Olive oil has had for years a good Image. It rained in series, the judgment is “deficient” as well as a or not a “good”. But it goes upward, like a recent Test of Stiftung Warentest shows.
The producers of olive oil pay attention not only to good taste but, in the meantime, the majority of the on the pollutants and the correct marking on the label. 28 olive oils of the highest grade has the Foundation goods test under the microscope.
The most important questions and answers:
What is the result?
Never before have so many olive oils fared so well. Nine Times the product testers awarded the grade of “good” and can recommend to every third oil of the grade “extra virgin”. The same five products share the first place. To Aldi Süd Bio” (€6.15/Liter), “Lidl Primadonna Bio” (6,20 Euro/Liter), “Bertolli Gentile” and “Bertolli Originale” (both 8,60 Euro/litre), as well as the taste winner of the “Castillo de Canena (Bio-Oil-for-45 Euro/Liter). count” 
Stiftung Warentest test winners, sorted by their price of 6,15 Euro/Liter to 45 Euro/Liter.
In contrast, only two defective products, while, in the midfield, 14 Oils as “satisfactory” and three “adequate” sort.
What makes a good olive oil?
It should contain a balanced mixture of intense notes of Grass and tomato shrub, green Apple and green leaves, and, depending on the preference slightly to the almond, peppers or banana to taste and medium bitter and medium hot.
What is there for the losers to complain about?
Both unsatisfactory-rated olive oils are loaded with two types of mineral Oil hydrocarbons, including the fabric “Moah”, is suspected to be carcinogenic. The fabrics might be out of lubricating oil from the tubes, or conveyor belts to the olive oil transferred, explain the experts in their magazine “test” (issue 2/2020).
One of the defective products, the Oil “Filippo Berio” was additionally oxidized and tasted rancid. In the case of the other Test-the loser is the Majorca-born “Solivellas”, which is even advertised by Tim Mälzer. The tester wrote: “The TV chef Tim Mälzer is likely to annoy, to advertise his name for the most contaminated Oil.”
What was that still a negative?
Eleven providers disobeyed the rules on labelling, including three products, the sections of the taste with the grade “good” or better overall grade miss left. So you have to declare all three of the prescribed information correctly on the label missed the grade, the type of production and the origin of the Oil.
What was positive?
The testers found no product Adulteration with inferior olive oil or other Oils, no critical content of pesticides and cancer-causing polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHS).
How good is the expensive organic products?
The nine tested olive oils with Bio-seal fared largely well – none of them contained pesticides, none of them got a lower rating than “satisfactory”, five were found to be “good”. As “the flavor is outstanding” the Oils “Castillo de Canena”, which fails with a price of 45 Euro/Liter to beech, as well as the “Soler Romero” for 31 Euro/Liter.
What is the quality grade “extra virgin” to?
According to the EU regulation, olive oil is classified in different quality classes. The highest level of “extra virgin” in Italy “extra-virgin” or “extra virgin” in Spain, reaching only Oils which smell properly, taste and a modicum of fruitiness have.
The countries from which most of the olive oil for Germany comes from?
Our biggest oil Well is Italy. The country imported, in addition to its own Harvests, moreover tons of Oil from other countries, explain the product testers. Italian companies mix the Oils are often Blends, with which you can create a constant quality. Other Major importers are Spain and Greece.
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