How do I know when some olive oil is legit?

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Steve Yun: Aug 7, 2003; I'm a parasitic landlord that needs to get a job instead of stealing worker's money. Make sure to remind me when I post.; Soiled Meat

The exception is Costco/Kirkland brand, it's Italian and it's legit.

Otherwise, California Olive Ranch is excellent.

Steve Yun fucked around with this message at 13:26 on Jan 21, 2017

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Steve Yun: Aug 7, 2003; I'm a parasitic landlord that needs to get a job instead of stealing worker's money. Make sure to remind me when I post.; Soiled Meat

Babylon Astronaut posted:

Almost all olive oil that comes out of Italy is olive flavored vegetable oil.

Actually I think the actual studies that were done on olive oil by UC Davis and... I forget who did the other one... didn't find that they were necessarily counterfeit oil, but mostly that they didn't meet quality standards on the labeling. More often than not, Italian olive oil that was labeled extra-virgin did not meet the standards for being extra virgin for various reasons (one of which may or may not have been adulteration with other oils)

Edit: https://1.oliveoiltimes.com/library/ucd-2010-report.pdf

Steve Yun fucked around with this message at 08:05 on Jan 23, 2017

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Steve Yun: Aug 7, 2003; I'm a parasitic landlord that needs to get a job instead of stealing worker's money. Make sure to remind me when I post.; Soiled Meat

Sure, but since you're not selling yours at any groceries, the gist of all this is that the highest quality affordable and available oil will be from California

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