Re:Study finds 82% of avocado oil rancid or mixed with other...
by zerocrates on Thursday January 27, 2022 @09:37PM
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I'd say "garlic olive oil" is a different category where its name already implies a mixture of these two things, and from that name you'd expect the resulting product to contain both garlic and olive oil, and be mostly olive oil (and would be mislabeled if it's actually artificial garlic flavor, or actually canola). It's the unqualified naming that I'm objecting to, in general.
Anyway, I think the EU regulation quoted sounds pretty reasonable also, assuming something about how reasonably prominent such information would need to be.
Re:Study finds 82% of avocado oil rancid or mixed with other...
by thaumasiotes on Friday January 28, 2022 @01:31AM
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> I'd say "garlic olive oil" is a different category where its name already implies a mixture of these two things, and from that name you'd expect the resulting product to contain both garlic and olive oil
OK, granted, but that isn't true of "chili oil". It could refer to oil pressed from chili, but it doesn't.
You're saying it's widely available. I'm saying it's not widely consumed.
And I stand by my opinion that naming a blended product after its most prominent flavor is both normal and desirable. But I see no issue with requiring blends to be labeled as blends. The regulation described sidethread here ( https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30106290 ) seems pretty reasonable to me.
> 1. The indication of the quantity of an ingredient or category of ingredients used in the manufacture or preparation of a food shall be required where the ingredient or category of ingredients concerned:
> (a) appears in the name of the food or is usually associated with that name by the consumer;
> (b) is emphasised on the labelling in words, pictures or graphics; or [another clause]
But even in that case, you're free to sell something as "avocado oil" when it's 50% avocado-derived or even 20% avocado-derived [consider something like "garlic olive oil"]; you just need to disclose the amount.