How to Choose the Best Olive Oil
If there is a precious commodity currently in supermarkets, it’s olive oil. This basic ingredient of Mediterranean cuisine takes your dishes to the next level. But let's start at the beginning. Olive oil is one of the fundamental elements of the Mediterranean diet and has a long history. It is proven that thousands of years ago men knew how to extract juice from olive to obtain it and use it both for cooking and for other uses. We are so used to having this product in the shopping cart that we hardly realize that it is essential. Despite everything, we know very little about this oil, beyond its use for almost everything in the Mediterranean diet. We could start by noting that supermarkets sell three different types of olive oil. There is the category of olive oil, virgin olive oil and extra virgin olive oil. Considering these three categories, we can establish a first classification. Olive oil exclusively contains olive oils subjected to refining treatment and oils obtained fro...