A couple of days ago, we came across this news published by the OCU, eleven of the 40 brands of Spanish olive oil that the organization has analyzed, deceive the consumer both in the labeling and with the contentAlso two of them are not suitable for consumption, although at the moment they do not pose a health risk.
Do you want to know what they are?
Analyzed the 40 brands that we show you below, Nine of them, according to the OCU, commit fraud and deceive the consumer by selling an oil labeled as "extra" olive oil, when it is only "virgin". Besides two of these brands, they lack a final refining process, and they are not suitable for consumption.
Good quality olive oil brands
- Oleostepa DO Estepa extra virgin
- Ybarra, extra virgin
- Hacendado (Mercadona) extra virgin
- Hispaniola, extra virgin
- Lintel, extra virgin
- El Corte Inglés, extra virgin
- Carbonell, extra virgin
- Day, extra virgin
Medium quality olive oil brands
- Day, fruity extra virgin
- Señorío de Segura, extra virgin
- Hispaniola, virgin
- Carbonell, virgin
- Auchan (Alcampo), extra virgin
- Carrefour, extra virgin
- Olivar de Segura, extra virgin
- Koipe, extra virgin
- Borges, extra virgin
- Super (El Arbol), extra virgin
- Hojiblanca, extra virgin
- Supersol, extra virgin
- Auchan (Alcampo), extra virgin
- Cordoliva Fruity, extra virgin
Olive oil brands not recommended
- Eroski, virgin
- Hojiblanca, virgin
- Coosur, virgin
- Ybarra, virgin
- Consum, virgin
- Arteoliva, virgin
- Condis, virgin
- Oli Sone (Lidl), virgin
- Aliada (El Corte Inglés), virgin
Olive oil brands not suitable for sale
- Maeva: Lampante 2,9
- Sea of olive trees, virgin
- Carrefour, virgin
- Cordoliva, traditional virgin
- Auchan Thumb (Alcampo), virgin
- Flavor and Origin (M), virgin
- Olilan, Lampante
Where are we left with La Española, extra virgin? Is it good quality or medium quality? Appears in both listings.
virgin and extra virgin, it is not the same ...
Indeed, Paco, Virgin and extra virgin are not the same :)
there are brands that are in the two listings
Virgin and extra virgin, it is different quality ...
Indeed, Ana, Virgin and extra virgin are not the same :)
The Spanish and Carbonell appear as good quality and average quality, what are they?
Hello Ana, in good quality there is the extra virgin and in medium quality the virgin alone :)
the Spanish extra virgin is in the good quality list and in the medium quality list, written the same in both as extra virgin. Extra virgin charcoal the same. It is written exactly the same in both listings. either I don't find out or it is not well specified ...
Hello Tamara, check it again, in good quality there is the extra virgin and in medium quality the virgin alone :)
In that link it does not put anything that proves otherwise. I love the comment they leave on that website: "OCU is very good until it enters someone's house."
I know how they work in the OCU, nor are they specialists who analyze products or anything, they only entrust people to find out and ask questions and then they do their "statistics" according to the person (not qualified) who has just been finding out.