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In reply to the discussion: Fake Olive Oil Companies Revealed Stop Buying These Brands Now [View all]catmando
(1 post)133. Neither is MalWart's Daily Chef
I just did the fridge test and it never solidified even after 40 minutes.
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I just checked some Cal. Oilve oil at an online store, the harvest date is over a year old.
dixiegrrrrl
Jan 2017
#59
Kirkland??? But I don't need a 50 gallon drum since I stopped hosting orgies
NightWatcher
Jan 2017
#5
Reason #4581 that California is wonderful. More to come over the next 4 years...
Crash2Parties
Jan 2017
#53
My friend is from Corning, California, which bills itself as the world olive capital.
NBachers
Jan 2017
#60
I was joking. Look at the logo - it was the basis of wealth and cover business for Vito Corleone
underpants
Jan 2017
#20
while tests carried out on olive oil between 2008 and 2010 revealed that many store-vended oils did
Kolesar
Jan 2017
#12
There was no study to see if other oils were being substituted into the olive oil
Kolesar
Jan 2017
#24
I've got a full bottle of Bertolli to use up. Thanks for the info. It will be the last.
Vinca
Jan 2017
#32
The label extra virgin implies a quality standard not there so fake works for me
George Eliot
Jan 2017
#115
I Have to say that something familiar, like Pompeiann you can see it's not quality , but there are
lunasun
Jan 2017
#34
I thought Pompeian admitted to using a mix of different country of origin OLIVE oils years ago
Freethinker65
Jan 2017
#43
The majority of good olive oil is produced in Greece, but purchased in bulk, then bottled
Nitram
Jan 2017
#38
It is SNOPES that is being "fake." The articles all make clear it is the label "Extra Virgin" that
WinkyDink
Jan 2017
#41
The first sentence of the linked article claims it's about not being olive oil at all
muriel_volestrangler
Jan 2017
#114
I buy California Olive Ranch locally, but this olive oil is amazing (and pricey, but amazing):
phylny
Jan 2017
#58
Thanks! I read labels and I got California Olive Ranch last time I bought olive oil.
50 Shades Of Blue
Jan 2017
#126
Thanks. We need someone to do this for honey, as well. Loads of hfcs and pesticides involved there.
Dark n Stormy Knight
Jan 2017
#132