill oil compared to the cost of fish oil, then the Vitapure product would seem to merit serious consideration--it is very competitively priced compared to other Krill oils, and would seem to be of similar or identical quality.

I was using Viva Labs, but they never got back with me after a couple attempts on the origin of the Talapia in their capsules. As a result, I started looking for a similar potency. Close to the same concentration as Viva Labs for 1/2 the price. I am please with the quality!

Like most supplements, I'm not sure how well it works but the price is good and the quality, as far as I can tell, is the same.