Nasty tricks for olive oil: How consumers recognize whether it has been stretched or relabeled
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The number of misleadingly labeled products – oils that are simply not what is on the label – soared from 10 percent to 18 percent. According to CVUA Stuttgart, olive oil production in Europe collapsed by around 35 and 22 percent respectively compared to the five-year average in the harvest years 2022/23 and 2023/24 – mainly due to extreme heat events, droughts and the spread of olive fruit fly.
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The number of misleadingly labeled products – oils that are simply not what is on the label – soared from 10 percent to 18 percent.
according to Frankfurter Rundschau +1According to CVUA Stuttgart, olive oil production in Europe collapsed by around 35 and 22 percent respectively compared to the five-year average in the harvest years 2022/23 and 2023/24 – mainly due to extreme heat events, droughts and the spread of olive fruit fly.
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