Extra Virgin Olive Oil & Vinegar
Homer called it "LIQUID GOLD". The ancient Greek athletes ritually rubbed it all over their bodies. Olive oil has been more than food to the people of the Mediterranean. It has been medicinal, magical, and religious.
EXTRA VIRGIN OLIVE OIL by definition comes from the first cold pressing of the olives. It contains no more than 0.8% acidity and is judged to have superior taste. There can be no refined oil in EXTRA VIRGIN OLIVE OIL. GUSTIAMO sells nothing but EXTRA VIRGIN OLIVE OIL. Freshly pressed, full of flavor, vitamins, minerals, and anti-oxidants.
Unfortunately, the EXTRA VIRGIN OLIVE OIL label is no guarantee of quality. The biggest food fraud of the 20th century was that some of the biggest olive oil producers systemically diluted EXTRA VIRGIN OLIVE OIL with cheap highly refined hazelnut oil from Turkey. At GUSTIAMO we are vigilant. All the EXTRA VIRGIN OLIVE OIL at GUSTIAMO is from the latest harvest. We insist that our producers have full control of every stage of their olive oil production - "filiera", in Italian - from the quality of each olive cultivar to the timing of the pressing in the producer's own olive mill to the bottling and labeling of the finished product. This way GUSTIAMO is absolutely sure that what ends up on our table and yours is the best possible EXTRA VIRGIN OLIVE OIL.
SORRY, NO TRUFFLE OLIVE OIL AT GUSTIAMO - BECAUSE...
LIGHT AND HEAT ARE ENEMY #1 OF OIL. KEEP OLIVE OIL SEALED IN A COOL DARK PLACE. OXYGEN PROMOTES RANCIDITY.
Vinegar is a natural complement to EXTRA VIRGIN OLIVE OIL. Read more about Traditional Balsamic Vinegar here.
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