# How Fake Extra Virgin Olive Oil Is Made and How to Check Labels

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- Source account: [@aus_mini](https://x.com/aus_mini)
- Source language: English
- Duration: 1:46
- Published: 2026-11-07
- Canonical URL: https://www.translate.mom/transcript/duPL09rJStPe/en/how-fake-extra-virgin-olive-oil-is-made-and-how-to-check-labels

## Transcript

[0:00](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/duPL09rJStPe/en/how-fake-extra-virgin-olive-oil-is-made-and-how-to-check-labels) So, this is how you make the fake extra virgin olive oil.

[0:04](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/duPL09rJStPe/en/how-fake-extra-virgin-olive-oil-is-made-and-how-to-check-labels?t=4) This is how they make the fake extra virgin olive oil.

[0:08](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/duPL09rJStPe/en/how-fake-extra-virgin-olive-oil-is-made-and-how-to-check-labels?t=8) The most basic type of adulteration to create a fake olive oil is taking a seed oil, like sunflower oil- No smell at all None ... and adding chlorophyll- We just put few drops ... to give it a little more color, and beta carotene to give it some fruitiness.

[0:30](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/duPL09rJStPe/en/how-fake-extra-virgin-olive-oil-is-made-and-how-to-check-labels?t=30) And we were shown how this was done in a lab by Major Sergio Tiro of the Italian Carabinieri Police, and it, he did it in a matter of moments.

[0:38](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/duPL09rJStPe/en/how-fake-extra-virgin-olive-oil-is-made-and-how-to-check-labels?t=38) What did you learn that could possibly help people be more educated as they're shopping?

[0:44](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/duPL09rJStPe/en/how-fake-extra-virgin-olive-oil-is-made-and-how-to-check-labels?t=44) So, when it comes to extra virgin olive oil, especially Italian extra virgin, look closely at the label.

[0:50](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/duPL09rJStPe/en/how-fake-extra-virgin-olive-oil-is-made-and-how-to-check-labels?t=50) If the label says, "Made in Italy," that's not good enough.

[0:53](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/duPL09rJStPe/en/how-fake-extra-virgin-olive-oil-is-made-and-how-to-check-labels?t=53) Sometimes that means it was packaged, not produced there.

[0:56](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/duPL09rJStPe/en/how-fake-extra-virgin-olive-oil-is-made-and-how-to-check-labels?t=56) There's often a beautiful picture of a Tuscan landscape on the front of the bottle with a very Italian-sounding name, and you think, "Okay, I got it."

[1:05](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/duPL09rJStPe/en/how-fake-extra-virgin-olive-oil-is-made-and-how-to-check-labels?t=65) But chances are, you're not getting what you think you're getting.

[1:08](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/duPL09rJStPe/en/how-fake-extra-virgin-olive-oil-is-made-and-how-to-check-labels?t=68) The label should also indicate a specific city in Italy where it was made.

[1:12](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/duPL09rJStPe/en/how-fake-extra-virgin-olive-oil-is-made-and-how-to-check-labels?t=72) Now, I'll look for the location of the company that produced it.

[1:17](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/duPL09rJStPe/en/how-fake-extra-virgin-olive-oil-is-made-and-how-to-check-labels?t=77) You know, is it from a city in Sicily or a city in Puglia, which is in southeastern Italy.

[1:23](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/duPL09rJStPe/en/how-fake-extra-virgin-olive-oil-is-made-and-how-to-check-labels?t=83) You know, I'll know then, okay, this is, this is at least from a place where they actually make olive oil.

[1:29](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/duPL09rJStPe/en/how-fake-extra-virgin-olive-oil-is-made-and-how-to-check-labels?t=89) And check for the date. Olive oil is basically fruit juice.

[1:33](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/duPL09rJStPe/en/how-fake-extra-virgin-olive-oil-is-made-and-how-to-check-labels?t=93) Olives are from the same family as cherries and plums.

[1:37](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/duPL09rJStPe/en/how-fake-extra-virgin-olive-oil-is-made-and-how-to-check-labels?t=97) Would you eat two or three-year-old j- fruit juice? No, probably not.

[1:41](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/duPL09rJStPe/en/how-fake-extra-virgin-olive-oil-is-made-and-how-to-check-labels?t=101) So, why are we consuming, you know, rancid extra virgin?