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[question] Is it pointless buying virgin olive oil if you're just gonna heat it? (lemmy.nz)

submitted 3 years ago by Dave@lemmy.nz to c/food@beehaw.org

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So as I understand it, virgin olive oil is made from cold pressing olives.

If I fry or roast stuff using virgin olive oil, did I just waste my money?

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[–] blazera@kbin.social 6 points 3 years ago (4 children)

Its just not very heat tolerant, but if you can keep it below its low smoke point its fine

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[–] Dave@lemmy.nz [S] 1 point 3 years ago (3 children)

But if it's heated, even below it's smoke point, does it just become regular olive oil instead of virgin?

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[–] blazera@kbin.social 3 points 3 years ago

Im not sure. Im seeing a lot of sources saying it retains health benefits like polyphenols. But also all of the sources are olive oil industry sites...theres a bizarrely large number of different industry PR sites for olive oil apparently.

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[–] TagMeInSkipIGotThis@lemmy.nz 3 points 3 years ago

you can use it gently, the best EVOO you would just want to leave as is, but the lower quality ones would be fine for say the low temp saute you might do for a puttanesca or whatever.

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[–] amio@kbin.social 3 points 3 years ago

No. It contains things that are temperature sensitive and can result in off flavors if overheated. A bit like butter, but in different ways.

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