These fish oil supplements will soon come without a trace of fish

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Consumers want the good oil, not more harm to dwindling fish stocks, which means a new brew of marine and soil bacteria could catch on as a food supplement.

Omega-3s are a popular supplement, most often derived from cod.Scientists are brewing a "fish oil" without fish and hope it will catch on as consumers increasingly school companies on more sustainable products.

Globally, growing demand means over 100 million tonnes of fish per year are caught to make the tablets. "We have to take our omega but we also know the damage we're doing to the environment," CEO Gustavo De Cerqueira told AAP. BiomeMega uses "realistic science where we see things happen at the bench level, literally in front of us," Dr De Cerqueira said.

 

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