Trader Joe's sells fake olive oil

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Stick with olive oil certified by the California Olive Oil Council.

https://www.cooc.com/
https://www.cooc.com/seal-certified-oils/

We get California Olive Ranch from Whole Foods

This makes me feel a little better because I really like the California Olive Ranch oil. Lately I've been buying that or the CA olive oil from Trader Joe's. now I wonder if the later if fake though since it is not on the certified list.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Best place to get them is from Middle Eastern stores. They are packed overseas and imported directly to the US. The ones from Lebanon are the best. The Tunisian and the Greek ones are a bit heavy.

Who d you think is adulterating the olive oil? It's not Trader Joe's who is doing it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Best place to get them is from Middle Eastern stores. They are packed overseas and imported directly to the US. The ones from Lebanon are the best. The Tunisian and the Greek ones are a bit heavy.

Who d you think is adulterating the olive oil? It's not Trader Joe's who is doing it.

Right. The problem is where they are "produced" vs. "packed."

[Anonymous]

Sigh. People really don't read. We also have seemed to have lost our faith in truth in labeling.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Stick with olive oil certified by the California Olive Oil Council.


https://www.cooc.com/
https://www.cooc.com/seal-certified-oils/

We get California Olive Ranch from Whole Foods

This makes me feel a little better because I really like the California Olive Ranch oil. Lately I've been buying that or the CA olive oil from Trader Joe's. now I wonder if the later if fake though since it is not on the certified list.

I would rather pay more for the real stuff anyway. California Olive Ranch costs a bit more but worth it

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Stick with olive oil certified by the California Olive Oil Council.


https://www.cooc.com/
https://www.cooc.com/seal-certified-oils/

We get California Olive Ranch from Whole Foods

This makes me feel a little better because I really like the California Olive Ranch oil. Lately I've been buying that or the CA olive oil from Trader Joe's. now I wonder if the later if fake though since it is not on the certified list.

I would rather pay more for the real stuff anyway. California Olive Ranch costs a bit more but worth it

I would too, but I did t realize even the CA version from Trader Joe's was also fake. I usually buy olive oil based on where I'm shopping that week.

[Anonymous]

Suggestions on which one to get? https://www.zingermans.com/Search.aspx?kw=Olive%20oil

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Follow up. What is the next best general cooking oil other thank olive. Vegetable? Corn?

Use Avocado which has a high smoke point but is much healthier and less fatty than coconut oil

[Anonymous]

Mustard oil.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Follow up. What is the next best general cooking oil other thank olive. Vegetable? Corn?

Use Avocado which has a high smoke point but is much healthier and less fatty than coconut oil

So how do we know which avocado is real and which is fake? I know that Costco sells it- is that one ok? The avocado oil I've seen elsewhere is expensive for a small quantity.

[Anonymous]

Thanks FDA. Nice to see our taxpayer dollars at work!

Seriously, what's even the point of food labelling if none of them mean anything?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Follow up. What is the next best general cooking oil other thank olive. Vegetable? Corn?

Use Avocado which has a high smoke point but is much healthier and less fatty than coconut oil

So how do we know which avocado is real and which is fake? I know that Costco sells it- is that one ok? The avocado oil I've seen elsewhere is expensive for a small quantity.

I'm wondering this too. I don't trust anything anymore.

[Anonymous]

I read that article when it first came out and I returned a bunch I had bought on sale and now exclusively buy California olive ranch and Luciano which consistently have been tested and rated as pure. They are definitely more expensive but I don’t have time to worry about this and it really bothered me when I read it. Harris teeter often runs buy one get one free in California Olive ranch.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I read that article when it first came out and I returned a bunch I had bought on sale and now exclusively buy California olive ranch and Luciano which consistently have been tested and rated as pure. They are definitely more expensive but I don’t have time to worry about this and it really bothered me when I read it. Harris teeter often runs buy one get one free in California Olive ranch.

I tried the Luciano but I didnt like the taste- it was so strong. It kind of made me realize how fake the olive oil I had been eating was because it tasted like bland vegetable oil in comparison. Anyway is the California Olive Ranch a good flavor?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I read that article when it first came out and I returned a bunch I had bought on sale and now exclusively buy California olive ranch and Luciano which consistently have been tested and rated as pure. They are definitely more expensive but I don’t have time to worry about this and it really bothered me when I read it. Harris teeter often runs buy one get one free in California Olive ranch.

I tried the Luciano but I didnt like the taste- it was so strong. It kind of made me realize how fake the olive oil I had been eating was because it tasted like bland vegetable oil in comparison. Anyway is the California Olive Ranch a good flavor?

Yes it is very good.