Discover which best olive oil bottles are actually pure and which fake olive oil brands are selling you rancid blends in this comprehensive olive oil review. While supermarket shelves are flooded with “Extra Virgin” labels, the reality is that many top-selling brands like Filippo Berio and Pompeian rely on clever marketing to hide inferior quality. This guide exposes the 5 worst offenders engaging in what experts call the “olive oil mafia” trade and reveals the 5 verified brands that deliver the true health benefits and flavor you are paying for.
🎯WHAT YOU’LL LEARN:
➤ Why “Packed in Italy” often means the oil isn’t actually Italian.
➤ How to spot rancid or oxidized oil before you even open the bottle.
➤ The critical difference between “Harvest Date” and “Best By” date.
➤ 5 top-tier brands (like Terra Delyssa and Finca La Torre) that are actually worth the money.
⏱️ TIMESTAMPS:
00:00 — The Olive Oil Problem
00:45 — #5 Worst: Pompeian Extra Virgin Olive Oil
02:00 — #4 Worst: Asda Extra Virgin Olive Oil
03:15 — #3 Worst: Tesco Extra Virgin Olive Oil
04:30 — #2 Worst: Napolina Extra Virgin Olive Oil
05:45 — #1 Worst: Filippo Berio Extra Virgin Olive Oil
07:00 — Olive Oil Fraud & The Turning Point
07:45 — #5 Best: Terra Delyssa
09:05 — #4 Best: Waitrose No.1 Valley Trapani PDO
10:25 — #3 Best: Belazu Early Harvest
11:45 — #2 Best: Liquid Gold
13:05 — #1 Best: Finca La Torre
14:25 — The Olive Oil Reality Check
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34 Comments
🫒 What olive oil are you actually buying and has it ever listed a harvest date 👇
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The time stamps are well off
Interesting facts but spoiled by a long winded, hammer it home rant.
Timestamps all wrong
Cypriot Olive Oil but it from the Olive Mill directly, liquid Gold …!
Any extra virgin olive oil sold in a plastic bottle is an insult . Italian mass sold olive oil brands is not Italian as the country consumes more than its own production , it’s all blended Tunisian and any other countries with a cheaper bulk produce ( and not the premium oils ) bought in bulk and bottled in Italy . Any decent Italian oil will be bought in boutique shops and small production.
And now for your score. You get a 10 out of 10 for this video. Now I have an idea of what I'm buying. Thank you!👍
Who cares, honestly. I've got bigger problems in my life
AI Slop
Call me a philistine, but I don’t actually care for the taste of “high quality” EVOO. This reminds me of wine snobbery, where you have to be trained to know what’s good.
Glad the algorithm showed me this. I assumed the glamorous Italian bottle meant trustworthy. I didn't know about harvest date. I'll defo shop for the better brand. I've tasted olives, quite bitter tasting, the oil is never like that.
thanks for this, i thought fiilippo berio was good and always bought it. 😕
Why are you pronouncing 'complex' the American way? The emphasis in English should be on the com.
Berio is one of the best. In Italy is about 8-12 Euros per litre. Add export duties and you’ll see that in the UK it’s not that expensive.
all olove oil has doubled in price in thw last 5 years.
The olive oils that cost 2-4 times what the others cost are better – wow informative video. Jesus 🙄
The one that was shown in the Tesco clip, the puglian single origin from Lidl, is Fabulous olive oil and im surprised it doesn't get an HM as an affordable but tasty alternative.
Il casolare is the best I've found in UK supermarkets nearest thing to greek locally sourced olive oil
Spanish oil is the best
Oh dear. Your prices are on another planet
Brilliant video. Thanks ☺️
AI slop is robbing you too
We live in Florence, Tuscany🇮🇹, where you can even drive to the producers themselves. However, we use my father-in-law's olive oil from his smallholding in Puglia. 🌳🫒
I buy 3L of olive oil when I go to Greece every year, wouldn't touch stuff in the supermarket over here, It lasts me until I go back!
The first olive oil producer in the world it’s Spain, produce more than the rest of the world together, why it’s that relevant? Because not all olives are the same, they need to have certain acidity and sweetness…so, when you got the huge amount of olive oil disponible in Spain, there are more chances than you’ll get more good olive oil than when you get a minimum production, do you get it? They are treating olive oil like facial cream for ladies…as far away are sourced the ingredients or “niche” the better it should be…olive oil it’s the jug of the olive extracte by mechanical ways, that’s it…sorry if I did offended the poets reading me…😂
Not so fast!! And a list (maybe also in table form) somewhere to read at leisure!
Trapani is a seaside city in western Sicily. There are no valeys there. This AI is allucinating!!
Great video im going to try the Finca del torre just seen it on Amazon for 32 GBP was using fellipo berio lol
I'd like to know why you showed the Tesco one next to the Puglian one? There must be a point but it was not made.
My favourite atm is Kew Gardens Limited Edition cold pressed Greek olive oil in a can. £17 to £25 for 500ml depending where you get it. Nice peppery bite at the back of the throat, always a good sign. Guaranteed to be above the 250mg per kg level. Not as high as some of your top 5 though so I will definitely be trying them.
I have my own olive trees which we harvest by hand. The olives are pressed at the local co-operative in small batches and the oil is presented back to you in 5L containers. The difference between my cold-pressed, unfiltered extra virgin and shop bought stuff is absolutely stunning. Multiple layers of flavour which develop on your tongue. Tasting typical supermarket stuff after that, is frankly like drinking engine oil.
I've just tried to buy the Waitrose Valley Trapanni and it's not available. There's something similar but only £24 a litre. Not sure where this information is coming from.
I buy Lidl Deluxe Puglian Extra Virgin Olive Oil. It has a lovely full bodied, peppery taste. Also it states on the bottle the bottle number and harvest year. It’s about £7 per 500ml. Not the stupid prices quoted on this vid. Also Aldi Extra Virgin Olive oil comes highly recommended.
I find the fetish use of olive oil by tv chefs to be disgusting. The only use for olive oil is to lubricate heating axle bearings on steam locos.