{"id":286,"date":"2018-06-04T00:03:56","date_gmt":"2018-06-03T18:33:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lasersec.in\/blog\/?p=286"},"modified":"2025-02-25T12:44:18","modified_gmt":"2025-02-25T07:14:18","slug":"fake-olive-oil-7-ways-to-spot-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lasersec.in\/blog\/fake-olive-oil-7-ways-to-spot-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Fake Olive Oil: 7 ways to spot it"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-384\" src=\"http:\/\/lasersec.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Fake-Olive-oil-7-ways-to-spot-it-1024x744.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"525\" height=\"381\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lasersec.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Fake-Olive-oil-7-ways-to-spot-it-1024x744.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.lasersec.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Fake-Olive-oil-7-ways-to-spot-it-300x218.png 300w, https:\/\/www.lasersec.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Fake-Olive-oil-7-ways-to-spot-it-768x558.png 768w, https:\/\/www.lasersec.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Fake-Olive-oil-7-ways-to-spot-it.png 1994w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>With<span>\u00a0<\/span><span>the<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span>evident amount of delusion roaming around in our mind while comparing<span>\u00a0<\/span><span>olive<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span><span>oil<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span>with wine tasting, somewhere down<span>\u00a0<\/span><span>the<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span>line we have come<span>\u00a0<\/span>to realize that it is what was presented rather than what was there.<\/p>\n<p>There are certain instances, where even<span>\u00a0<\/span><span>the<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span>eminent food tasters were inept while they were made<span>\u00a0<\/span><span>to<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span>taste two different kinds of<span>\u00a0<\/span><span>olive<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span>oils.<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->With<span>\u00a0<\/span><span>the<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span>amount of attention garnered by<span>\u00a0<\/span><span>olive<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span><span>oil<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span>mostly due<span>\u00a0<\/span><span>to<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span><span>the<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span>popularity of Mediterranean diet, it&#8217;s safe<span>\u00a0<\/span><span>to<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span>say that questions are being raised<span>\u00a0<\/span><span>to<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span>prove<span>\u00a0<\/span><span>the<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span>authenticity of<span>\u00a0<\/span><span>olive<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span><span>oil<\/span>. With<span>\u00a0<\/span><span>the<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span>hysteria regarding such a hoopla, big brands plan on capitalizing on selling real (yet not fresh)<span>\u00a0<\/span><span>olive<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span>oils which are old(actually pretty damn old).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Process of identifying<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span><\/span>Extra virgin<span>\u00a0<\/span><span>olive<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span><span>oil<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span>is flammable enough<span>\u00a0<\/span><span>to<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span>act as a powerhouse<span>\u00a0<\/span><span>to<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span>light a lamp. So if that doesn&#8217;t light<span>\u00a0<\/span><span>the<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span>lamp or causes a lot of smoke (because authentic<span>\u00a0<\/span><span>olive<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span><span>oil<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span>causes no smoke), then be sure of<span>\u00a0<\/span><span>the<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span>fact that it is<span>\u00a0<\/span><span>fake<\/span>.<\/li>\n<li><span><\/span>It is widely known that<span>\u00a0<\/span><span>olive<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span><span>oil<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span>comprises of monounsaturated fats which are bound<span>\u00a0<\/span><span>to<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span>solidify at a cold temperature. So if your brand of<span>\u00a0<\/span><span>olive<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span>oil becomes thick or even solidifies, then it surely is authentic.<\/li>\n<li><span><\/span>OR you can always turn up<span>\u00a0<\/span><span>to<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span>any local farmer<span>\u00a0<\/span><span>and<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span><span>buy<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span>100% pure<span>\u00a0<\/span><span>olive<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span><span>oil<\/span>. Still look for single producers of<span>\u00a0<\/span><span>the<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span>product because<span>\u00a0<\/span><span>the<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span>chances are that it will be more authentic than any other<span>\u00a0<\/span><span>olive<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span><span>oil<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span>sold elsewhere.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>The\u00a0olive\u00a0tasting is probably\u00a0the\u00a0least approved authenticity checker of them all since\u00a0the\u00a0fake\u00a0stuff has been sold for such a long time that even\u00a0the\u00a0experts can&#8217;t do squat\u00a0and\u00a0spot\u00a0the\u00a0difference because in an experiment\u00a0the\u00a0experts ended up choosing\u00a0the\u00a0least expensive\u00a0olive\u00a0oil\u00a0to\u00a0be authentic.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u200c<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With\u00a0the\u00a0evident amount of delusion roaming around in our mind while comparing\u00a0olive\u00a0oil\u00a0with wine tasting, somewhere down\u00a0the\u00a0line we have come\u00a0to realize that it is what was presented rather than what was there. There are certain instances, where even\u00a0the\u00a0eminent food tasters were inept while they were made\u00a0to\u00a0taste two different kinds of\u00a0olive\u00a0oils.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":2257,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[292,379],"tags":[28,61,60,66,68,67,24,64,65],"class_list":["post-286","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-automobile","category-labels","tag-counterfeit","tag-duplicate","tag-fake","tag-fmcg","tag-hologram","tag-label","tag-lasersec","tag-oil","tag-olive-oil"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lasersec.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/286","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lasersec.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lasersec.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasersec.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasersec.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=286"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasersec.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/286\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":389,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasersec.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/286\/revisions\/389"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasersec.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2257"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lasersec.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=286"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasersec.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=286"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasersec.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=286"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}