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That bottle marked "extra virgin" in your pantry? By the best testing we have, there's better than a coin-flip chance it isn't extra virgin at all — it's old, blended oil in a costume, and the costume cost extra. Today I name nine olive oils to put down, and five you can actually trust — and I show you the simple test that lets you judge any bottle in ten seconds.
Esther and I gathered the old kitchen knowledge — what's worth your money, what's a costume, what to make yourself — into a little book. It's on our website at eliasyoder.com, linked below, if you'd like it at your own counter.
Here's what we get into:
✔️ The one real number to remember: 73% of the top imported "extra virgin" brands failed the standard (UC Davis)

✔️ The big Italian-sounding names that aren't what the front of the bottle says — and the lawsuits that proved it

✔️ The store brands (Target, Walmart, Safeway) that hide the harvest date and blend a half-dozen countries

✔️ America's #1 best-seller — and why it tops the avoid list

✔️ The three things an honest bottle always tells you (and the silence that gives a fake away)

✔️ The free throat test that exposes dead oil in one sip

✔️ The 5 brands that earn your trust — including one store brand and one in a squeeze bottle
Then go to your pantry, turn your bottle over, and tell me in the comments: the brand, whether it has a harvest date, and how many countries it lists. Honest bottle, or costume?
And tell me your county and how old your house is — I like to know where you're all writing from.
Next time: the truth about seed oils — canola, vegetable oil, and the rest — and how they're really made.
The people who built this country knew their oil by its bite and its smell. We're only just starting to remember.
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