Extra Virgin Olive Oil

MONCHEN can supply wide range of vegetable oils:

Mustard Oil, Sunflower Oil, Groundnut Oil,  Olive Oil & Rice Bran Oil. 

Why buy extra-virgin olive oil from Monchen?

There have been numerous fake olive oils on the market over the past decade;

• In 2017, Italian police arrested 33 people for their role in exporting hexane-treated refined oil to the US as ‘extra virgin olive oil’ 
• During 2015, some of Italy’s biggest olive oil companies were under investigation for selling inferior olive oil as ‘extra virgin.’ These companies included big names such as Bertolli and Primadonna. 
• A 2015 study by the National Consumer’s League found that 6 out of 11 ‘extra virgin olive oil’ products on store shelves were not extra virgin olive oil.  These bottles were bought from four major stores;  Giant, Safeway, Trader Joe’s and Whole Foods Market. 
• Monchen procures ONLY Independent laboratory tests conducted Olive Oil.
• In 2011 found that 73% of bottles tested, from the five top-selling brands even in the US, failed to meet extra virgin olive oil standards. There were three reasons given; 1) some oils had oxidized due to temperature/light/aging; 2) adulteration with cheaper refined oils; 3) poor quality-oil due to damaged olives or poor storage. 
• Sadly, even if it looks like extra virgin olive oil and has a label stating so, we have no way to be sure it is the genuine article.
• In the world of olive oil, there are many fake counterfeit products, and there are also those that do not meet International standards.
• Unfortunately, anyone who regularly buys ‘extra virgin olive oils’ without researching the brand is likely to have consumed adulterated or inferior quality oils.

Key Point: There are many poor-quality extra virgin olive oils on the market. Many are fake, and some are real, but not worthy of the ‘extra virgin’ label.