Trader Joe's sells fake olive oil
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Anonymous
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Just figured I should let you guys know so you don't waste money on a big jug like me.
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Anonymous
| There's a lot of fake olive oil out there. It's still oil, and it's still usable. |
Anonymous
| Most olive oil is fake. |
Anonymous
| Not a Trader Joe's thing, it's everywhere. Whole Foods, Safeway, Balducci's. It's extremely hard to get good olive oil in the US. |
Anonymous
This, sadly. |
Anonymous
Sure, but then buy canola oil for a fraction of the price. |
Anonymous
| What do you mean fake? Not made from olives? Not extra virgin? From olives shipped all over? |
Anonymous
| This is a bummer. |
Anonymous
| So um, how do you tell real olive oil from fake? Just look at ingredients? |
Anonymous
Made of cheap oils that don't have the health benefits of olive oil. |
Anonymous
It's hard. You can go by taste, if you are an expert. Other that that it's tricky, which is why this is such an insidious problem |
Anonymous
How is that possible -- the ingredients are lies?? |
Anonymous
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So you mean they aren't really extra virgin?
http://www.snopes.com/food/ingredient/oliveoil.asp |
Anonymous
Yes. |
Anonymous
Yes actually. Honey also has this issue. They remove all the pollen and good things from honey to distort it's origin. Thanks China. |