Partial
“1,300 mg black seed oil per serving.”
Printed on the front label, but the Supplement Facts panel is not shown in the listing, so the serving size behind that figure is unverified.
Zhou Black Seed Oil 1,300 mg Veggie Capsules, 60 Count Review
SAC StudioBest Vegetarian CapsuleSKIP
6.9/10SAC Product Score™
How the score breaks downHide breakdown
SAC Product Score™ — how it breaks down
- Thymoquinone Disclosure & Dose30%5.4
- Extraction & Freshness20%7.8
- Purity & Testing20%7.4
- Form & Dosing Accuracy15%8.4
- Value15%6.6
Buy it only if you need a vegan capsule and accept an unread panel
✓ Buy if…
- You need a vegan or vegetarian capsule
- You want cold-pressed, unrefined oil in a capsule
✗ Skip if…
- You want to see the Supplement Facts before you buy
- You want thymoquinone declared
Read the full analysis
✓ Also buy if…
- You are comfortable buying without seeing the panel
✗ Also skip if…
- You want the cheapest capsule; Horbaach and Bio Nutrition cost less
Zhou's black seed oil is the vegetarian option here: 1,300 mg of 100 percent pure, virgin, unrefined, cold-pressed oil per serving in veggie capsules, 60 capsules described as a one-month supply, lab-verified, vegan and Non-GMO on the front. That is all we can confirm, because the Amazon gallery contains no Supplement Facts panel. We read the front label and inferred a two-capsule serving from the month's supply; nothing else is verified.
How we built the SAC Product Score™ — 6.9/10
Thymoquinone Disclosure & Dose30%5.4/10
1,300 mg per serving is printed on the front, but with no panel visible we cannot confirm the serving size or any thymoquinone figure.
Extraction & Freshness20%7.8/10
100 percent pure, virgin, unrefined and cold-pressed are printed on the front; capsule format protects the oil.
Purity & Testing20%7.4/10
Lab-verified, vegan and Non-GMO marks on the front; no organic seal and no panel to check them against.
Form & Dosing Accuracy15%8.4/10
Veggie capsules, the only vegetarian capsule here; we inferred two capsules per serving from '60 capsules, one-month supply'.
Value15%6.6/10
About $0.61 per inferred serving and roughly $0.47 per gram of oil, the most expensive oil per gram on the list.
The product at a glance
- Form
- Veggie capsule
- Serving
- 1,300 mg oil per serving (front label); serving size not shown, inferred 2 capsules
- Count
- 60 veggie capsules, one-month supply
- Thymoquinone
- Not visible; no Supplement Facts panel in the listing
- Extraction
- 100% pure, virgin, unrefined, cold-pressed
- Seals
- Lab verified, vegan, Non-GMO (front label)
- Cost per dose
- ~$0.61 per serving
Marketing claims vs. reality
Not verified
“Lab verified.”
The front carries a lab-verified mark, but with no panel or certificate visible there is nothing to verify it against.
Partial
“100% pure virgin unrefined cold pressed.”
Printed on the front; consistent with the category, but the ingredient line that would confirm 'nothing else' is on the panel we cannot see.
What our test actually found
01A listing without a panel is a listing we cannot fully score
Our method starts from the Supplement Facts. Zhou's gallery has none, so serving size, thymoquinone and excipients are unknown. The score is low because the information is missing, not because we found a problem.
02The vegetarian niche is real
Both other capsules here are gelatin. If you need a plant-based capsule, Zhou is the only choice on this list, and the front-label claims about pressing and purity are the right ones.
Pros & cons, no sugar-coating
Pros
- Only vegetarian capsule on the list
- Cold-pressed, unrefined virgin oil
- Lab-verified and Non-GMO marks on the front
Cons
- No Supplement Facts panel visible in the listing
- Serving size and thymoquinone unverified
- Highest cost per gram of oil here
The vegan capsule, scored on an unread panel
We rank what we can read, and Zhou shows us only the front. If you need a vegetarian capsule it is your option; check the panel on the bottle when it arrives, and let us know what it says. Until then Bio Nutrition, with a declared 9.6 mg thymoquinone, is the capsule to beat.
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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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Nigella sativa improves glucose homeostasis and serum lipids in type 2 diabetes: A systematic review and meta-analysis
In type 2 diabetes, Nigella sativa supplementation lowered fasting glucose, HbA1c, total cholesterol and LDL across the pooled randomized trials.
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Clinical and experimental effects of Nigella sativa and its constituents on respiratory and allergic disorders
A review of clinical and experimental studies concluding that Nigella sativa and thymoquinone show bronchodilatory, anti-inflammatory and anti-allergic effects, with human trials small but consistent in direction.