Re: olive oil - good brands?

[Guest guest]

Hi Sharon,

I good site to read to understand olive oil fraud is

http://www.drweil.com/drw/u/QAA400316/Olive-Oil-Fraud

The original article he sites is at this link

http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2007/08/13/070813fa_fact_mueller

Hope this helps " )

Jecca

Which brands of olive oil are good? Which brands are known to be poor

quality?

I've wondered about that when I see the range of prices and they are

mostly extra virgin olive oil? How could one co. have it so much cheaper??

[Guest guest]

> O,

>

> Which brands of olive oil are good? Which brands are known to be poor

> quality?

>

> I've wondered about that when I see the range of prices and they are

mostly extra virgin olive oil? How could one co. have it so much

cheaper??

==>Sharon, Sally Fallon of Weston A. Price recommends buying a good

quality extra virgin olive oil (you pay for what you get) which is

organic or " certified organic " , expeller or cold-pressed, and stored in

very dark bottles - she says a good one will be yellow in color.

Bee

[Guest guest]

Hello Bee,

First of all I would like to say how sorry I am to hear about the death of your

father.

My commiseration and courage in keeping with your grief. I have been away from

home

and not had access to computers for a three weeks now.

As far as oliveoil is concerned I would like to say that a good one does not

necessarily

have to be yellow in colour. In fact some of the best prized olive oil can

actually be more

greenish. I have a home in an olive growing region of Turkey and also have them

in my garden.

In Turkey low acid oil is considered better. I would say that as people become

used to consuming

olive oil and experimenting with different varieties, they will be better able

to judge a good one.

Each oil has its own unique flovour depending on the soil it was grown in.

Another thing to add is

that if the oil is very good, you only a small amount and it will be satisfying.

I hope this helps.

regards,

Perihan

[Guest guest]

>

> Hello Bee,

>

> First of all I would like to say how sorry I am to hear about the

death of your father. My commiseration and courage in keeping with

your grief. I have been away from home and not had access to

computers for a three weeks now.

==>Thank you so Perihan. Unfortunately my Father had been sick for

some time, so he hadn't been himself, so I had grieved for many

months leading up to his death.

>

> As far as oliveoil is concerned I would like to say that a good

one does not necessarily have to be yellow in colour. In fact some

of the best prized olive oil can actually be more greenish. I have a

home in an olive growing region of Turkey and also have them in my

garden. In Turkey low acid oil is considered better. I would say

that as people become used to consuming olive oil and experimenting

with different varieties, they will be better able to judge a good

one. Each oil has its own unique flovour depending on the soil it was

grown in. Another thing to add is that if the oil is very good, you

only a small amount and it will be satisfying.

==>Yes, that does help. I hadn't researched it a lot because Sally

Fallon states that good olive oil is yellow in color, but what you

wrote makes sense.

Luv, Bee