One of the most beneficial food\nproducts for our health, olive oil, has quality often undermined by threats\nsuch as the widespread use of insecticides in olive groves or the price war,\nbut constant monitoring allows us to purchase excellent products.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This is why; first, it is necessary\nto be wary of low cost offers and rather to look at the cost per liter and the\nlabel: <\/p>\n\n\n\n
– The European origin<\/strong> (can be indicated the State from which the product\narrives or, even more generically, Union) says that a member country produces\nthe olive oil. The indication of origin refers to the area in which the olives\nwere harvested and where the oil mill where the oil was extracted is located.<\/p>\n\n\n\n – The classification<\/strong>, the name<\/strong>, the producer<\/strong>, the volume<\/strong> and the expiry date<\/strong> are fundamental elements to take into consideration (the bottling date or the harvest year, on the other hand, are optional specifications).<\/p>\n\n\n\n RESULTS OF ANALYSIS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n In the analyzes the chemical and\ntaste tests of the panel of tasters evaluated parameters such as:<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2022 Acidity<\/strong>, which tends to increase especially if the olives from\nwhich the oil was obtained were not in perfect condition<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2022 Number of peroxides<\/strong>, i.e. the state of oxidation of the oil<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2022 Spectrophotometric analysis<\/strong> in\nthe UV<\/strong>, which evaluates the absorption of ultraviolet rays and provides\nuseful information on the state of preservation of the oil<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2022 Level of alkyl ethyl esters of fatty acids<\/strong>, to assess the quality\nof the starting olives<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2022 Organoleptic assessment<\/strong>, conducted by a panel of expert tasters to verify the conformity of the products to the characteristics of extra virgin olive oil<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2022 Chemical analyzes<\/strong> conducted\nand envisaged by European legislation<\/strong> to check that the extra virgin olive\noil has not been counterfeited, namely that is mixed with different oils or\nrefined olive oils.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The oils judged not to be high (“low quality”) are eight<\/em>, due to the failure to pass the sensory test, even if the chemical analyzes, unlike the past tests, have excluded any type of fraud. <\/p>\n\n\n\n STORAGE INSTRUCTIONS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Once you buy a good oil, remember\nthat it must be stored correctly<\/strong>. Indeed, exposure to air, light and heat are\nits enemies and olive oil is easily subject to oxidation. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n We need to remember to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2022 Store the oil in a cool, dry place<\/strong>, away from light and\nheat sources<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2022 Prefer stainless steel (classic milk) <\/strong>or dark glass containers and to use\ntransparent oil bottles for the quotidian cooking<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2022 Always close the bottle<\/strong> to prevent air contamination.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" 16.10.2019 What is the best olive oil on the market? A survey in 2019 has examined 30 brands of extra virgin olive oil commonly sold at the Italian supermarket (organic and non-organic) and has compiled an interesting list: 22 products passed the exam. One of the most beneficial food products for our health, olive oil, … Continue reading Extra virgin olive oil, which is the best?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2712,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,10],"tags":[27,28,91,29,30,31,80,36],"class_list":["post-2709","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-food-culture-company","category-olive-oil","tag-gastronomy","tag-healthy","tag-italiantaste","tag-italy","tag-mediterranean","tag-oil","tag-science","tag-vegan"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smaf-ltd.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2709","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smaf-ltd.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smaf-ltd.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smaf-ltd.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smaf-ltd.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2709"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.smaf-ltd.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2709\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2762,"href":"https:\/\/www.smaf-ltd.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2709\/revisions\/2762"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smaf-ltd.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2712"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smaf-ltd.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2709"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smaf-ltd.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2709"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smaf-ltd.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2709"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"http:\/\/smaf-ltd.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Analysis-EVO-1.jpg\")
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