Cod liver oil vs. Fish oil — In-Depth Nutrition Comparison

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Summary of differences between cod liver oil and fish oil

Cod liver oil has more vitamin A, vitamin D, and monounsaturated fat; however, fish oil is higher in polyunsaturated fat.
Cod liver oil covers your daily need for vitamin A, 2000% more than fish oil.
Cod liver oil has 30 times more vitamin D than fish oil. While cod liver oil has 10000IU of vitamin D, fish oil has only 332IU.
Cod liver oil has less cholesterol.

These are the specific foods used in this comparison Fish oil, cod liver and Fish oil, sardine.

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Mineral Comparison

Mineral comparison score is based on the number of minerals by which one or the other food is richer. The "coverage" charts below show how much of the daily needs can be covered by 300 grams of the food.

Cod liver oil

Fish oil

~equal in Magnesium ~0mg

~equal in Calcium ~0mg

~equal in Potassium ~0mg

~equal in Iron ~0mg

~equal in Copper ~0mg

~equal in Zinc ~0mg

~equal in Phosphorus ~0mg

~equal in Sodium ~0mg

~equal in Manganese ~0mg

~equal in Selenium ~0µg

Vitamin Comparison

Vitamin comparison score is based on the number of vitamins by which one or the other food is richer. The "coverage" charts below show how much of the daily needs can be covered by 300 grams of the food.

Cod liver oil

Fish oil

Contains more Vitamin AVitamin A	+∞%
Contains more Vitamin DVitamin D	+2912%

~equal in Vitamin C ~0mg

~equal in Vitamin E ~mg

~equal in Vitamin B1 ~0mg

~equal in Vitamin B2 ~0mg

~equal in Vitamin B3 ~0mg

~equal in Vitamin B5 ~0mg

~equal in Vitamin B6 ~0mg

~equal in Vitamin B12 ~0µg

~equal in Vitamin K ~µg

~equal in Folate ~0µg

~equal in Choline ~mg

All nutrients comparison - raw data values

Nutrient			DV% diff.
Vitamin A	30000µg	0µg	3333%
Vitamin D	10000IU	332IU	1209%
Vitamin D	250µg	8.3µg	1209%
Polyunsaturated fat	22.541g	31.867g	62%
Cholesterol	570mg	710mg	47%
Saturated fat	22.608g	29.892g	33%
Monounsaturated fat	46.711g	33.841g	32%
Calories	902kcal	902kcal	0%
Fats	100g	100g	0%
Omega-3 - EPA	6.898g	10.137g	N/A
Omega-3 - DHA	10.968g	10.656g	N/A
Omega-3 - DPA	0.935g	1.973g	N/A