 Olive OilOlive oil is not really an oil. When we look at the processes for other cooking oils we notice that there is an enormous difference between those processes and the ones used to produce extra virgin or virgin olive oils. Most cooking oils go through a chemical process and/or refining process under extremely high temperatures. This has nothing in common to the mechanical process by which olive oil is made. Olives are simply pressed and their juice is let out naturally or through separation in a centrifuge. Olive oil is really the juice derived from squeezing olives, just like orange juice is derived from squeezing oranges. The only reason it is referred to as an oil is because of its texture and characteristics as a finished product, not because of the method through which it is produced.
Over the following pages we have tried to gather together some interesting and informative facts about olive oil.
We hope that you enjoy them!!!!!
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