Are they just taking the piss now?

[Anonymous No.18749402]

>Order groceries online.
>need olive oil
>remember California Ranch being decent Californian olive oil
>pick it
>groceries delivered
>putting up groceries and see its now a "global blend" with only 10% Californian olive oil
>feel exhausted from the constant scams with olive oil
What olive oil is not a scam?

[Anonymous No.18749410]

Blends are fine.
At least it's not saturated fat (unhealthy fat)

[Anonymous No.18749420]

>>18749410
Depends what someone wants it for.

>>18749402
It's a pain in the ass man. I asked for good olive oil for Xmas. So far, out of all the brands I've gotten the only ones that are not blends are 100% greek ones. Spanish, Italian and AMerican EVOO are all blends from abroad. You can see on the container the countries of origin.
So far the Greek one does smell and taste the best by quite a lot, and I'm not joking. No clue what it cost but having all the oil from the same olive trees is fucking nice.

If you're a fag who's gonna be like 'muh olive oil mafia' or 'muh chlorophyll coloring' then piss off.

[Anonymous No.18749427]

>>18749402
Are you one of those people who buys orange fanta and then complains that you got scammed when you actually read the label and find out it isn't orange juice?

[Anonymous No.18749447]

>>18749427
>>18749410
Lotta fuckin' big corporate cope in this thread. Why can't a guy have olive oil from the same plant? Why does it have to be squeezed from olives from tunesia, greece, italy, spain, america and other shithole countries where filthy mongrels who can't afford a chromebook pick them?

[Anonymous No.18749460]

>>18749420
>Spanish
I can pick up pure Spanish in my local grocery stores but I'm in the EU, maybe it's different where you're at (that said, I go for Greek whenever i can.)

[Anonymous No.18749463]

>>18749427
I don't drink Fanta but if it says "orange" on the bottle and there's no oranges in there, that's fraud.

[Anonymous No.18749469]

>>18749463
But there is orange in orange fanta, just like there's california olives in OP's olive oil. (That's the entire point of the analogy.)

[Anonymous No.18749495]

>>18749402
it's surprising they mention those countries at all

[Anonymous No.18749518]

>>18749469
Look at a fanta label, it says:

FANTA (big letters)
Orange (smaller letters)

They're not trying to tell you they're selling orange juice, they're selling FANTA, and want you to know you're buying FANTA (which is also the brand they are pushing).

- - -

Compare to the image in OP:

CALIFORNIA (high contrast)
OLIVE RANCH (high contrast)
EXTRA VIRGIN (high contrast)
OLIVE OIL (high contrast)

ARGENTINA * PORTUGAL (low contrast)
CHILE 10% CALIFORNIA (low contrast)

They're not trying to tell you they're selling (blend), they're selling COALIFORNIA OLIVE RANCH. They've got "California Olive" right in the brand they're pushing at you. Can you see the rest of the design? Obviously, yes. But they're not proud of that part, it's only there because they're legally required to put it there, and they're actively trying to draw attention away from it, or hope you don't notice if you're in a hurry.

[Anonymous No.18749532]

>>18749518
>they're hoping you don't read the small print
Bitch, it says "global blend" all over the bottle and the list of countries is in just as big of font as everything else.
>muh low contrast
How's the glaucoma going?

[Anonymous No.18749537]

>>18749532
What he said isn't debatable based on what you feel, it's just true whether you like it or not. The text is different, the stuff he said is diminished is diminished in the face of the bold and up front text. This is all just fact and obvious and not a point of discussion.

[Anonymous No.18749539]

Why is buying evoo so fucking grim outside of the EU?

[Anonymous No.18749540]

>>18749402
They sell different varieties my dude. They have a 100% Californian one and it's more expensive. You bought the cheaper blended variety.

[Anonymous No.18749543]

>>18749532
>I suck corporate dong on the regular
Get other hobbies dude

[Anonymous No.18749544]

>>18749539
Because outside of the EU we actually care when criminals put a dick in our asses

[Anonymous No.18749546]

>>18749532
>pretending typesetting in marketing isn't real
nigger what

[Anonymous No.18749550]

>>18749543
I'm not defending the brand, retard. I'm calling OP (you) a retard because he's incapable of reading the giant text on the front of the bottle or the HIGH CONTRAST label at the top that very clearly says "global blend".

[Anonymous No.18749551]

>>18749532
>How's the glaucoma going?
My eyes are decent but my mothers' are going pretty bad. Can we compromise that companies can label shit however they want, but if my mom ever buys the wrong product on accident, I can sodomize you a2m style (we'll use EVOO for lube)?

[Anonymous No.18749554]

>>18749550
>the HIGH CONTRAST label at the top
You mean the smaller-font text that's removed from the label and put where the graphics design doesn't naturally draw the eyes? Is that the label you're talking about?

[Anonymous No.18749557]

>>18749544
What country? You can't be American lol

[Anonymous No.18749565]

>>18749554
Yes, the separate all white label at the very top that your eyes are immediately drawn to because of the high contrast with the dark bottle and its proximity to the brand name without using a significantly smaller font.

[Anonymous No.18749570]

Wait until someone tells you olive oil needs to be 51% to call it olive oil, the rest can be whatever oil you want

[Anonymous No.18749577]

>>18749570
It's already like that, you have to look at the ingredients. They will still say blend but in really tiny text.

[Anonymous No.18749585]

>>18749460
>go for Greek whenever you can
Figures

[Anonymous No.18749587]

I buy this because I figure no one would lie about Tunisian oil really being a blend because most Americans don't know where it is or that it is a country

[Anonymous No.18749589]

>>18749570
They can claim its 100% olive oil if its only 51% olive oil?

[Anonymous No.18749593]

>>18749589
Yes. Same with honey.

[Anonymous No.18749594]

>>18749570
They also have to be tested and caught before anything will be done about it even if they don't bother with that low bar.

[Anonymous No.18749596]

>>18749447
Retarded take

[Anonymous No.18749615]

>>18749402
There was an olive shortage from blight and drought. They would rather be using california olives if they could. Unfortunately there isn't much anyone can do other than wait for new trees to grow.

[Anonymous No.18749623]

>>18749410
>saturated fat (unhealthy fat)
Shut the fuck up retard. There is 0 evidence that saturated fats are bad for you. Only Trans fats are known to be bad.

[Anonymous No.18749628]

>>18749623
everyone knows that, he made that comment just to get yous, you failed

[Anonymous No.18749630]

Use Terra Delyssa.
Its actually real EVOO. You can taste the difference.

[Anonymous No.18749642]

>>18749615
>They would rather be using california olives if they could.
Understand me right here: There's nothing wrong about using olives that are not from California. The wrong thing is using non-California olives and branding yourself to give the impression that it's all California olives. They can sell their non-California olive oil under a brand that isn't California Olive Ranch - or even keep using that brand, but give it less prominence and the "blend" label more prominence.

[Anonymous No.18749650]

>>18749447
If it isn't California, it isn't Olive Oil. It's mixed with vegetable oil.

[Anonymous No.18749652]

>>18749539
If you just buy regular EVOO without doing any research then you are getting blended bullshit. Doesn't matter what country you are in.

[Anonymous No.18749658]

>>18749623
99% of anyone who knows anything about health disagrees with you retard.

[Anonymous No.18749660]

>>18749420
Buy Italian DOP oil ie. Terra di Bari Bitonto. DOP means protected origin, that will be 100% Italian oil.

[Anonymous No.18749662]

>>18749630
I've also heard California Ranch is the best on the market in USA. Haven't heard about Terra Delyssa.

[Anonymous No.18749665]

>>18749658
Older people who eat more saturated fat and cholesterol have lower mortality. We have the studies.

[Anonymous No.18749666]

>>18749660
The Italian Mob stretches it with vegetable oil to make more profit.

[Anonymous No.18749676]

>>18749642
I mean the "global blend" sticker isn't exactly hidden.

[Anonymous No.18749689]

>>18749676
He said he bought it online, probably wanted the original California Ranch all American olives but they substituted the blended because the wage slaves at Walmart couldn't give a fuck.

[Anonymous No.18749691]

>>18749660
>100% Italian oil
Most of it ordinary vegetable oil that was once in the proximity of an Italian.

[Anonymous No.18749699]

>>18749689
Like a local store order? You can choose "no substitutes" if you don't want to get shit you don't want in your order. Sounds like the problem is he doesn't know how to do things.

[Anonymous No.18749704]

>>18749402
it's just gutter oil in a fancy bottle. eat up goy

[Anonymous No.18749706]

>>18749699
The wage slaves probably couldn't tell the difference.

[Anonymous No.18749712]

>>18749706
What? If you choose no substitutes then they just leave whatever isn't in stock off the order, they probably even prefer it because it's less work. Are you pretending to be retarded so you can manufacture something to be mad about or what?

[Anonymous No.18749717]

>>18749402
>Order groceries online
Lmao imagine caring so little about your food.

[Anonymous No.18749726]

>>18749712
>wagie looks at list
>California ranch EVOO
>grabs California ranch EVOO from shelf
>task complete
That's what happened.

[Anonymous No.18749747]

>>18749726
The order is digitalized, they have to scan it before it gets checked off when they put it in the cart.

[Anonymous No.18749792]

Costco's olive oil is Gucci

[Anonymous No.18749954]

>>18749402
It used to be good, even rated number 1 grocery store brand by America's Test Kitchen. Then with the California wildfires and destroyed crop, that opened the door to just blend it with whatever. May as well just get Costco brand at this point, they're hawks about sourcing their products.

[Anonymous No.18749973]

>>18749402
Try getting olive oil from Greece or Spain retard, California is dogshit.

[Anonymous No.18750069]

>>18749973
I'm sure Spain and Greece would be perfect if it wasn't corrupt as shit. At least in America companies can't get away with blending bullshit in with real EVOO

[Anonymous No.18750122]

>>18749420
blended olive oils are generally last season's dregs and leftovers that all get slopped in together. It's not some tastemaster balancing flavor notes, it's a mess. A single estate Greek or Italian oil is the best way to assure decent quality oil.

[Anonymous No.18750131]

>>18749402
It's declared in big letters on the front of the bottle.

[Anonymous No.18750134]

>>18749402
just look at the acidity % and get anything with 0.2% or lower, 0.3% is the maximum acceptable

[Anonymous No.18750145]

>>18749623
To say "0 evidence" for something every group of experts have been endorsing and studying for more than half a century looks desperate on your part.

https://www.bmj.com/content/314/7074/112 (395 controlled studies demonstrating saturated fats raise LDL cholesterol)
https://academic.oup.com/eurheartj/article/41/24/2313/5735221 (multiple lines of evidence, including animal studies and genetic research, demonstrating that LDL cholesterol plays a causal role in heart disease)

"Checkmate"

[Anonymous No.18750152]

>>18749402
that's cause you have to buy the white label you dumbass

[Anonymous No.18750248]

>>18749691
DOP is a pretty strict protocol. Italy is serious about food

[Anonymous No.18750287]

>>18750248
>Italy is serious about food

>doubt

[Anonymous No.18750477]

I like this one.

[Anonymous No.18750487]

>>18750248
The mafia is even more serious about their margins.

[Anonymous No.18750584]

>>18750248
yeahno. olive oil is heavily run by the mafia. everyone out of the med is cut

[Anonymous No.18750598]

>>18750287
Margherita is the best pizza, although I prefer it with garlic olive oil as the sauce with roasted tomatoes on top.

[Anonymous No.18750614]

>>18750152

Absolutely lmao comparing this to the other bottle - here the origin IS in extreme contrast (rather than dark green on slightly less dark green) and the separate "100% california" label has much clearer textual representation.

[Anonymous No.18750619]

>>18750248
DOP protects the olive farmer against competition, it does not protect the consumer against the olive farmer mixing in some more oil from elsewhere.

[Anonymous No.18750640]

I can't find real domestic evoo anywhere, I feel like I'm taking crazy pills. Everything is an unspecified "mix" from a bunch of corrupt euro countries. I saw california on a bottle and thought "finally" then I saw global blend. Fuck this shit.
Then I tried avocado oil for the high smoke point and it started smoking like crazy at 400F. Probably not real either. Has it all just been soybean oil the whole time?

[Anonymous No.18750649]

>>18750640
Only avocado oil I trust is Chosen brand that I get at Costco. It was one of the only ones tested that was 100% avocado oil. Costco doesn't fuck around with adulterated products. They offered full refunds on their raw local honey a while back because they found out it might have been mixed with raw honey from other parts of the US.

[Anonymous No.18750655]

>>18750640
>I can't find real domestic evoo anywhere
Kind of hard when the domestic olive crops have been destroyed.

[Anonymous No.18750698]

>>18749402
>What olive oil is not a scam?

supply chain shortages due to meme war in ukraine = get fucked on quality food for the rest of your life. unironically start growing your own shit because its never getting better.

[Anonymous No.18750755]

>>18750640
just because something starts to smoke doesn't mean it's already rancid. it takes a while for it. see video
>inb4 seething other adam
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_aFHrzSBrM

[Anonymous No.18750781]

>>18749699
>You can choose "no substitutes"
FWIW the chimps at my local just sub anyway 99% of the time

[Anonymous No.18750900]

>>18749402
Costco's Organic EVOO is inexpensive and is the real deal when tested. Tons of grocery store olive oils are fake, rancid, or cut with other oils.

[Anonymous No.18750912]

>>18749402
Is it tasty? That's all that matters.

[Anonymous No.18750914]

You're just retarded

[Anonymous No.18750918]

>>18750914
Those are just a blend anyway. Single estate or bust (well I love busting in general)

[Anonymous No.18750922]

The fuck are you talking about thats still a blend

[Anonymous No.18751580]

>>18749402
>oh my god this boxed wine isn't good
how fucking dumb are you

[Anonymous No.18751690]

Greek and Australian are the only good oils.
100% American was good but I never see it on sale anymore.
Everything else is trash

[Anonymous No.18751711]

>>18749630
>Walmart sells it
Yeah I doubt its quality

[Anonymous No.18751719]

>>18749410
jew

[Anonymous No.18751742]

>>18749402
What kind of fucking retard demands olive oil from fucking california instead of Greece or Spain or shitaly?

Is there something put in the tapwater to make you fucks stupider?

[Anonymous No.18751760]

>>18749402
why not make your own olive oil. How hard can it be? Get some olives, squash them. I don't know.

[Anonymous No.18751772]

>>18749402
Disappointing that they are doing blends while not lowering the prices. They do have the 100% California one.

[Anonymous No.18751870]

>>18749420
>>18749402
>>18749726
>>18751772
>>18751760
>>18751742
>it’s another “please feed me Mr. Patrician, how do I get good oil”
Lmao.
>buying over processed carcinogenic oil because it somewhat resembles a quality oil
Lel again.

[Anonymous No.18751877]

>>18749662
It is imo. These retards are sperging out over the blend, but all the stores sell the blend and 100% California pure shit too. The good shit just costs 2x as much.

[Anonymous No.18751879]

>>18751870
Supreme patrician. I kneel.

[Anonymous No.18751887]

>>18751877
>>18751870
>doesn’t support the smalltime ultra-quality oil
>not receiving the kino oil for a reasonable price because it’s not marked up
>b-but
>tests at almost 1g polyphenols/mL, literally pure and Greek-tier
Have a good one plebs: don’t forget to thank me.

[Anonymous No.18751889]

>>18751870
k-king

[Anonymous No.18751948]

>>18749420
Just look for an importer. I found one and they have a small shop I get DOP olive oil from italy. The price is good too.

[Anonymous No.18752008]

>>18749540
This. I didn't realize it until I got home. Back at the store next week, i saw the california only version. Pro tip: just go to the store and shop for your shit like you're supposed to

[Anonymous No.18752019]

>>18750152
/this
My stupid sister bought the blend one once, and the difference is very noticeable. The California one is far better. I made her stupid ass finish the entire bottle by herself.
I like the California one but have recently been getting Palestinian one and I enjoy it much more.

[Anonymous No.18752026]

>>18750649
I stopped buying it at Costco when they switched to the plastic bottles. The glass bottle is superior.

[Anonymous No.18752038]

>>18749460
Yuro here as well. I’ve never seen a blend in store. Depending on the dish I’m making I can go for either 100% Italian, Greek or Spanish without any issue whatsoever. Must suck to be OP

[Anonymous No.18752265]

>>18752038
>100% Italian
I simply don't trust the oil industry of a country where export+consumption > import+production.

Good Italian EVOO is very good, but how can I trust that the bottle I get is good?

Which is why I stick to Greek - their oil is just as good, and the markup isn't as high so there's less incentive for adulterating it.

[Anonymous No.18752272]

>>18750069
You keep repeating this yet it's absolute bullshit.

[Anonymous No.18752284]

You fags should try Australian evoo, it's cheaper than European and equally good

[Anonymous No.18752289]

>>18752038
>I’ve never seen a blend in store.
Oh, and I forgot to mention: I have absolutely seen blends in EU stores.

[Anonymous No.18752324]

>>18751870
Why are you saving old ass oil like it's wine you fucking retard? You use it as soon as possible, the longer it sits in a bottle the worse it gets. God damn you people are stupid.

[Anonymous No.18752357]

>>18750145
Fortunately LDL appears not to be an issue independently. It is once additional health shortcomings are added that the macrophage stuff starts.
I think that both you and the person you replied to are taking exaggerated positions.

[Anonymous No.18752366]

>>18752026
Blessed phthalate and BPA avoider.

[Anonymous No.18752385]

>>18752284
Only steers and queers come from australia

[Anonymous No.18752412]

>>18752385
That's texas anon.

[Anonymous No.18752739]

>>18752284
For some reason, we have an Australian company selling California olive oil.

[Anonymous No.18752753]

>>18752385
and olives

[Anonymous No.18752826]

>>18752739
>itt: anon discovers trading is a thing

[Anonymous No.18753026]

>>18749402
I can barely taste a difference between cento brand evoo and the DOP stuff my MIL brought back from her trip to italy. Don't overpay for this shit unless you eat it fresh with bread

[Anonymous No.18753048]

>>18749402
Argentina olive oil is good for the price. About 2.85 for 17 ounces.

It is not goated by any means, but its better than vegetable oil for salads.

[Anonymous No.18753074]

As mentioned the 100% California blend of this stuff is a great cooking oil and is probably the best thing you can find in any grocery store but can someone PLEASE recommend me a knockout finishing EVOO that's stupid delicious on its own that I could order?

[Anonymous No.18753183]

>>18749589
not in the EU

[Anonymous No.18753271]

>>18749447
lol at thinking any of the countries you listed even check if it's really olive oil. enjoy your blend of mystery oils

[Anonymous No.18753577]

>>18749402
They still have 100% California olive oil, you just were a retard and bought the cheaper blend version

[Anonymous No.18754709]

>>18750640
>I tried avocado oil for the high smoke point and it started smoking like crazy at 400F
This, holy shit, I fell for that, too. Never again. I ended up making some MPW recipe that called for half a gallon of oil just so I could use it up.

[Anonymous No.18754718]

>>18749410 get the (You)

[Anonymous No.18754764]

Colavita was recommended to me here once, it's at most stores. Very good

[Anonymous No.18754771]

>>18749402
All I ever use

[Anonymous No.18754795]

>>18749460
>>18749447
There's no where on earth that doesn't have mislabelled olive oil.

The guinea economy ("Italian") would collapse if they were stopped from importing Greek, Tunisian, Libyan oils and bottling it as "Italian extra virgin olive oil".

The mark ups are huge.

[Anonymous No.18754832]

>>18749402
I just realized I have this in the pantry and I used it the other day when I normally wouldn’t have used olive oil. It has a light flavor and smell.

[Anonymous No.18756166]

>>18754771
Can't believe you trust the Italian EVOO industry.

[Anonymous No.18756167]

>>18754795
>There's no where on earth that doesn't have mislabelled olive oil.
I've never heard of adulterated EVOO from non-Italian countries.

I mean I'm sure it happens, but in Italy it's just Tuesday.

[Anonymous No.18756179]

>>18754771
I use this to make soap.

[Anonymous No.18756197]

>>18749402
just make sure you always buy an evoo with this sign, OP

[Anonymous No.18756736]

>>18749402
>grocery delivered
LOL

>>18749410
WRONG

[Anonymous No.18757339]

>>18754764
>CTRL+F
>colavita
My man.

[Anonymous No.18757378]

I heard Genco has been importing their olive oil straight from Sicily since the early 1900s, and very reasonably priced. It's an offer that I can't refuse.