PunkRotten
12-08-2011, 05:16 PM
(Copy-Paste from another website)
Four years ago writer Tom Mueller published a fantastic article in the New Yorker entitled, Slippery Business, (http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2007/08/13/070813fa_fact_mueller) detailing the monkey business going on with olive oil imported into the U.S. If you enjoy olive oil but haven't read the article, then I urge you to do so. It's a well written fact based piece of journalism. The author has written a book, there's an article about the book and a book signing at the BerkeleySide website (http://www.berkeleyside.com/2011/12/08/author-you-may-not-like-whats-lurking-in-your-olive-oil/). The author has created a website tied to the book called, ExtraVirginity.com (http://www.extravirginity.com/), that discusses the issue and says it will be posting a list of recommended oils.
...more likely than not it is a blend of oils, some made from olives, and some not.
In fact, a recent study by UC Davis that tested a number of the best-selling olive oils in California, including Bertolli, Star, and Colavita, found that 69% of the extra virgin olive oil imported into the U.S. did not meet the standards for extra virgin.
“It’s a big hoax,” said Tom Mueller, who will be talking about the issue, and his new book, Extra Virginity: The Sublime and Scandalous World of Olive Oil, on Saturday from 2 to 6 pm at Amphora Nueva Berkeley Olive Oil Works on Domingo Avenue. “What’s written on the bottle does not guarantee what is inside.”
Four years ago writer Tom Mueller published a fantastic article in the New Yorker entitled, Slippery Business, (http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2007/08/13/070813fa_fact_mueller) detailing the monkey business going on with olive oil imported into the U.S. If you enjoy olive oil but haven't read the article, then I urge you to do so. It's a well written fact based piece of journalism. The author has written a book, there's an article about the book and a book signing at the BerkeleySide website (http://www.berkeleyside.com/2011/12/08/author-you-may-not-like-whats-lurking-in-your-olive-oil/). The author has created a website tied to the book called, ExtraVirginity.com (http://www.extravirginity.com/), that discusses the issue and says it will be posting a list of recommended oils.
...more likely than not it is a blend of oils, some made from olives, and some not.
In fact, a recent study by UC Davis that tested a number of the best-selling olive oils in California, including Bertolli, Star, and Colavita, found that 69% of the extra virgin olive oil imported into the U.S. did not meet the standards for extra virgin.
“It’s a big hoax,” said Tom Mueller, who will be talking about the issue, and his new book, Extra Virginity: The Sublime and Scandalous World of Olive Oil, on Saturday from 2 to 6 pm at Amphora Nueva Berkeley Olive Oil Works on Domingo Avenue. “What’s written on the bottle does not guarantee what is inside.”