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Olive Oil is the oil that is extracted or pressed from olives. It is classified into six categories: Extra-virgin, Virgin, Pure, Refined, Olive-pomace, and Lampante.
Olive oil is used for cooking, beauty products, soaps, lamp oil and pharmaceuticals.
The International Olive Oil Council (IOCC), is an organization made up of 22 countries and located in Madrid, Spain, that defines olive oil quality and keeps track of production around the world.
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- High in monounsaturated fat
- Production began at least 6000 years ago
- Extra-virgin olive oil is made from the first press of the olives
- Made only from green Olives
- Ideal storage temperature is 57° Fahrenheit
- Ideally store oil out of direct sun light.
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Those freshly picked taters? Cut 'em up, roasted 'em w/olive oil & sea salt. ZOMG are they tasty! #communitysupportedagriculture FTW! #fb
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LGO Cafe in Pasadena featured soup of the day: Tomato Gazpacho with croutons, olive oil and cracked pepper. Did we mentioned it's chilled!
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I've felt lost all day, and now I found out I have no olive oil. That's it, I quit. Frozen pizzas, "the knife" radio, wild children
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I like olive oil, but hate olives, tomatoes, but not the seeds
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