|
Cold-pressed extra virgin olive oil |
Refined olive oil |
Basis material |
Healthy fruit |
Olive waste, including the presscake, saturated filter sand and rancid oil |
Production site |
Olive mill |
Chemical plant |
Production method |
Pressing or extraction by mechanical means |
Distillation by means of chemicals (heptane) |
Production temperature |
< 27º C. |
> 100º C. |
Scent and taste |
A wide range of scents and tastes according to the variety of olive, its physical condition, the moment of harvesting, the microclimate and the method of extraction used |
Absent* |
Colour |
From green to golden yellow |
Absent* |
Viscosity (syrupiness) |
From low to high |
Low* |
Vitamin E |
Present |
Absent** |
Other antioxidants with medicinal properties. |
Present |
Absent** |
Smoke point |
210º C |
210º C |
Acidity |
Max. 0,8 º (natural) |
Max. 0,3 º (artificial) |
Benzopyrene |
Absent |
Present to the legally permissable level |
譯註:KINGNET國家網路醫院:橄欖油中引發喉嚨辣味與灼熱感的化學物質oleocanthal,有極強抑制發炎的效果,能有效降低血管發炎硬化、保持血管的暢通,進而減少失智症的發生,還可減輕關節發炎的症狀。 |