Sea buckthorn juice vs capsules

The short answer

A combination of both. Taken together they give you the full spectrum the plant offers — the berry through the juice, and the seed oil extract through the capsule. That is not a way of selling two things instead of one; it is what the two products actually contain.

If you are starting with one, start with the juice. It is the more complete single product and the cheapest per day, and the capsule is the sensible second purchase once you know you will keep going.

What each contains

Juice is the whole pressed fruit: the pulp oil and the water-soluble half — vitamin C, the organic acids, the minerals. The capsule is the concentrated fat-soluble fraction, and it is where the seed oil comes in — the juice carries little of it.

That is the real distinction. A capsule is not a smaller juice; it is a different part of the plant.

Cost per day

Juice is substantially cheaper per day at the stated dose. Capsules cost more per day and take no time at all.

Practical differences

• Taste. Juice is sharply sour and must be diluted. Capsules have none.
• Storage. Juice needs refrigerating once opened and finishing within a month. Capsules do not.
• Travel. No contest — capsules.
• Teeth. Juice is acidic; rinse after, and do not brush for half an hour.

None of which changes the answer above: the two are complementary, and most people who take sea buckthorn seriously end up on both.