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Useful Foods: How to Choose Olive Oil
21.06.2023 16:00
Updated: 13.05.2024 21:25
Olive oil is pressed from European olives. The color of the product is brown-yellow or greenish. In this article, you will learn about the benefits of olive oil and how to choose the right one.
Health Benefits of Olive Oil
Olive oil is rich in vitamin E, monounsaturated fats and important minor components that reduce lipid oxidation. Due to its high content of antioxidants (such as polyphenols), olive oil reduces “bad cholesterol”.
How to distinguish quality olive oil
You can determine the quality of olive oil at home as follows: put it in the refrigerator for fifteen minutes. If sediment and flakes appear, and the oil itself thickens, then this is a quality olive oil.
A fake will either just become cloudy, or not change at all. Another way is to set fire to a wick soaked in oil. Extra virgin olive oil burns with a pure flame, while fake olive oil may smoke or not ignite at all.
Extra Virgen olive oil should be pleasantly bitter (mainly in the throat, after swallowing) - this is an indicator of its quality. Contrary to popular belief, the color of an olive oil is not at all an indicator of its quality. It can be both golden and greenish.
