How to Avoid 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:

• Omega-3 Supplements - Krill oil omega-3 capsules advertised for human health

• 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: krill products are completely unnecessary. Krill are food for Antarctic wildlife, not us. Omega-3s can be obtained through a nutritious diet alone, and the benefits of simply adding a supplement are unclear [1]. However, for those who desire additional supplementation, plentiful ocean-friendly omega-3 supplement alternatives exist 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 packed with EPA and DHA and is just as viable as fish oil if not even more nutritious, [2,3,4,5,6] and of course it is ocean and Antarctica friendly.