Verified
“2,000 mg black seed oil per serving.”
Two softgels carry 2,000 mg of oil per the panel.
Horbaach Black Seed Oil 2,000 mg Softgels, 120 Count Review
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7.8/10SAC Product Score™
How the score breaks downHide breakdown
SAC Product Score™ — how it breaks down
- Thymoquinone Disclosure & Dose30%6.6
- Extraction & Freshness20%8.0
- Purity & Testing20%7.4
- Form & Dosing Accuracy15%8.8
- Value15%9.4
Buy it if you want the most oil per dollar in a softgel
✓ Buy if…
- You want the cheapest daily dose of black seed oil
- You want a softgel rather than a liquid
✗ Skip if…
- You want thymoquinone declared
- You are vegan; the shell is gelatin
Read the full analysis
✓ Also buy if…
- A 2 g daily oil dose suits you
✗ Also skip if…
- You want organic certification
Horbaach's softgels are the value play in black seed oil: 2,000 mg of cold-pressed oil per two-softgel serving, 60 servings per 120-count bottle, for around $16. The panel prints a typical fatty-acid range, 40 to 67 percent omega-6 and 17 to 30 percent omega-9, plus Non-GMO, GMP and lab-tested-in-the-USA marks. It does not declare thymoquinone, and the softgel is gelatin.
How we built the SAC Product Score™ — 7.8/10
Thymoquinone Disclosure & Dose30%6.6/10
No thymoquinone amount on the panel; 2,000 mg of oil per serving is at the top of the studied range, but of unknown TQ potency.
Extraction & Freshness20%8/10
Cold-pressed oil in a sealed softgel, which protects it from oxidation; quick-release shell.
Purity & Testing20%7.4/10
Non-GMO, GMP and packaged-and-lab-tested-in-the-USA marks on the panel; no organic seal.
Form & Dosing Accuracy15%8.8/10
Two softgels, tasteless and exact; the 2 g dose is the largest softgel serving here.
Value15%9.4/10
About $0.27 per serving and $0.13 per gram of oil, the lowest cost per dose on the list.
The product at a glance
- Form
- Softgel (gelatin), quick release
- Serving
- 2 softgels (2,000 mg oil)
- Count
- 120 softgels, 60 servings
- Thymoquinone
- Not declared on the panel
- Fatty-acid profile
- Typical 40-67% omega-6, 17-30% omega-9 (declared range)
- Extraction
- Cold-pressed
- Other ingredients
- Gelatin, vegetable glycerin
- Seals
- Non-GMO, GMP, packaged and lab tested in the USA
- Cost per dose
- ~$0.27 per 2 softgels
Marketing claims vs. reality
Verified
“Cold pressed.”
Printed on the front label.
Partial
“Lab tested.”
The panel states packaged and lab tested in the USA, a general programme claim rather than a printed certificate or a named third party.
What our test actually found
01Most oil for the least money
Sixty servings of 2 g for around $16 is roughly thirteen cents a gram. Nothing else here is close on quantity per dollar.
02A range is not a number
The panel's fatty-acid figures are typical ranges, and thymoquinone is absent altogether. For a compound that varies several-fold between oils, that leaves the potency of your 2 g a guess.
Pros & cons, no sugar-coating
Pros
- Cheapest cost per dose and per gram on the list
- 2 g cold-pressed oil per two softgels
- GMP, Non-GMO and lab-tested marks
- Quick-release softgel; no taste
Cons
- No thymoquinone declared
- Gelatin softgel, not vegan
- Fatty-acid content given only as a range
The budget softgel, if potency-by-the-gram is enough for you
For a quarter a day you get 2 g of cold-pressed oil in a tested softgel. You do not get a thymoquinone figure. If that matters, and for black seed oil it should, spend six cents more on Bio Nutrition.
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If this doesn’t fit — try these
Amazing Herbs Premium Black Seed Oil
8.8/10The only liquid on this list that prints its thymoquinone: 48 mg per 5 mL of cold-pressed, unrefined oil in a glass bottle, with the omega profile declared to the milligram.
See it on the list →Nature's Way Organic Black Seed Oil
8.5/10USDA Organic cold-pressed oil that prints its thymoquinone standardisation, 0.6 percent, alongside a full fatty-acid breakdown; the best-documented organic oil here.
See it on the list →Bio Nutrition Black Seed Oil Softgels
8.3/10The only softgel here that declares thymoquinone, 9.6 mg per two-softgel 1,000 mg serving, cold-pressed and hexane-free, at a third of a dollar a day.
See it on the list →Sources & further reading
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A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials investigating the effects of supplementation with Nigella sativa (black seed) on blood pressure
Across eleven randomized trials, Nigella sativa lowered systolic blood pressure by about 3 mmHg and diastolic by about 3 mmHg, a modest but consistent effect.
- Namazi N, Larijani B, Ayati MH, Abdollahi M. J Ethnopharmacol. 2018;219:173-181.Namazi N, Larijani B, Ayati MH, Abdollahi M · 2018 · Journal of Ethnopharmacology · PMID 29559374
The effects of Nigella sativa L. on obesity: A systematic review and meta-analysis
Pooling eleven randomized trials, Nigella sativa produced small reductions in body weight, body-mass index and waist circumference compared with control.