Bottles of olive oil are notorious for having difficult-to-read labels, and while most people know to look for extra-virgin olive oils, that’s just one piece of the puzzle.

Over its more than 6,000-year history, olive oil has earned a variety of labels and designations. A quick walk down the olive oil aisle of a grocery store will introduce you to rows of mostly dark ...

When extra-virgin olive oil arrived in American kitchens around 1980, a set of myths came with it. You can’t use it for everyday cooking. You can’t use it for deep-frying.

Even the term “extra-virgin olive oil” gets slapped on bottles of low-grade oil illegally—and enforcement is very sparse—so terminology isn’t necessarily your safeguard.

Anyone who cooks or likes pretty things.The Details Brightland’s new olive oil pack comes with four 100 milliliter or 3.4 fluid ounce mini bottles of various infused flavors. If you have someone ...

And that is not being upheld.” Even in Italian supermarkets, the rate of fake olive oil on the shelves is estimated at 50%. Let's start with the most recent revelation, related to labels.

The labels on bottles of olive oil can now carry a health claim. On Monday, the Food and Drug Administration approved the petition for a health claim for olive oil submitted by the North American ...