Watch out for the oils that say Italy, Tunisia, etc. There's a lot of canola oil blended in some of those. I steer the wife to get the California Olive Ranch. There's even some Texas brands. My theory is that a local American farm brand would have too much olive oil to need to blend. Spain seems to have most olive trees, and ones just from there should be good.
Olive Oil Questions
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okTHE MOST important thing in olive oil (if not used for cooking) is: Cold Pressed, this means the olives have been pressed before the machine reached the temperature of 80farenheit. This produces a better quality oil, of course the olive quality has a bearing too. One may even go further and select only oil made from milling stones and pressed with grass made pads in a manually operated press, but here we enter the artisanal phase.
Really high quality olive oil traditionally comes from a single source. Queen Creek olive mill was a cool place to try olive oil when i visited. They talked about the differences etc. Lucini and California olive ranch get repeated top honors for purity. I think the cheap star brand got caught cutting it with other oils a few years ago. Olive oil purity
How to find good olive oil
How to find good olive oil
This is what I am talking about: https://www.aboutoliveoil.org/olive-oil-fraud
Supposedly here is a list of olive oil that are pure and others that were not so much.
Updated oil list
Updated oil list
I have a half full bottle of Bertolli with a best if used by date of August 2018. Is it Ok to use?
Zee09
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Dump it
Any port in a storm.
AutoMechanic
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Don’t know I just buy whatever my parents tell me to get usually we get Goya or the store brand but it’s rare we ever need it so don’t have any of it currently or anything.
Zee09
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I bought some yesterday and just 6 months later the game changed again
before you keep buying that favorite research it again. Things change daily in the olive oil bidness
before you keep buying that favorite research it again. Things change daily in the olive oil bidness
California Olive Ranch Everyday is what I get for making salad dressing, for cooking it's BetterBody Foods Avocado oil from Wally, just like the taste better for frying eggs than olive oil or butter.
I'm lucky because a colleague of mine imports EVOO directly from her godparents who are a small producer in southern Italy. She imports it only twice a year, when it's gone it's gone. Thanks to this board I now also buy avocado oil.
Zee09
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So far I like Mina.
Tastes like the real deal.
Single origin.
Tastes like the real deal.
Single origin.
if the olive oil doesn't have a green tint to it I doubt there's much olive oil in it. That's not to say they cant colour any oil they wish
This is what I will be opening soon.
terradelyssa.com
Extra Virgin Olive Oil | Premium First Cold Press | Terra Delyssa
The olives for Terra Delyssa premium Extra Virgin Olive Oil are grown in our orchards in Tunisia. 100% Extra Virgin Olive Oil
terradelyssa.com
My wife gets this olive oil from a local pork store. Supposedly it comes from Italy. The guy gives you a bottle that the glass is about 7/16" thick and you bring it back and get charged for refills.
I gotta say, it is the best olive oil I've ever had.
I gotta say, it is the best olive oil I've ever had.
Zee09
$200 Site Donor 2023
Yup when its the real deal you know it. Most is pure fraud.
