Guides
What you need to know to choose an olive oil, written with its sources.
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How to read the label of an extra virgin olive oil
Category, origin, harvest season, “cold extracted”, acidity, best-before date and lot: what the label of an extra virgin olive oil says by law, and what it does not.
Extra virgin, virgin, PDO and PGI: the differences
The difference between extra virgin olive oil, virgin and plain “olive oil”, and between PDO and PGI: what the law requires, who checks, and what to look at when you buy.
How to store extra virgin olive oil
Where to keep extra virgin olive oil, at what temperature, in which bottle, what happens in the fridge, and how to make it last once opened.