was pending this publication, I would like to share with you some thoughts on Olive Oil, the next post will be "extra virgin olive oil in cooking."
Types of Olive Oil .
1. Virgin olive oil.
is the oil coming out of the mill, after physical or mechanical processes, and grinding, mixing, pressing or centrifuging. The term blank refers to the fact that no type of chemical intervention.
Olive oil is the only product that is described by tasting, by the way that some large companies are trying to kill ...
Classified as:
- extra virgin olive oil . Is the one with optimal results in chemical analysis and in the sensory. Obtained from the best olives, usually the first of the season. It's pure juice of the olive and therefore is one which retains all the properties beneficial to our health.
- virgin olive oil. While not the best, is still a good product. It differs from the previous one that has some defects in the tasting.
- Oil lampante. is the worst. Presents an odor and taste clearly unacceptable, along with a chemical test inappropriate values. Not for human consumption.
2. Refined olive oil. lampante oil is sent to the refinery to undergo a physical-chemical process by that takes away all the bad, ie unsuitable products, bad odor and bad taste, but also removes the good, natural antioxidants disappear leaving an odorless and tasteless liquid that is not suitable for direct consumption.
3. olive oil. It is a composition, refined olive oil is added a percentage of extra virgin olive oil, which will give it flavor, color and some properties.
What we sell as mild olive oil is actually 90% 10% refined and extra virgin (may vary between 2 and 10%), if it is intensely flavored olive oil the percentage increases to 20% (may vary between 5 and 20%).
should be called otherwise as it leads to deception, is that most consumers buy.
4. pomace oil refining. The pomace is the solid residues remaining after obtaining the olive oil still contains between 3% and 6% oil, it is extracted with organic solvents, usually hexane. So you must go through the refinery to remove residual solvent, and the smell and taste, we get an odorless and tasteless oil.
5. Olive pomace oil . Is a composition of refined olive pomace, 90% is usually the first and only 10% of virgin olive oil.
as preserved.
We keep them away from light, hence currently the best oils tend to be packed in opaque glass.
not fill the containers and remnants of an oil rancid before you can metamos.
Best big jugs bottles and half bottles that are oxidized before.
away from sources of heat.
Finally ...
Many people who buy at the supermarket olive oil thinking they are the best and as we have seen is not so ... plus many companies play of deception hiding this information on the label.
Consumers should begin to demand more respect, on many labels there is no indication of which type of olive oil has been obtained, sometimes even the area, only puts English olive oil.
I'm not going to say which is best, there are numerous extra virgin market in March but we know the 2011 selection of the best oils in the season, this is a quality that encompasses various oils in the province of Jaén and that the council promotes and leads to different fairs and culinary events.
Until then I will say that the selection of oils Jaén 2010 was as follows Fuenroble of Orcera; Selection Pegalajar Gourmet, Oils century. First Royal Early Canena; Tuccioliva Martos, Soler Romero Alcaudete; Oro Bailen Family Reserve Villanueva de la Reina and Premium Cortijo Torre de Jaén.
If you have the opportunity to buy directly from producers without intermediaries ... no doubt it is best we now have the advantage that we can buy online 24 hours, 365 days a year, for example www.iloveaceite.com where you can even see note each oil tasting. Also so I shun another problem that I have not commented before, an extra virgin olive oil can habersalido the mill with some great features but then exposed to intense light with a corresponding increase in temperature in the store for a long time ... when we'll probably catch all the original properties which had been changed.
Your health and that of yours will thank you.
I hope you have clarified or helped a little, just say that I am also Extra Virgin!.
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