Expecta DHA supplement users -- have you ever found out what the DHA source is?

Question

All the Enfamil people -- not exactly my favourite company -- will say is that it's a "non-fish source."

Okay. I took some on an empty stomach, belched, and -- well, it's quite the fishy taste. This life-long vegetarian is now thoroughly nauseated...

I cut open a pill: it reeks of, yes, fish.

Has anybody heard anything vis-a-vis what the source is, maybe had any interesting comments on Expecta from their doctor?

(Don't tell me to ask my own; I'm in Canada, they don't sell it here, I picked it up on vacation.)

And -- quick, what's the strongest-flavoured thing you can think of to eat to get rid of the, er, repeating taste?

How did I miss the ingredients on the box and the web? Duh. Many thanks!

Answer 1

Try sucking on a lemon to kill the taste. Lemon is a natural disinfectant!

Here it is direct from the manufacturer:

"The sources of DHA and ARA in Enfamil A+ are Crypthecodinium cohnii oil (DHA) and Mortierella alpina oil (ARA) supplied by Martek Biosciences Corporation. The oil that provides DHA is made by microalgae (Crypthecodinium cohnii). The oil that provides the ARA is made by fungi (Mortierella alpina). These are the same fungi and microalgae that are commonly eaten by FISH and animals."

Answer 2

it says it's from a vegetable source... "DHA source accepted as GRAS by the US Food and Drug Administration for use in infant formula"