Olive oil
is a fruit oil obtained
from the olive (Olea europaea), a traditional tree crop of the
Mediterranean Basin.
It is used in cooking, cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, and soaps, and as a
fuel for traditional oil lamps. Olive oil is considered a healthy oil
because of its high content of monounsaturated fat (mainly oleic acid) and
polyphenols.
Label wording
Olive oil vendors choose the wording on their labels very carefully.
"Imported from Italy" produces an impression that the olives
were grown in Italy, although in fact it only means that the oil was
bottled there. A corner of the same label may note that the oil was packed
in Italy with olives grown in Spain, Greece, Turkey, and Tunisia instead
of Italy.
"100% Pure Olive Oil" is often the lowest quality available
in a retail store: better grades would have "virgin" on the label.
"Made from refined olive oils" suggests that the essence was
captured, but in fact means that the taste and acidity were chemically
produced.
"Light olive oil" actually means refined olive oil, not a
lower fat content. All olive oil has 120 calories per tablespoon (34
J/ml).
"From hand-picked olives" may
indicate that the oil is of better quality, since producers harvesting
olives by mechanical methods are inclined to leave olives to over-ripen in
order to increase yield.
"First cold press" means that the oil in bottles with
this label is the first oil that came from the first press of the olives.
The word "cold" is important because if heat is used, the olive oil's
chemistry is changed. |
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Big Paw Grub
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Box 863, Calistoga, CA 94515-0863 707 967-9718
Carlin Co LLC
1127 Pope St, St Helena, CA 707-963-1345
Long Meadow Ranch Winery
1775 Whitehall Ln, St Helena, CA 707-963-4555
Modicum Inc
1758 Industrial Way, Napa, CA 707-255-5030
Napa Valley Olive Oil Mfg Co
835 Charter Oak Ave, St Helena, CA 707-963-4173
Oliodessa Olive Oils
4052 Wisteria Way, Napa, CA 707-252-9038
Olive Oil Factory
104 Dodd Ct, American Canyon, CA 707-554-3400
Olive Press
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14301 Arnold Dr # 15, Glen Ellen, CA 707-939-8900
Olivier Olive Oil Products Inc
1020 Vintage Ave, St Helena, CA 707-967-8500
Round Pond
886 Rutherford Rd, Rutherford, CA 707-963-7555
St Helena OLIVE Oil Co
8576 Saint Helena Hwy, Rutherford, CA 707-967-1003
Vine Village
PO Box 2265, Napa, CA 707-255-4099 |
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Retail grades in the United States
Most of the governments in the world are members of the International
Olive Oil Council, which requires member governments to promulgate
laws making olive oil labels conform to the IOOC standards.
The United States is the only major oil-producing or oil-consuming
country which is not a member of the IOOC, and therefore the retail
grades listed above have no legal meaning in the United States. The
U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), which controls this aspect of
labeling, currently lists four grades of olive oil: "Fancy," "Choice,"
"Standard," "Substandard." These were established in 1948. The grades
are based on acidity, absence of defects, odor and flavor. While the
USDA is considering adopting labeling rules that parallel the
international standards, until they do so terms such as "extra virgin"
may be applied to any grade of oil, making the term of dubious
usefulness.
Therefore, U.S. consumers should be wary of labels, especially
ones that say "extra virgin." |
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