Fake Olive Oil, It's Everywhere. Most Likely In Your Kitchen

YouTube ^ | Mar 3, 2015 | Marcus Guiliano

[WhiskeyX]

According to the book Extra Virginity: The Sublime and Scandalous World of Olive Oil, illicit manufacturers slap an Italian flag and the name of an imaginary producer on the label and dump this stuff on the US market, where consumers are easy pickings.

But consumers in the US aren’t the only victims. Studies done in Australia and New Zealand found that half of their Mediterranean imports were fake, too. Anywhere olive oil is in demand is a possible target.

How do you fake olive oil? Olive oil can be diluted with poor quality oils or sometimes there is no real olive oil at all. Cheap and unhealthy soy or canola oils are colored with industrial chlorophyll and flavored with artificial flavorings. Yum. [....]

[WhiskeyX]

Nutritional Health Series, Part 31

Fake Olive Oil, It's Everywhere. Most Likely In Your Kitchen

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Nutritional Health Series, Part 31

Fake Olive Oil, It's Everywhere. Most Likely In Your Kitchen

[WhiskeyX]

Ping

[Insigne123]

Synthetic oil!

[bigbob]

Faked virginity is nothing new

[Cowboy Bob]

What would Popeye say?

[CodeToad]

I don’t think anyone is obese because they used fake olive oil.

[sagar]

Gubmint must regulate to save dumb buyers buying fake stuff. Where is personal responsibility? Do a little homework and don’t get cheapass “olive” oil from walmart.

[Dacula]

I bet Popeye is going to be mad!

[Orbiter]

Ping!

[Mariner]

Not in my kitchen.

I buy only 100% pure, certified, California Olive Oil.

It's certified by a growers council that is quite finicky on what they'll certify. And they conduct random tests and site visits.

It's the finest olive oil in the world too.

[Bernard]

Does this California group get finicky about ensuring that the olives are grown by people who are entitled to work in this country, is do illegals get a pass?

And if this council of employers gives the illegals a pass, why do you believe them about all of the details related to the quality of the product? That seems....illogical.

[Patriot Babe]

I bet it is pricey? I can only afford the cheaper one like Star Extra Virgin Olive Oil, hope that is not a fake one.

[GRRRRR]

You can test your oil at home.
The freezing point of EVOO is 39DegF.
Set your fridge for 37DegF and put a sample of your oil in overnight.

If there is liquid oil present with the frozen olive oil, then you got a special blend!!

[fella]

Bump for later.

[iowamark]

Cheap and unhealthy soy or canola oils

He blew his credibility right there.

[riri]

Where do you buy it?

[knarf]

I have a feeling you're gonn'a make me pissed off at another faction of life I never considered until now ...

/8^)

[Karl Spooner]

Kirkland is a good brand that also gets tested.

[SamAdams76]

This Snopes article partially debunks this claim that 69 percent of all olive oils found in supermarkets are probably fake.

Generally I stay away from the mass-produced big name olive oils but I keep a bottle of Colavita for cooking purposes. I prefer to pay a little extra to get the artisan brands that are out there. Good olive oil is not cheap, expect to pay $20 or more for a 750ml bottle, so if you see something on sale that is low-priced, I would be wary.

[WhiskeyX]

lifehacker.com listed them as:

Bad =

Bertolli
Carapelli
Colavita
Star
Pompeiian
Felippo Berio
Mazzola
Mezzetta
Newman’s Own
Safeway
Whole Foods

Good =
California Olive Ranch
Cobram Estate
Lucini
Kirkland Organic
Lucero (Ascolana)
McEvoy Ranch Organic

Source:

The Most (and Least) Fake Extra Virgin Olive Oil Brands
Melanie Pinola

11/08/13 9:29am

http://lifehacker.com/the-most-and-least-fake-extra-virgin-olive-oil-brands-1460894373