Olives were a low-stress crop for millennia, but Greece shows how climate change has made the harvest much less ...

Considering a bottle of extra virgin olive oil costs £4.99 at Lidl, I can’t believe how good it was. It has a nice, strong olive flavour, but I found that it was a little too thick.

Considering a bottle of extra virgin olive oil costs £4.99 at Lidl, I can’t believe how good it was. It has a nice, strong olive flavour, but I found that it was a little too thick.

However, extra virgin olive oil is among some of the priciest items on supermarket shelves, with some costing over £25. The popular ingredient, which is typically sourced in European countries ...

The smoke point for extra virgin olive oil is 400°F, but Profaci says that research published in ACTA Scientific Nutritional ...

For good-quality extra virgin olive oil in the UK, expect to pay around £12 to 25 per litre. Avoid anything under the £10 mark as it’s probably a blend (more on this below), old OUT OF DATE ...

To find out if it’s worth spending more on a big-name brand, we asked our experts to blind-taste and rate two widely available brands – Napolina Extra Virgin Olive Oil (£7.95) and Filippo Berio Extra ...

Last December, at the height of Greece’s olive harvest season, two men drove a stolen white truck to the Glyfada mill in a small town not far from Kalamata. After idling the truck for a ...

Use extra virgin olive oil (EVOO) for best results; it’s rich in good fats and antioxidants. Add it to salads, drizzle over cooked vegetables, or use it for sautéing at low to medium heat.

Today, Greece remains one of the world’s top olive oil producers, alongside Spain and Italy, with more than 80 percent of its harvest dedicated to high-quality extra virgin olive oil (EVOO).