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If you’ve taken fish oil for any length of time, you know the compromise. You commit to a daily capsule because the research on omega-3 is real and compelling — cardiovascular health, cognitive function, inflammation response. And then you live with the fishy aftertaste, the occasional stomach discomfort, the low-grade worry about mercury, and the nagging awareness that industrial fish oil production is one of the more quietly destructive things happening in the ocean.
Whole Omega is our answer to that compromise. It’s a daily omega-3 supplement that isn’t made from fish. It’s made from camelina — an ancient oilseed we’ve been growing on our Montana farm since 2006 — cold-pressed and sealed into a vegan softgel. One capsule a day. No burps, no mercury, no ocean.
Why camelina works as an omega-3 source
Most people, when they think “omega-3,” think fish. It’s a reasonable association: fatty fish are one of the richest natural sources. But fish don’t manufacture omega-3s. They accumulate them — by eating the algae and smaller fish that do.
Plants are the original source. A small number of seeds produce meaningful amounts of alpha-linolenic acid (ALA), the plant form of omega-3. Flaxseed is one. Chia is another. Camelina is the third — and by several measures, the most interesting.
Cold-pressed camelina oil is roughly 38% omega-3. That’s among the highest concentrations of any edible plant oil. It also has a naturally balanced 2:1:2 ratio of omega 3-6-9 — which matters, because the ratio is what most modern diets have lost. Getting more omega-3 matters less than getting the balance right.
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“Fish don’t manufacture omega-3s. They accumulate them. Plants are the original source.” |
What’s in each Whole Omega bottle
Sixty vegan softgels. Each one contains our cold-pressed camelina oil — the same oil we grow, harvest, and press on our Montana farm. That’s the entire ingredient list. No fillers. No synthetic concentrates. No fish. No algae.
Take one capsule a day with food. A two-month supply works out to roughly a dollar a day — meaningfully less than most high-quality fish oils, and with a supply chain you can actually trace to a single farm.
What the research suggests
We’re careful with health claims, both because the FDA is clear about what supplement brands can say and because the science deserves respect. Here’s what the peer-reviewed research on camelina oil has associated it with:
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Cardiovascular markers. Multiple clinical studies have linked camelina oil consumption to improvements in cholesterol profiles, particularly in LDL markers.
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Inflammation response. The balanced omega 3-6-9 profile supports the body’s own regulatory systems. A balanced ratio is increasingly understood as more important than raw omega-3 intake alone.
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Cognitive support. Alpha-linolenic acid is a structural component of brain tissue. Adequate dietary intake has been associated with cognitive health markers in longitudinal studies.
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Immune and metabolic health. Unrefined camelina oil retains the natural antioxidants (including vitamin E and tocopherols) that refined industrial oils strip out.
If you want the detailed science, we’ve written a longer explainer on the research — see our Science page. The short version: the evidence for camelina oil is solid, the mechanisms are well-understood, and the omega-3 content holds up to comparison with fish-based sources.
Why plant-based matters
Beyond the personal reasons — no fishy burps, no mercury concerns, no animal products — there’s a bigger question about where omega-3 supplements come from. Global fish oil demand has been growing steadily, and the pressure on wild fish populations has grown with it. Farmed fish aren’t a clean solution either — they’re typically fed wild-caught forage fish to develop their omega-3 content, which just displaces the problem.
A camelina field does the math differently. The plant pulls omega-3 precursors out of the soil and air and concentrates them in the seed. We press the seed. That’s the entire supply chain. No ocean required.
Who Whole Omega is for
If you’re already taking fish oil and you’ve thought about switching, this is the switch. Same reason for taking it; different source; measurably easier on your stomach and your conscience.
If you’re vegan or vegetarian and you’ve been piecing together omega-3 through flax and walnuts and hoping it adds up, Whole Omega is a simpler path — a concentrated plant source in a reliable daily dose.
If you’ve been meaning to start an omega-3 routine but kept putting it off because the fish oil options felt like a compromise, this is the one we’d recommend to a friend.
From our farm to your routine
Every bottle of Whole Omega starts as a field in northwestern Montana. We plant the camelina. We watch it flower — the fields go golden-yellow in late summer, which is worth seeing in person if you’re ever passing through Pendroy. We harvest. We cold-press. We encapsulate. We ship.
Eighteen harvests in, that chain hasn’t changed. Neither has the simple idea behind it: the best things for your body are usually the ones you can trace to a field.