The mill we visited in Monopoli, south Italy, produces around 800 litres per day of extra virgin olive oil, crushing about 5,000 kg of olives. Harvested olives enter the mill on a conveyor belt ...

Sales of this fake Italian olive oil were worth an estimated EUR39m (US$70.5m). The criminals involved had also falsely obtained EUR6.5m in EU subsidies for growing olives.

Even as someone who cooks the vast majority of meals at home and goes through a lot of olive oil every week ... others still from Italy. Some are small with high price tags, others are bigger ...

After fashion and design, Milan might soon become Italy’s wellness capital too with the new De Montel — Terme Milano.