It's also sold at Costco in 2-packs.karlb wrote: ↑ This has been $3.88 at Food Basics before, probably a few months ago. This is my go-to cheap olive oil. Upvoted.
Tunisia produces a lot of olive oil. Most of it gets shipped in bulk to Europe. Some is mixed with local oil, bottled and resold as “Product of Italy/Spain/etc” Extra Virgin Olive Oil.
ref: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/mi ... story.html
That one is organic.Dealmaker1945 wrote: ↑ WTF, I just bought a 2-pack of these at Costco for $14.99!
interesting! Did not know about this. Thanks for the info.karlb wrote: ↑ This has been $3.88 at Food Basics before, probably a few months ago. This is my go-to cheap olive oil. Upvoted.
Tunisia produces a lot of olive oil. Most of it gets shipped in bulk to Europe. Some is mixed with local oil, bottled and resold as “Product of Italy/Spain/etc” Extra Virgin Olive Oil.
ref: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/mi ... story.html
I'm not sure that "organic" is too important here as olive trees don't really need much in the way of fertilizer or pesticides, based on what I've read. But presumably the oils come from different orchards and it would be interesting to do a side by side taste test.
Same here, their store is small so the stock is limited, also I wonder what premium we pay out west because it is always more expensive out here.ranjeet2000 wrote: ↑ Hopefully doesn't sell out. I hate my no frills. Sells out by time I get there Thurs evening
In that case a you get what you pay for often comes into effect.Dealmaker1945 wrote: ↑ I'm not sure that "organic" is too important here as olive trees don't really need much in the way of fertilizer or pesticides, based on what I've read. But presumably the oils come from different orchards and it would be interesting to do a side by side taste test.
With olive oil I am more worried about those amended oils that we are always hearing about, i.e. where they mislabel and blend inferior oils.
Tunisian olive oil I would agree as most of the olive tree orchards there do not use any chemicals, if at all. This is why it was easy to get organic certification and why organic olive oil from Tunisia is cheap. Non organic in this case is probably "organic" just not certified.Dealmaker1945 wrote: ↑ I'm not sure that "organic" is too important here as olive trees don't really need much in the way of fertilizer or pesticides, based on what I've read. But presumably the oils come from different orchards and it would be interesting to do a side by side taste test.
With olive oil I am more worried about those amended oils that we are always hearing about, i.e. where they mislabel and blend inferior oils.
