You’re standing at the grocery store in front of a million olive-oil choices. So what should you buy and why? Lisa and Julia break down our top choices.
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00:00 Intro
00:22 How to taste EVOO
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21 Comments
Two hot women and olive oil. Love you gals.
Should've been blind.
Sorry, waste of time.
how can this be the best supermarket olive oils when supermarkets aren't even represented here? Whole foods, target, giant, etc all have better oils in recent years. Not a very good selection here
California Olive Ranch is my go-to brand. However, I recently got Trader Giotto’s 100% Italian President’s Reserve, sourced to three regions in Italy. Quite good!
I don't use olive oil.
I bake focaccia at least once a week, and olive oil is best for baking.
I like California 100% Extra Virgin…not the global one…that is mixed with other oils…
Those first few that she pointed to are not 100% olive oil. All you have to do is pour some olive oil into a little bowl and stick them in your fridge overnight. If it is 100% olive oil it will be solid in the morning. If it’s just the top that solid in the bottom that isn’t, it’s mixed with some kind of seeded oil I guarantee it.
@americastestkitchen would you consider a taste test of LIGHT extra virgin olive oil brands? I've been replacing by beloved Wisconsin AA butter with light olive oil to avoid saturated fat when possible 🙃 thanks in advance!
How do you know if the Italian olive oils that you are featuring are indeed truly made of olives? There was a huge scandal a few years ago about Italian olive oils made with low standard oils and some low quality oils even coloured green to look like olive oil. I have been avoiding Italian olive oils and looking to Spanish and Greek olive oils instead…which are delicious too.
Because of all the bad, fake, and diluted olive oils out there, I only buy the Kirkland Organic EVOO from Costco, which consistently has good reviews.
I've been using Costco Kirkland Extra Virgin Organic which is a blend (Spain, Portugal, Tunisia, Greece, Italy) produced in Italy with a best buy date but no harvest date. I'm not a connoisseur so does anyone have a rating for it?
Have you tried Turkish EVOO? They really stand out – different olive variety "memecik"? I'm enjoying the Heraclea brand!
I don't know where the idea came from that evoo should burn your throat. To me that means it's rancid or soon to be rancid.
Maybe you could do California olive oils such as Pasolivo, Sciabica, California Olive Ranch, etc.
Would have appreciated you testing the Costco Kirkland brands.
I never liked the California one
Problem is most olive oils sold in the US are adulterated.. the oil comes from multiple sources with unknown pressing and harvesting dates with even other oils blended in .. unlike EU countries the US doesn't have legal standards to meet
Would be helpful to comment on olive oils shipped and stored in plastic instead of glass or can.
My California Olive Ranch harvest date is 2023 – I bought it a month or two ago and I live in Southern California (south OC). My guess is that since California Olive Ranch can be pricy, stores might have a good deal of old stock on the shelves, which is why they couldn’t find newer bottles…just a guess.
California Olive Ranch also has a few different flavors (medium, bold, 100% Californian, blended) – so I also think that plays into different review scores from different outlets.