How to choose the high quality olive oil

Trust is good not to trust is better! In a market as saturated as that of extra virgin olive oil counterfeiting is common. It was discovered that a bottle contains two oil mixed with other oils of low quality.


And then how to distinguish the high quality olive oil?


The three essential characteristics of a good oil should be: genuineness, authenticity, high quality. Quality depends of course on the olives used in turn determined by cultivar and climate in which they are cultivated: the oil produced in the north of Italy is lighter, while the south has a production more pronounced. The 90% italian olive oil national production, in fact, occurs in mills located in the South.


If you want to be sure you buy italian oil that has these characteristics, first of all, choose oil bottled and labeled according to the law that has the brand DOP, Denomination of protected origin, such as extra virgin olive oil from Sorrento. And if you do not trust the label buy it directly from the mill where it is produced in order to be sure to taste the oil from Italian olives. If there is a mill around in your home you can address all mills that also offer the service of selling oil online.


Another recommendation is to beware of low prices: to produce extra virgin olive oil quality was inevitable high costs.