Cod liver oil 1000mg is the tradition at full strength: each Natures Aid softgel carries 1000 mg of pure cod liver oil delivering 254 mg of omega-3 fatty acids (80 mg EPA, 90 mg DHA) together with the oil’s famous passengers — 800 µg of vitamin A and 5 µg of vitamin D. Ninety softgels; three months of the classic habit.

What the vitamins are authorised to say

Vitamin D contributes to normal blood calcium levels, normal muscle function, normal immune function and the maintenance of normal teeth. Vitamin A contributes to normal mucous membranes, normal skin, normal vision and the normal function of the immune system. That double portfolio — not the omega-3 alone — is what distinguishes cod liver oil from plain fish oil, and why the two traditions coexist on every serious shelf.

Choosing your strength in the range

Natures Aid makes the oil at two strengths and this is the full-dose version: 1000 mg per softgel against the 550 mg one-a-day. The high-strength suits committed cod-liver households and anyone consolidating omega-3-plus-vitamins into a single serious capsule; the 550 mg remains the gentler daily minimum. Same purity standards either way.

What’s in it

Pure cod liver oil in a bovine-gelatine and glycerine softgel — contains fish, gelatine shell, not vegetarian. Free from GMO and gluten; no artificial colours or flavours. The full per-capsule table is printed above the ingredients, as it should be.

How to take it — vitamin A rules apply

One softgel daily with a meal; do not exceed the dose. The vitamin A content commands the standard discipline: not suitable during pregnancy without explicit medical advice, and no casual stacking with other high-A products (including the 550 mg sibling or multivitamins carrying full A doses — sum before you swallow). Children’s use is a pharmacist conversation.

Frequently asked questions

Cod liver vs plain fish oil? Fish oil is the omega-3 specialist; cod liver oil is the omega-3-plus-A-and-D generalist — decide by what the rest of your shelf already covers.

Winter-only or year-round? Tradition says winter; modern indoor life makes the case year-round — the A-stacking arithmetic is the only real constraint.

Aftertaste? Softgels with meals keep the experience diplomatic.

A century of Maltese and British winters

Cod liver oil is one of the very few supplements with genuine multigenerational tenure in local medicine cabinets — the stern spoon your grandparents took because their grandparents did. The softgel era kept the substance and retired the ceremony, and the products earned their permanence honestly: an oil that naturally packages the winter vitamins with the marine fats, from a brand whose free-from discipline and printed tables predate the transparency trend. Run it like the tradition did — daily through the dark months, or year-round with the A-arithmetic minded — and it remains what it always was: unfashionable, dependable, and quietly reordered every season.

Why is the 1000 mg the “committed” choice? Because its vitamin A load asks you to run it as your only A source — a one-bottle decision rather than a casual add-on.

Fridge or cupboard? Cupboard suffices in winter; the fridge earns its place across a Maltese summer.

Can I take it with vitamin E or omega-3 capsules? The fats coexist happily at one meal — it’s the vitamin A column alone that needs summing across products.

Why 90 softgels for the high strength? A season per pack — the format matches the winter-quarter rhythm this oil has kept for a century.

Is 5 µg of vitamin D enough alone in deep winter? It’s the traditional dose, not a therapeutic one — heavy-D routines keep their dedicated bottle and count this as a bonus.

Delivery in Malta & Gozo

€6 delivery, free over €40 across Malta and Gozo, or collection from St Paul’s Bay.