Green Pasture Butter Oil/Fermented Cod Liver Oil Blended Gel - 6.4 oz.- Cinnamon

The chocolate flavor is kinda gross but this stuff is amazing. Great anti-inflammatory.

This seller and this product both get a solid 5 stars. First of all, the customer service is absolutely fantastic. I did a dumb thing and forgot to update my current address, so the shipping info was wrong. Before i had a chance to go in and change it the next morning, this seller had already sent the package out (talk about fast). I entered in my change of address with USPS (literally had just moved and hadn't done any of this yet), but I still got a note from Amazon stating that shipping was halted and that the package could not be delivered. I asked for a refund, and was promptly and politely guaranteed said refund. Well, somehow the package still got to me, and 8 days earlier than the estimated delivery date! The package was intact, the glass bottle was very securely wrapped, and the product was as described. Needless to say I'm now a loyal customer! Now onto the actual cod liver oil (or gel). I need supplements because I'm a vegetarian (well truthfully, a pescatarian because I obviously eat fish) and a college student. What does this mean? It means I live off of cheap food that's easy to make and isn't good for me. I'm in nursing school and was creating a teaching plan for one of my patients. While trying to show the patient how to use My Fitness Pal for nutrition tracking, I caught a glimpse of my own MFP diary. Guess who's only getting 2% of the vitamin A she needs, but is telling her patients that they need to eat a more nutritious diet? That would be me. This is my first time trying any type of cod liver oil. It seemed like a no-brainer to me; it has Vitamin A, D, K2, plus Omega 3. Even though this seems like a hefty price to pay for one supplement, it's certainly reasonable considering that one quality bottle of any of those vitamins costs around $15--getting 4 vitamins packed into one bottle is worth the higher cost. The reason I chose fermented cod liver oil is because fermented seems to be the purest way to get these vitamins--most other cod liver oil companies use high amounts of heat in their processes, essentially destroying the vitamins naturally present in the CLO, meaning that they have to add synthetic vitamins back in at the end. I did a lot of research about which brand to go with, and found that Green Pasture seemed to be the way to go. I encourage you to do your own research too! FCLO is not for everyone (and if you have a question about it or have a health problem--especially cardiovascular issues--totally disregard this review and ask your doctor about it). As for the taste--I wasn't brave enough to try this right away. I bought the gel because it was more cost effective, but I was nervous. I plugged my nose, placed the oil at the back of my tongue to avoid torturing as many tastebuds as possible, and swallowed quickly with a swig of Diet Coke for a chaser. (Yes, I know Diet Coke is unhealthy. I know it's an oxymoron to take a health supplement with something like Diet Coke. I don't even care a little.) I bought the chocolate flavored one, and luckily the chocolate overpowers the fish IF YOU PLUG YOUR NOSE. You have to plug your nose. Don't test that--I'm the type of person that always has to touch a hot plate after a server warns me not to touch it--and of course I did that with the fish oil (I'm Irish and stubborn). Don't do that. Also, this oil sticks around in your mouth if you don't wash it down with something. Don't wash it down with water. That will do absolutely nothing for you. Get something acidic, like a carbonated beverage--even club soda. The acid/carbonation will help to break down the oil. Washing it down with Diet Coke completely took away any aftertaste. So in short--the chocolate flavor was a win, the taste and texture isn't bad at all if you plug your nose, and an acidic chaser helps with residue. So two thumbs up!

Only cod liver product that I have found my kids can tolerate taking. The chocolate flavor hides the taste enough that even my youngest takes it with no issue. Smell is not super strong and the product has always been high quality. We have successfully used this product to heal cavities in the past and are doing so again.

I’ve purchased this a a few times and the taste is great. It tastes like cinnamon butter, but it does have a hint of a fish aftertaste. Nothing like taking plain cod liver oil. The quality is great and comes highly recommended by Weston price.

We’ve been taking this product for 8-10 years and this product tastes weird and will not gel up in the fridge. Something is wrong with it. I tried calling customer service and I’m not able yet to get a hold of anyone. I will update if I contact anyone. The usual product is excellent, there is something wrong with this.

I expected the worst, honestly. The web is full of reviews declaring that fermented cod liver oil is the foulest substance ever created by man, that it tastes like the harbor pier on an August morning, and that kids in the olden days were right to scatter when mom came around with the cod liver oil. I was certain I was going to have to gag it down with a whiskey chaser just to get a few vitamins in my diet. Well, I'm happy to report that rumors of this stuff's nastiness have been greatly exaggerated. Or at least a little exaggerated. It's nothing I would call delicious, but it's not exactly bad, either. When I first I opened the bottle, I was greeted by a waft of... something. It didn't smell overwhelmingly like chocolate, or like fish, or like butter (but it did attract the cat nonetheless). It reminded me of Thai fish sauce with mild buttery undertones. I gave it a mighty stir with a knife, just in case it settled, and tried a little. Not too bad. I could do this!, I thought. Then I scooped out a 1/2 teaspoonful, ate it with little fanfare, licked the spoon (at this price I was not about to waste any), and put the bottle in the fridge. Some time later I noticed an unusual odor, which I quickly traced to my lips. Oil, it turns out, is a pretty persistent material, and the gusto with which I had cleaned the spoon had left me later feeling as if I had been making out with a bait bucket. Lessons learned, I guess. Still, the first dose went remarkably well. The next day I removed the bottle from the fridge and nearly died. The smell -- the stench, even -- was fierce. It was nothing like I remembered from the day before. The cat came galloping from across the house to see what died and if, perhaps, he might be permitted to eat it. What could have changed, I wondered. Oxidation? It couldn't have gone bad already! Perplexed, I soldiered on, but that day's spoonful of the now rather solid oil found me once again looking thoughtfully at a bottle of Jim Beam. But as it turned out, I didn't need the booze after all. A few days and some experimentation later, I have learned some very important things: 1. DO NOT refrigerate this stuff (unless for long term storage). The cold makes it unbelievably nasty as well as changing it from a spoonable cream to a stiff butter-like solid. 2. Eat it carefully, or wash your face very well afterwards. 3. A light sprinkling of brown sugar brings out the chocolate flavor and almost makes it sort of pleasant to eat. Almost. It's too soon to say yet if this alleged superfood has made any difference in my health or mood. But with winter coming and the dentist brandishing her drill at me, I'll find out soon enough if it will really cure dry skin, stave off winter blues, and heal teeth. I am mostly skeptical but I figure it's worth a shot.

My whole family has been taking this for over a year now. My hair stopped falling out, my kids immune systems are much stronger and my husbands blood pressure came down to normal. Highly recommend!!

I prefer getting nutrients from real food rather than a lab, and this is one of the best ones you can take. You get the fat soluble vitamins (A, D, E, and K, including K2) as well as Omega 3 fatty acids. None of these are truly obtainable from plants, which only provide precursors that the human body doesn’t convert in large enough amounts to be useful. There's also probably nutrients that we simply don't know about yet. I started this along with several other changes such as cutting out sugar & grains, so it's hard to tell what helped the most, but I find I'm now much more resilient to colds (including the Big C), and many annoying little health problems such as plantar fasciitis and cankersores disappeared. This is especially good for us older folks; I give it to my mother too, and she also has seen some similarly positive results. A tip for usability: keep this in the fridge. The solid form is easier to serve out and way less messy than the liquid oil, and also does a better job of hiding the taste of cod liver oil. Update: Unfortunately, this product is now shipped in a bag, not a box. As a result, it arrived broken. The seller does not accept returns. I was able to get Amazon to refund the purchase price, but they said they would only do that once. I ordered again thinking this was just a mistake, but it again came in a bag (not broken fortunately). So, unfortunately I can no longer buy this product on Amazon - I get it directly from the manufacturer instead.