Extra virginity
by Tom Mueller · first published 2011
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For millennia, fresh olive oil has been one of life's necessities, not just as food but also as medicine, a beauty aid, and a vital element of religious ritual. Today's researchers are continuing to confirm the remarkable, life giving properties of true extra-virgin, and "extra-virgin Italian" has become the highest standard of quality. But what if this symbol of purity has become deeply corrupt? Starting with an explosive article in The New Yorker, the author has become the world's expert on olive oil and olive oil fraud, a story of globalization, deception, and crime in the food industry fro
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Extra Virginity by Tom Mueller is a fun and informative book on olive oil. He also runs a website called Truth in Olive Oil: http://www.truthinoliveoil.com/ His page on supermarket olive oils has been really helpful…
on “Most olive oils sold in the United States are adulterated or deceptively labeled” ↗…many foods are "fake", or contain things that are not supposed to be there. I suggest a few readings: 0) the book "Real Food / Fake Food" [0]. This is just amazing. Highly recommend it. 1) the book "extra virginity" [1] 2) article about "truffle fraud" [2] 3) article about "fish fraud" [3] The list could be almost infinite, of course. [0]: https://www.amazon.com/Real-Food-Fake-Youre-Eating/dp/161620... [1]:…
on “A Brief History of Peanut Butter (2021)” ↗There's a great book about the history of olive oil which devotes a whole chapter to modern olive oil fraud, enabled in part by regulatory capture of labelling legislation by the olive oil industry. "Extra Virginity - The Sublime and Scandalous World of Olive Oil" by Tom Mueller
on “Combating olive oil fraud with nuclear innovations” ↗…However, there is a lot of "fake" or altered olive oil in circulation. Be well aware of this. [0] [1] [0]: https://www.forbes.com/sites/ceciliarodriguez/2016/02/10/the... [1]: https://www.amazon.com/Extra-Virginity-Sublime-Scandalous-Wo...
on “Smoke point of cooking oils” ↗Is some of that olive oil adulterated with other cheaper oils like sunflower oil? This is the thesis of the book Extra Virginity: The Sublime and Scandalous World of Olive Oil
on “Mediterranean diet may prevent memory loss and dementia, study finds” ↗