Castor oil 500mg softgels are the tidiest answer to a slightly untidy tradition: castor oil — the famously dense vegetable oil from the seeds of Ricinus communis — measured into precise 500 mg softgels, 90 per pack, for those who want the classic oil in a form that involves neither spoons nor the taste.

The oil, briefly

Castor oil has run a double career for centuries — the beauty cupboard’s conditioning heavyweight and the traditional household’s internal stand-by. The softgel format serves the measured, modern version of that tradition: a defined 500 mg per capsule, taken according to the label, with tocopherol (vitamin E extract) guarding the oil’s freshness inside a classic gelatine shell.

Serving Size: 1 Capsule

Servings Per Container: 90

Supplement facts	per serve	%NRV
Castor oil	500mg

What’s in each softgel

Castor oil, bovine gelatine, glycerine, water and antioxidant tocopherol extract. Free from declared allergens — but note the bovine gelatine shell means this is not a vegetarian product; plant-based households wanting castor’s cosmetic side should look to Anaé’s bottled organic oil instead.

How to take it — with the respect castor deserves

One capsule per day, following the pack’s instructions, and not more: castor oil’s internal reputation is vigorous, and the stated dose is the entire agreement. It is not suitable during pregnancy — castor oil is one of the traditional substances expectant mothers are specifically advised to avoid — nor for anyone with digestive conditions without a doctor’s counsel. Persistent digestive complaints are a medical conversation, never a supplement decision. The softgels can also be pierced for topical use on skin, hair or nails, where the oil behaves exactly like its bottled sibling.

Who chooses the softgel format?

Customers who know castor’s tradition and want it dosed rather than poured; travellers who’d sooner not fly with an oil bottle; and dual-use pragmatists who like that a pierced capsule doubles as a single-serving cosmetic. The 90-count pack keeps whichever camp you join supplied for a season.

Frequently asked questions

Is this the same oil as the beauty bottles? The same species of oil in food-supplement form — the bottled versions are cosmetic-grade for external use; this one is measured for the label’s internal dose.

Taste? None — the entire diplomatic advantage of the softgel.

Why the vitamin E? Freshness insurance — tocopherol is the standard natural antioxidant for encapsulated oils.

Tradition, modernised responsibly

Castor oil’s internal history is long and colourful — the stern spoonful of literature and grandmothers alike — but modern use rightly trades folklore for labels: a measured capsule, a stated ceiling, and clear exclusions. That’s not the tradition diluted; it’s the tradition made repeatable. The dual-use trick deserves its footnote too: piercing a softgel yields a perfect single serving of oil for a cuticle round or brow-tidying session, no bottle decanting required — the travel hack that quietly sells second packs. Whatever draws you to castor, the rule stays identical: the label’s dose is the whole agreement, and any lingering complaint that tempts you toward more belongs in front of a professional instead.

Store them where? Cool and dry — softgels dislike Maltese windowsills; a cupboard or the fridge door suits them fine.

Softgels vs the bottled oil for beauty use? The bottle wins on economics for regular cosmetic use; the capsules win on portability and portioning — most castor loyalists eventually own both.

Why is the shell not vegetarian? Bovine gelatine remains the industry’s standard oil-capsule material; the plant-shell alternatives haven’t reached this product line yet.

Delivery in Malta & Gozo

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