Olive oil tasting is the only way to find out what exactly you are going to consume. Counterfeit manufacturers have learned how to use attractive packaging, artificial colors and flavors. They can fake everything except the real extra virgin olive oil taste. That’s why we can only trust our taste buds.
It's not something like “100 Olive Oil Benefits Pulled Out of Thin Air, Made Up and Repeating Each Other in Different Words”. In fact, the most important olive oil benefit is a huge amount of two vital components: unsaturated fats and polyphenols. So we can only talk...
We have recently mentioned about absolutely black olives floating in a chemical solution. However despite our publications, fake black olives have not disappeared from the shelves of supermarkets. So it's time to tell in detail about black olives and real black olives.
Greek olives Kalamata and Koroneiki in small glass jars. Also, sun-dried olives from the Greek island of Thassos are now available packed in small buckets.
Three more Greek extra virgin olive oils from our collection have won awards at International competitions. Meet best Greek olive oil brands from Lesvos, Greece!
Many people use olive oil for cooking without even thinking about whether it is suitable for this purpose. In this article, we'll talk about this in detail, as well as about which olive oils are best combined with various dishes as a seasoning. So...
The price of olive oil does not correlate linearly with its health benefits. Yes, starting from a certain level this is exactly how it works: the more expensive the olive oil, the better it is. And yes, olive oil for 18 € is better than olive oil for 12 €. However, what you are buying for 6 € is not just less healthy. It's not olive oil at all, it is poison!
Only olives grown in the Greek province of Messenia can be called Kalamata because Kalamata cityis the birthplace of these olives. And as a thanks we have to pay for these olives a little more than for exactly the same olives from neighbouring provinces of the Peloponnese.
The best olive oil in the northern hemisphere is Slovenian. So they decided in Paris at the prestigious competition Olio Nuovo, which chooses only among the world's top olive oil brands.
