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Originally Posted by GtrsRGr8
Read this book and you'll be skeptical, from then on, that the "extra virgin" olive oil that you buy is really "extra virgin," or that it is even olive oil completely--or at all.
I didn't read the book, but I listened to the audio all the way through. It was an eye-opener.
Extra Virginity: The Sublime and Scandalous World of Olive Oil, by Tom Mueller.
Rated 4.5 stars at Amazon; 3.91 at GoodReads (a little low there, even for GoodReads--you might want to read the reviews).
Now only $1.99--only 12% of the digital list price!
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B005LW5IZ4/. |
I haven't read this - but maybe a year ago there was a segment on 60 Minutes about fraudulent olive oil from Italy. The mafia has infiltrated the Italian olive oil industry. Chances are, anything you buy claiming to be "extra virgin olive oil" from Italy isn't what it claims to be. It is either a lower grade of olive oil, or some other type of oil (safflower oil maybe) with green food color added to look like olive oil.
We started buying olive oil from California after watching that.