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Content: And with so many of the world’s olive oil coming from Italy—either being produced there or just exported—that means that a lot of us have reason to worry. Olive oil fact: Italy is the world’s largest importer and exporter of olive oil, but Spain is the largest producer. Olive oil fraud is rampant
According to a University of California at Davis study, more than two-thirds of common brands of extra-virgin olive oil found in California grocery stores aren’t what they claim to be. The oils were either spoiled or made from lower quality olives unfit to be labeled “extra virgin.” Even worse, some were outright counterfeits, made from soybean, hazelnut, and even fish oils mixed with low grade olive-pomace oil. Not only is this a scam to your wallet and your health, robbing you of the true health benefits of real, high-quality extra-virgin olive oil, but it’s a major safety hazard too—especially to those with allergies to some of the counterfeit oils actually used in place of olive oil. Here’s a video I made about counterfeit olive oil
Why bother counterfeiting olive oil? Olive oil is big business. Americans spend $700 million on olive oil annually.