# How to Tell Fresh Olive Oil from Old or Adulterated Oil

- Original post: https://www.twitter.com/i/status/2120902937593475323
- Source account: [@abrahemswadan](https://x.com/abrahemswadan)
- Source language: Arabic
- Target language: English
- Duration: 0:49
- Published: 2026-11-13
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## Transcript

[0:00](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/AgNHi06tiO7d/en/how-to-tell-fresh-olive-oil-from-old-or-adulterated-oil) Don't buy olive oil before you watch this video, my friend, which shows the best way to tell fresh, genuine olive oil from old oil and oil adulterated with other oils.

[0:11](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/AgNHi06tiO7d/en/how-to-tell-fresh-olive-oil-from-old-or-adulterated-oil?t=11) Follow along to the end, and don't let anyone fool you.

[0:14](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/AgNHi06tiO7d/en/how-to-tell-fresh-olive-oil-from-old-or-adulterated-oil?t=14) We used three samples in the test. The first: fresh, genuine olive oil pressed this season.

[0:19](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/AgNHi06tiO7d/en/how-to-tell-fresh-olive-oil-from-old-or-adulterated-oil?t=19) The second sample: genuine oil, but a year old.

[0:22](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/AgNHi06tiO7d/en/how-to-tell-fresh-olive-oil-from-old-or-adulterated-oil?t=22) The third sample: adulterated oil mixed with other oils and dyes.

[0:27](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/AgNHi06tiO7d/en/how-to-tell-fresh-olive-oil-from-old-or-adulterated-oil?t=27) As for taste, the fresh oil was the clear winner.

[0:29](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/AgNHi06tiO7d/en/how-to-tell-fresh-olive-oil-from-old-or-adulterated-oil?t=29) Its taste was strongly fruity and delicious, with a light, pleasant bitterness in the throat.

[0:34](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/AgNHi06tiO7d/en/how-to-tell-fresh-olive-oil-from-old-or-adulterated-oil?t=34) The second test: chilling it in the fridge.

[0:36](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/AgNHi06tiO7d/en/how-to-tell-fresh-olive-oil-from-old-or-adulterated-oil?t=36) Genuine olive oil thickens and solidifies at refrigerator temperature because it contains monounsaturated fatty acids, and its texture becomes like that of Arabic ghee.

[0:43](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/AgNHi06tiO7d/en/how-to-tell-fresh-olive-oil-from-old-or-adulterated-oil?t=43) Adulterated oil stays liquid. The secrets and details are in the full video. Follow us.