> People outside of Italy are probably not aware of how seriously they take the topic of olive oil over there. The label "extra vergine" increases the price so

> People outside of Italy are probably not aware of how seriously they take the topic of olive oil over there. The label "extra vergine" increases the price so much that there is a huge economic incentive for fraud. https://www.acsh.org/news/2017/07/06/chemists-detect-olive-oil-fraud-11523 https://www.acsh.org/news/2017/07/06/chemists-detect-olive-o... Around half the oil labeled as extra virgin olive oil is fake. If memory serves part of the problem is that the labeling laws in Europe are much less strict than they are in the United States. This is why you might see a tool marked "Made in Germany" that's actually made in Turkey and merely packaged in Germany. In the United States you'd see something along the lines of "Made in the US with foreign and domestic components" or "Assembled in the US". Personally I've stuck with one or two brands of olive oil from California because it's a.) supporting my local economy and b.) a known quantity.