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Article: Enough extra-virgin jokes: All olive oils not alike

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April 7, 2004
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Q: Could you please explain the differences between olive oil, extra-virgin olive oil, light olive oil and any other olive oils there are and the purposes/uses for each?

A: All olive oils are made only from green olives. However, the flavor, color and consistency vary, depending upon different olive varieties, location and weather. The nomenclature extra-virgin, virgin and just olive oil indicate the grade of the oil, and that is determined by how the oil was extracted.

Extra-virgin olive oil: Defined by Italian law, it is any olive oil that has less than 1 percent oleic acid (a high level of free oleic acid equates with rancidity). This kind of oil is produced by the first pressing of the ...

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