Re: How do I know which fish oil is safe from mercury?

Posted by Larry Hoover on January 29, 2003, at 19:37:09

In reply to Re: How do I know which fish oil is safe from mercury?, posted by stjames on January 29, 2003, at 18:45:38

> > All fish oil products which use the phrase "molecularly distilled" (a frightful misuse of the language, to any chemist) come from a single wholesale jobber in New Brunswick.
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> > Lar
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> Is "molecularly distilled" the same as fractional
> distillation ?
I'd have to presume the answer to be no. Fish oil is distilled to purify it, but there is no valid reason to use the modifier "molecularly". It's probably something written by sales staff, not a chemist.
Fractional distillation would separate out the components, providing pure EPA at one point, pure DHA at another, and so on. As fish oil is a blend, there is no point in fractionating the crude product, only to mix it back together again later.

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