Most olive oils sold in the United States are adulterated or deceptively labeled

Re:Most olive oils sold in the United States are adulterated... by markpapadakis on Saturday August 13, 2016 @01:27PM (#12282243)

I live in Crete, Greece. Almost all families here own olive trees groves and produce oil - the island, and I guess this is true for most regions of Greece, is full of olive trees. We consume a lot of oil - we use oil in everything, and it’s delicious - I personally have a hard time eating anything that doesn’t have olive oil in it.

I ‘ve tasted olive oil when I had the chance to travel to other countries, except it barely resembled the olive oil I know. It tasted bad, and it didn’t even look like the real thing. This could have only been fake or otherwise diluted olive oil. I doubt any kind of olive tree produces that kind of oil anyway.

By the way, I noticed from my time in some European cities, that olive oil is sold for a very high price. I understand that imported goods are expensive, but the prices I saw at super markets were just ridiculous ( and it’s possible even that was for ‘fake’ olive oil).

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Re:Most olive oils sold in the United States are adulterated... by SinomaSo on Saturday August 13, 2016 @03:24PM (#12282715)

Same in morocco. We have 3 olive trees in our house and we get huge amount of olive oil out of them. We use olive oil in everything. I also agree with you about the taste. It tastes insanely good compared to what I buy from supermarkets in Europe. I've heard rumors in the past that the Mafia got involved in olive oil in Italy because it's much more lucrative and safe than drugs.

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Re:Most olive oils sold in the United States are adulterated... by cloudjacker on Saturday August 13, 2016 @09:50PM (#12283955)

The conspiring Mafia.... lobby.

Contact your senator now

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Re:Most olive oils sold in the United States are adulterated... by legulere on Saturday August 13, 2016 @02:45PM (#12282560)

> By the way, I noticed from my time in some European cities, that olive oil is sold for a very high price.

It really depends on the country the olive oil is from. I think Italian olive oil is the most expensive and Greek olive oil is one of the cheapest. In fact the cheap olive oil I buy from the discounter here is from Crete :)

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Re:Most olive oils sold in the United States are adulterated... by dmitri1981 on Saturday August 13, 2016 @02:51PM (#12282591)

Spain produces three time more olive oil than Italy, but I am yet to see any shop in London selling Spanish olive oil. Why? Because usually it's packaged in Italy and sold as Italian since that is what customers have come to expect.

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Re:Most olive oils sold in the United States are adulterated... by jacobolus on Saturday August 13, 2016 @03:57PM (#12282842)

> I understand that imported goods are expensive, but the prices I saw at super markets were just ridiculous ( and it’s possible even that was for ‘fake’ olive oil).

You should try comparing the price wholesalers pay to coffee plantations in tropical countries to the end price of roasted coffee beans at boutique coffee roasters in the US or Europe. It will blow your mind.

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Re:Most olive oils sold in the United States are adulterated... by gnclmorais on Sunday August 14, 2016 @04:12AM (#12284736)

The same in my village back in Portugal. We make our own wine and olive oil. My mother even sends me packages regularly with our olive oil!

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Re:Most olive oils sold in the United States are adulterated... by vanderZwan on Saturday August 13, 2016 @05:43PM (#12283231)

If you ever end up in Utrecht, the Netherlands, there is a Greek importer of olive oil on the weekly market. Just a tip ;)

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Re:Most olive oils sold in the United States are adulterated... by CountGeek on Saturday August 13, 2016 @06:49PM (#12283453)

Do you have a name or a website?

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Re:Most olive oils sold in the United States are adulterated... by vanderZwan on Sunday August 14, 2016 @05:19AM (#12284949)

"De Olijfolie Specialist," which translates to "The Olive Oil Specialist".

https://www.facebook.com/DeOlijfolieSpecialist/home

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