Spanish olive oil producers say big supermarkets are making huge profits at the expense of consumers by making a 59% margin over the initial price.
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If the pandemic taught corporations anything, it was that they could gauge us far more than what they were already doing.
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I buy 2 gallons olive oil from Costco to cook with. 2 years ago, it was $15.99. now it’s $65. Fuck capitalism.
Um, 2 gallons for $16? That was probably fake or blended olive oil. That’s $2 a quart. No one is selling you the good stuff for that price.
It’s refined olive oil and 15% extra virgin olive oil. Here it is on their site for a single one. At the store, they have the two bottles attached with a plastic handle.
refined olive oil
What does that even mean?
There’s two types of olive oil: pressed from olives, and definitely not olive oil.
The amount of snake oil in the US food industry is unbelievable.
from what I understand, there are essentially three levels of olive oil:
- Extra Virgin Olive Oil: the good stuff, used primarily as a taste additive, dressings, etc.
- Refined Olive Oil: the cheap stuff, typically mashed olives that make it out of EEVO. You’ll use this for frying
- Blended Olive Oil: medium priced, usually a blend of EEVO and refined
That isn’t to say that olive oil doesn’t need better controls and oversight.
There is no reason to buy EEVO when refined will do. I use the cheap stuff for making mayonnaise because it blends better. In fact, if you try to use EEVO for mayonnaise, it will turn rancid.
from what I understand, there are essentially three levels of olive oil:
Extra Virgin Olive Oil: the good stuff, used primarily as a taste additive, dressings, etc. Refined Olive Oil: the cheap stuff, typically mashed olives that make it out of EEVO. You’ll use this for frying Blended Olive Oil: medium priced, usually a blend of EEVO and refinedFrom what I understand, it went like this:
- “Hey, what’s all this goop on the floor?”
- “It’s all the crap from the olives we pressed this morning… Hey, Mario, come and wipe this off!”
- “Wait wait, can’t we sell this?”
- “Are you crazy? Who would want to buy olive goop?”
- “Let me think about it… Mario, put it in barrels.”
And that’s how most of the US food shittification went. People got used to it and it’s normal to them.
Meanwhile in Europe, there’s no “refined olive oil” to be found. Like many of the creative aberrations of the US market, they’re completely absent in the rest of the developed world.
Refined means the oil gets processed to neutralize defects in taste, aroma, or acidity.It’s still olive oil, but it’s treated so your food doesn’t taste like olive oil when you cook it with. That’s all. It’s not snake oil. Lol
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You know Costco isn’t squeezing the olives themselves? There’s a lot of fake olive oil out there. They just blend in some vegetable oil or something.
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The whole topic was about how shit became expensive, I don’t know why we are talking about “normies” and conspiracy theories! Holy shit, some folks scoure the internet to just drag people down to their misery. Get a fucking life, you two.
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Dude what is the brand source and profile, also size?
That’s some gourmet shit right there.
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You were paying $45 for olive oil? That’s insane
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