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The only olive oil that can be drunk directly is extra virgin olive oil.
This olive oil requires that the olive fruit must be freshly pressed and processed, only physically cold pressed, the natural acidity ≤ 0.8, without heating and chemical treatment, retaining the natural nutrients. In essence, there is no difference with pressed orange juice, but because the fruit characteristics of olive oil make its juice and oil similar, it is a natural juice oil, so it is called olive oil that can be drunk.
Do you know the grading of olive oil?
Depending on the method of pressing, etc., olive oil can be divided into four grades
The first is extra virgin olive oil: usually the acidity does not exceed 1%, and extra virgin olive oil is the best quality olive oil. Fresh fruit pressed within 24 hours, retaining the most nutrients.
The second is virgin olive oil, which is obtained by the second pressing of the olive fruit, the acidity usually does not exceed 2%, which meets the standard of edible oil.
The third is refined olive oil, which meets the standards of edible oil, the acidity is usually less than 1.5%, the quality is not as good as virgin oil, and there are fewer nutrients.
The fourth is olive pomace oil, which cannot be eaten and is used in beauty or specific industries.
How exactly should olive oil be eaten?
The selection of olive oil should be accurate to look for "two recognitions and four looks".
Two recognitions
1 Look for the words "extra virgin olive oil", which is the highest grade of olive oil and the highest nutritional value.
2 to look for the word "cold press" in the processing process, if it is olive oil made by refining, the oleic acid value will be relatively high.
Four looks
1 Look at the acidity, the lower the acidity, the better.
2 look at the packaging, olive oil is easy to react due to light and lead to nutrient loss, good olive oil should be used in metal packaging or dark glass bottles.
3 Looking at the origin, for now, Crete in Greece is recognized as the best producer of olive oil in the world.
4 Look at the production date, the closer the production date, the fresher it is.