Unfortunately, the faking of extra virgin olive oil is a common practice, which is why the fight against it is a law enforcement priority – especially in production countries. In this food fraud operation, investigators uncovered that the criminals used so-called ‘lampante oil’, the lower-quality variant of olive oil, to dilute their product. Lampante olive oil is characterised by elevated…
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