Avoiding krill products

Here’s the scoop on krill products: you don’t need them.  Antarctic krill are vacuumed up from the Southern Ocean with industrial precision mainly for 3 products:

• Nutraceuticals - Krill oil omega-3 supplements 

• Food for Farmed Salmon- the pigment in krill gives the farmed salmon’s flesh a pink color

• Pet food- krill may be used as fish food, as an additive to dog and cat food, and as a pet omega-3 supplement

But, here’s the industry’s secret: this product is completely unnecessary for humans. Krill are food for Antarctic wildlife, not us. Although omega-3s can be obtained through a nutritious diet alone, plentiful ocean-friendly omega-3 supplement alternatives exist  for those who desire additional supplementation including:

• Algae oil

• Flaxseeds, chia seeds, and hemp seeds and their oils

• Walnuts

In fact, here’s krill’s secret: they get their omegas from algae, too! Krill feed on algae, so by taking algal oil supplements, you skip the middleman and go straight to the source. Algae oil is just as viable as fish oil if not even more nutritious, [1,2,3,4] and of course it is ocean and Antarctica friendly.