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To: WhiskeyX

You can test your oil at home.
The freezing point of EVOO is 39DegF.
Set your fridge for 37DegF and put a sample of your oil in overnight.

If there is liquid oil present with the frozen olive oil, then you got a special blend!!


13 posted on 11/15/2015 11:39:43 AM PST by GRRRRR (He'll NEVER be my President, FUBO! Treason is the Reason! Impeach the Kenyan)
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To: GRRRRR

“You can test your oil at home.
The freezing point of EVOO is 39DegF.”

Unfortunately, the olive oil counterfeiters are sometimes crafting the fakes to fool the freeze testing. See:

Refrigeration is not reliable in detecting olive oil adulteration

http://olivecenter.ucdavis.edu/research/files/refrigerationisnotreliablefinal.pdf


30 posted on 11/15/2015 12:29:13 PM PST by WhiskeyX
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To: GRRRRR

Looks like that might be a myth, at least according to some websites I went to (e.g. http://www.oliveoilsource.com/definition/freezing-point-olive-oil)


33 posted on 11/15/2015 12:36:05 PM PST by IAMNO1 (Enough with the divisions. Lets get somebody in there who'll fix this mess.)
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To: GRRRRR

Interesting, thanks.


58 posted on 11/15/2015 3:07:01 PM PST by 9YearLurker
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