How the Mafia Tricks you with Olive Oil
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Olive oil has been adored by people for millennia. It's like the perfect food, it's healthy and delicious. But there is also a darker side to it, a side that involves widespread corruption and Italian Mafia bosses.
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-- Video Chapters --
0:00 The Olive Oil Heist
2:47 Ad Read
5:33 A Brief History
8:40 How to Make EVOO
9:45 MOST EVOO is a LIE
10:58 The Italian Mafia
13:48 The Science
15:45 The Problem
16:26 How to Find REAL Extra Virgin Olive Oil
17:18 Conclusion
19:26 Announcements & Outro
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@electronik808 Says:
the best oil Is in the center of Italy not the South :-)
@ShirtPaintsGuy Says:
🐔💭Hmm… I just hope you not one of dem Terry’s?!
@snufy777777 Says:
I’m so lucky to live in Europe and close to Greece. I live in Romania and I buy my genuine olive oil from an older farmer in Greece which my uncles has known personally for almost 30 years. I buy every season a barrel of 19 liters for 150 euros and it lasts me through the year. The flavour and slight bitterness is unmistakeable.
@exwade8777 Says:
Good thing I'm not from US or buy the Italian stuff :D But thanks for your genuine concern and guide, I will check out the doc and pop than new bottle open I bought earlier today.
@jeromecastonguay Says:
Why is it the after millions of years of evaluation we still need to be hunter and gatherers. Nothing sold is what it should be we still must investigate if it’s what it says it is. How sad are we to be in a world like this.
@jeromecastonguay Says:
Why can’t we make it ourselves?
@darlenemeade2938 Says:
Good information, I am sure. I couldn't get past halfway through this guy's long-winded presentation. I didn't have the patience.
@chalmeraputt4884 Says:
You believe in a doctor who conducted a health study in 1960 . But you don't believe in a book that mentions and praises the benefits of olive 1400 years ago . 🙄
@FundaEren-b9r Says:
I am from a family production of very small amounts every year - around 1000 Liters. So good someone speaks out what is going on.
@nathanrubin3647 Says:
All I need to know if Costco (Kirkland) has the real stuff. They don’t fuck around with quality
@oradaria Says:
Hello! I’m Italian, and my family owns an olive grove and farm. Apologies in advance for my English.
The real extra virgin olive oil (EVOO), famous and highly appreciated across Europe, originates from Liguria and is made with Oliva Taggiasca. Here in Liguria, a bottle of authentic EVOO sells for around €15.
This price includes many costs: paying the pickers (who earn at least €100 per day for their incredibly demanding work), the oil mill, the bottles, the labels, and more. When you do the math, €15 often doesn’t even cover all the expenses and taxes involved.
As for the mafia, it’s important to clarify that organized crime is a problem across all of Italy, not just the South. The idea that it’s only a Southern issue is a harmful misconception that fuels anti-Southern prejudice (*anti-meridionalismo*). Here in Liguria, for example, the olive oil industry is not connected to the mafia at all.
Americans tend to pay more for EVOO because of transportation costs. My suggestion? Look for small, ligurian producers and buy directly from their e-commerce stores. Avoid big brands—they often prioritize quantity over quality.
@Teharo-j1f Says:
Should have provided a list of actual fake oil.
@Marianne-n8n Says:
I buy olvwoil from biological firms demeter my doctor told me my cholestorol is ok he saw i eat good o iil yI know most ate false becsuse most people ate not honesz that s judt the way it is welcome to planet hell😢😢😢😢
@jamescalcandis1625 Says:
THANK YOU GOD BLESS YOU AND KEEP SHINING WITH THE TRUE AND REAL.....AND FOR YOUR QUALITY OF SERVICE 🌅
@Rainbow_1981 Says:
This is reason why I switched to buying organic coconut oil from Costco.
We need that Food Fraud Department in India, there's constant fraud in food- color/chemicals event paint recently our news media have been bringing similar news to us.
Thanks for sharing your tips n all information.
@manxedm9393 Says:
Even though the headline of video is missguiding and wrong to say the least its devastating to witness what the humans (some) are capable of doing, as long as they can earn their money. They dont care about anyone else but themselves, no feelings at all, cold-hearted bastards.. 😠👿
@skymushu Says:
U srart with important topic d then start showing your very personal plans I'm just understanding or not understand your moto bro. YT is unbelievable platform 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
@ale-kk2fh Says:
Why are u start your video talking about training and making publicity to this program "Co pilot" wen I open this video for the argument "oil " ? It's just not fair, in my opinion
@Greg-p2i Says:
Selling his own Olive Oil fake BS.
@dylanlarose9171 Says:
14:25 Hey jackass, olive oil can't fail to be a certain type of olive oil for being too acidic because its an oil and therefore doesn't have a pH value.
@melsialiaj Says:
The real stuff is unmistakanbly aromatic and delicious.
If you keep calling it liquid gold (instead, it's liquid green), you are contributing to the deceit.
Joking...😅
@keyboardbunny Says:
People can't taste the difference? It's really easy to tell man doesn't even taste same. My olive oil looks really dark and taste really strong. I live in Australia my oil is directly from the farm and cold pressed. Its not from mass produce brand. It's super expensive but it's seriously liquid gold. Once you gave the real good stuff you can never go back
@Gigilovehugs Says:
I 😮finally tasted pure virgin olive oil at a winery in Napa, California it is sooo fresh and natural and tasty i could drink it without a oily taste 😮
@member57 Says:
Isn't Keys the one that recommended margarine over butter and said bacon and eggs were bad?
@stonnacc Says:
I can't stop thinking of Dougdoug the whole video.
@AdmiralSilver96 Says:
It would've been very helpful if you explained what "extra virgin" means.
@cguerra Says:
Great information about olive oil. Unnecessary attack on capitalism. Capitalism is not the problem, when people are not educated and are not looking for olive oil because of its health properties. People are choosing to buy cheap faux olive oil, so the market is producing cheap faux olive oil. If it really is that false, then tort law will take care of it.
@lukakalinic5856 Says:
I produce my own olive oil in Dalmatia ( southern coastal part of Croatia, I have 180 olive trees), also worked in the olive press for 4 years I was the manager and the only employee of that small press. I tasted, smelled, cleaned after over 500 different batches of olives and the oils produced. I, also had the opportunity to taste a lot of oils made in Istria ( north penninsula of Croatia) some of wivh were awarded gold medals for quality in Italy. So, now I'm done with the introduction let me tell you what I really wanted to say - I had an opportunity to taste olive oil made in California and it was GREAT.
@yt_bharat Says:
Can u do a report on indian spices, recently a large batch of spice was rejected by us customs
@salinagrrrl69 Says:
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@AkisTassopoulos Says:
Expert from Samuel Clemens' Life On The Mississippi (1883):
"There now, smell them, taste them, examine the bottles, inspect the labels. One of 'm's from Europe, the other's never been out of this country. One's European olive-oil, the other's American cotton-seed olive-oil. Tell 'm apart? 'Course you can't. Nobody can."
@singharshdp Says:
I wonder what we're getting here in India, it's probably coloured canola oil 😭
@KenDBerryMD Says:
If most of the olive oil in the beautiful Italian-looking bottles is adulterated, the the "olive oil" you tuna is packed in is 100% NOT olive oil...
@FREDRICKG85 Says:
So which ones are the real olive oil that you would recommend???
@goldrussh Says:
The mob can't sell marijuana in the US anymore 😆
@awesomebrotherhood7698 Says:
You are right in Bangladesh, one of the biggest brand of Olive Oil is blended here
@thanatosor Says:
So which brand can you suggest us to taste for real olive oil ?
@wonderz206 Says:
Your videos are the only videos i would rewatch
@jonathancastro3106 Says:
Luckily I just buy Spain olive oil, which is really good quality as well.
@Silviopimentel-i3c Says:
It's 2 words (united states) most of the culture world knows that!! Hot dogs and aple pie is a safer investment.
@Silviopimentel-i3c Says:
I'm Portuguese & olive oil is so important from birth! I only buy olive oil from small authentic Portuguese, Italian, Greek shops. But I totally understand that most of the world never actually tasted real olive oil (very sad) but if u did tast it as a child, u can identify it in ur mouth just like wine! I see in the big city I live 97% of olive oil in super markets is not real, yet people still buy it as a trend or whatever it is. Culture is Culture for a reason, I'm greatfull to come from the culture of food.
@jgm33884 Says:
I've been enjoying Bryan Johnson's Snake Oil. I'm an American, so I won't profess to be an expert. It's got a peppery taste that is amazing.
@haseebahmad3045 Says:
What is seed oil
@olympusnfitness Says:
Greek American here. I’ve never had an issue with the EVOO In supermarkets so this is interesting. I wonder how many gallons I’ve consumed
@madlovebar6354 Says:
Clickbait
@goldsgolds2010 Says:
Tunisian olive oil is quite good I think 🤔❤🇬🇧💯👍👍😊❤️
@funsp8 Says:
Can u share the real evoo
@salimamara1261 Says:
Me from the Mediterranean, Olive oil is sacred, i feel you man
@iwantgoat Says:
I believe they lived longer in those countries because of pension fraud. Look it up
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