What is “Extra Virgin Olive Oil”?
Extra Virgin Olive Oil is the Olive Oil that comes from the elision of olives using only natural means. The standardized units filter the Olive Oil in order to remove humidity and other substances that if they remain inside the Olive Oil, can downgrade it as time goes by. The maximum acidity of Olive Oil is 0.8%. 2. Is there any specific and easy way that the consumer can test and evaluate Olive Oil? Unfortunately, that does not exist. For the evaluation of the quality of Olive Oil, the European regulation offers very strict specifications and a lot of analytic parameters. The controls carried out are chemical and organoleptic, from the most elementary as testing the acidity, up to the detection of adulteration or the quantity of antioxidants in the Olive Oil. 3. How can the consumer recognize the differentiations of Olive Oil? If the consumer is trained, he will be able to recognize and distinguish the various smells, tastes and potentials defaults. However, in order to evaluate the w
