Olive oil scams are proliferating: How do you spot a fake extra-virgin?

https://www.euronews.com/2024/01/15/olive-oil-scams-are-proliferating-how-do-you-spot-a-fake-extra-virgin

Archived version: https://web.archive.org/web/20240115080030/https://www.euronews.com/2024/01/15/olive-oil-scams-are-proliferating-how-do-you-spot-a-fake-extra-virgin

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11 Comments

Undaunted@feddit.de · 31 pts · 2y (2 replies)

I know it's not the point of this post but holy cow is that an atrocious AI image.

puchaczyk@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 13 pts · 2y

They use a fake image in the article about fake olive oil. Ironic.

CubitOom@infosec.pub · 3 pts · 2y

Reminds me of Mafia! (1998) where the guy is squeezing the oil out of olives by hand.

Sphks@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 9 pts · 2y

Answer from the article : "simple analysis can unmask the fraud. Like the fatty acids composition test, or the sterol composition, as well as the spectrophotometric constants"

Oh. OK. Easy. Next time at the grocery store I will check that.

Jakdracula@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 2y (4 replies)

How come there’s no extra slutty olive oil?

RootBeerGuy@discuss.tchncs.de · 9 pts · 2y

Lightly fucked.

Trex202@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y

No shelf life...

ivanafterall@kbin.social · 1 pts · 2y (1 reply)

I sell it, but it's a custom-order item. Just let me know how much you want me to fuck the bottle and I can give you a quote.

cosmicrookie@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y

Small dick energy right there...

Hotdogman@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 2y

If they sleep with a body pillow, they are not fake.

negativenull@lemm.ee · 5 pts · 2y

In the US, this is supposed to be legit: https://www.californiaoliveranch.com/products/100-california-everyday/41079566074040

They sell blends as well, but the 100% is well tested and is very good