I have been wondering about fish oil for a while now. When I started Loki back on raw not too long ago I bought fish oil and vitamin E for him. The bottle doesn't say what fish it is made from, but does it matter? Before I moved to the US I had never heard of salmon oil. In Iceland we have two varieties of cod oil and then shark oil. The oils contain different amounts of vitamins, usually A, D, and E. I don't see any vitamins on my fish oil bottle, just the usual omega-3, EPA, and DHA. Is there a reason salmon oil is recommended and is it different or better than other fish oils?
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You want the oil identified. If you search here you will find dozens of discussions of this, but yes, you DO want the fish identified as "100% such-and-such." Salmon oil is a low-metal oil, as are the small ones like sardines, anchovies, etc. Shark would be very high (among the highest) in mercury, arsenic, and other heavy metals.
Just "marine oil" would be the lowest choice, and unidentified "fish oil" would be one small step up.
Oils can also be molecularly distilled to leave heavy metals behind.
If you have a product you are looking at and want to provide a link, I can point out and explain the good and/or bad things about it if you like.
It doesn't get very good reviews from that one person..and seems to have a lot of extra ingredients that are not listed on the bottle. It's interesting what you said about the metals, I've never heard of that! I'm glad my parents didn't buy shark oil when I was a kid, I used to chug cod oil from the bottle when parents weren't looking....
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I would not use or feed that oil. I'm not exaggerating for effect; I'd toss it.
That could even be 100% farmed fish oil. There is no identification whatsoever. Not to mention the other junk you saw. If artificial vanilla is added to encapsulated fish oil, then I'm afraid to wonder what it's meant to cover up.
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Based on the ingredients, maybe it's not all bad that the capsule doesn't dissolve (as the review says).
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Ah yes, the metals. I can't believe I never knew about that! Iceland is smothered with fish oil, everybody takes it, everybody talks about it...and this little detail was left out. I'm glad I know about it now though, I can start spreading the news
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Ah yes, the metals. I can't believe I never knew about that! Iceland is smothered with fish oil, everybody takes it, everybody talks about it...and this little detail was left out. I'm glad I know about it now though, I can start spreading the news
Well, I believe that the fish oils most popular in Iceland are very very good ones, made from 100% sardines, anchovies, and other tiny no-metal wild fish, and carefully handled. Perhaps you had no need to think about it. The rest of the world has more bad than good fish oils (and other marine products) now.
Yeah, you're right. I wish it was cheaper to send stuff from Iceland to home, then I would just get my oil from there. But as long as I find good quality here I'm happy.
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It doesn't get very good reviews from that one person..and seems to have a lot of extra ingredients that are not listed on the bottle. It's interesting what you said about the metals, I've never heard of that! I'm glad my parents didn't buy shark oil when I was a kid, I used to chug cod oil from the bottle when parents weren't looking.... 
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