Fake Olive Oil

I don't mean for this thread to validate what olive oil everyone uses, now, but I there have been a couple of threads on this recently, and I have used some of the fake olive oils in the past, and didn't really notice a huge difference.

I almost always use olive oil in a dressing on when cooking, and distinguishing the difference between them is kind of like figuring out which bourbon is the best when you mix it with Coke...

Are the fake ones actually bad for you?? I think I bought the Mazzetta and was wondering why I got such a good deal on it

I've been using avocado oil from Costco. It has a higher burn point when cooking. I don't think it is much different than olive oil

Not as bad as it sounds

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I've been using avocado oil from Costco. It has a higher burn point when cooking. I don't think it is much different than olive oil

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This is what we did as well

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What about the stuff they sell at Big Lots? Good?

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I don't know that brand, but it's Big Lots, so it's probably exactly what you're looking for.

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Are the fake ones actually bad for you?? I think I bought the Mazzetta and was wondering why I got such a good deal on it

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I don't think they are bad for you but it's like thinking you have bought Coke your whole life only to find out it's been Pepsi

Always important to do an extra step or two of research when it comes to health claims. Good job pulling this other story as it clarifies the over simplistic first article that I found suspect. The "study", which was not a real research study only looked at extra virgin claims, not olive oil.

The Olive Center’s testing took place between 2008 and 2010. Researchers did not examine whether olive oil was “fake” as such (i.e., something other than olive oil misleadingly labeled as such), but rather whether oils identified as “extra virgin” actually met the strict criteria required for that designation: