Coming in at $5.83 per litre, I don't think I've seen it this cheap ever for good quality Australian EVOO. Usually $9 per litre when on sale.
Too much EVOO? Pass some on to the family or friends.
We make our Extra Virgin Olive Oil the only way we know how, with honest hard work. No shortcuts or fancy ingredients - just 100% natural goodness from the freshest olives grown in Aussie soil by Aussie farmers. Harvested and cold pressed, straight from our community to yours.
As always, enjoy :)
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Be great if they did the high heat version in large Cans. Or do they?
Even they say "Research shows that all high quality Extra Virgin Olive Oil is suitable for high heat cooking."
Are you wanting to deep-fry and re-use the oil?
I am looking for deep fry and re-use this oil is this suitable
Extra virgin isn't made for deep frying, there's a fair chance the oil will go past its smoke point and the flavour will be affected. Get a vegetable/canola/peanut oil.
@eudai: The flavour isn't necessary going to be affected negatively. Check Adam Ragusea's video about olive oil on YouTube.
Rice bran 232°C or avocado oil 270°C for high temp.
Virgin Olive Oil is ~210°C
Most home fryers don't exceed 190 degrees
Ahhhm… the high heat version of this is rice bran oil
How does this compare to something like La Espanola (Spanish) for example?
Any comparisons? Stronger olive smell, more noticeable taste?
Thanks
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Aussie Extra Virgin Olive oil is more local to us so generally the quality is better. Extra Virgin Olive oil deteriorates with age and heat.
Extra Virgin Olive oil from Europe is generally older and has been on a hot cargo ship and docks for over a month.
Plus, is it really olive oil or cut with canola/sunflower…
European olive oil is aged and battered by the time it gets here. A few years ago I think choice or 60Minutes or similar had a look at European olive oil imports and a lot that was labeled as virgin was only pure, a lower grade.
AFAIK, Cobram Estate process their own olives under Cobram brand, Red Island is Australian olives from non-cobram farms but processed in the same plant.
Edit: https://www.afr.com/life-and-luxury/arts-and-culture/all-oli…
https://www.cobramestateolives.com.au/our-brands/
Olive oil and heat not working together isn't really true
Thank you.
Yeah what this guy is saying. I have been to a lot of master classes and seminars on olive oil and the common theme is to avoid all overseas olive oil for the reasons explained by several people here. I'm not a huge "support Aussie mate" person but if the quality is there, which it certainly is for olive oil, no need to look at overseas brands.
the common theme is to avoid all overseas olive oil for the reasons explained by several people here.
The mentality that things in your own country are better happens everywhere.
Do you think that Spanish people (where about 30% of the world's Olive oil comes from) thinks that their Olive oil is bad and that they should import Australian oil?
Australian Olive oil might be better because it's fresher because it doesn't need to get here by boat, but at the same time Olive oil also has a shelf life of 2 years so a few months at sea aren't going to make it deteriorate.
Australia produces about 20,000,000 litres of olive oil (something like 1% of global Olive oil) and most of that comes from Boundary Bend Limited, maker of the Cobram Estate brand.
Spain produces about 1,000,000,000 litres.
Those 1,000,000,000 litres might have some oil that isn't as good as what Australia generally produces. Maybe start/end of the harvest where the quality is different.
But to say that all of it is worse than Australian Olive oil is stupid.
Australia's Olive oil production is 2% of what Spain produces. Even if all of Australia's Olive oil is award winning quality, Spain will still produce more oil at the same or better quality than Australia.
@spaceflight: Making huge proportion of oil does not reflect on its quality. With sub standards and high demands, there is always a possibility of lower quality.
Calling Spanish oil better because they produce most of olive oil is stupid too.
I would go for Greek or Turkish (high quailty ones only) olive oil. If not, Aussie olive oil is better than spanish ones for sure.
Thanks! Good to know! I'll switch.
100%, quality Greek ones so goooood, but normally only at a specialist deli.
Less spicy/earthy taste. I really like this as an all-rounder. Really good with pasta bases but can even be used as a salad dressing. Great, flavoursome oil. In a blind test of 5 brands (because I’m the type to do that, did it with canned tomatoes too) - this won out easily (even when a few on the tasting panel had a very staunch preference for another brand). 4/4 chose this.
Thank you! This is what I was looking for.
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Pretty good deal. This is real olive oil unlike Bertolli.
Do you mean Bertolli olive oil is fake? As in not made from olives?
Maybe it's Vulgar tasting?
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Bertolli and many other companies have been caught for mixing/diluting their "extra virgin" olive oils with cheaper oils. One thing you notice is all these fake oils have trans fats in them, which shouldn't happen with real pure extra virgin olive oil.
In their fine print, it will say blended extra virgin olive oil, meaning it probably 20% EVOO and 80% crap OO.
Is Bertolli Aussie made?
no, made in Italy I believe
Damnit, if only our two person household went through enough oil to get through this before it went bad.
You can make castile bar soap out of it. Then pour into this mold https://www.alibaba.com/product-detail/Unicorn-shaped-silico…. Valentine gift sorted
So you make your own soap?
Yep, super easy, the simplest recipe only use 3 ingredient water, oil & caustic soda( is what I use, I bought big bulk for cheap during 2019). Here recipe http://www.pascoes.com.au.
@Robot16: You can duckduckgo Castile bar soap recipe. Here is the one that I use
Castile Soap (cold process) Make 1 time
Olive Oil (Grade A) = 56 Ounces (100% of total oils) ~ 1587.573 grams
Peppermint Essential Oil = 43 grams (1.5168 Ounces)
Lavender Essential Oil = 32 grams (1.1288 Ounces)
Distilled Water = 17 ounces ~ 481.9419 (502.75 ml)
lye (Sodium hydroxide or caustic soda ) = 7.359 ounces (208 grams)
*This recipe has a 3% super-fat.
for this soap, we used a 30% lye solution (502.75 / (1587.573 + 43+ 32))
We want the olive oil to have a temperature of around 110F or 43.33C before we use it to make our pure castile soap.
For most cold process soap batches, I recommend that you allow your soap to cure for about 4 - 6 weeks. This castile soap recipe, however, will require a bit more time to adequately harden. Many castile soap makers allow their finished bars to cure for about 4 - 6 months before using !
From http://www.soap-making-resource.com/castile-soap-recipe.html
The reason ( at the beginning ) I made bar soap is to avoid EDTA, silicon dioxide, Titanium Dioxide and others filler chemicals. There is no bar soap in supermarket that only has simple ingredients. Now it has become 'habit' … I dont make Castile recipe often coz it's costly. But other basic recipe I do it alot. I just made 2kg+ of bar soap, using 1kg olive oil + 1kg veg oil ( something 1.5kg veg oil ). ALL SOAP cleans ! Have fun
Is this best olive oil in Australia?
Cobram Estate is better
The two Costco extra virgin olive oils taste better (IMO) and are cheaper if you have a membership
Prefer Red Island to Cobram here. But they’re both really good all rounders.
Mount Zero if I’m not paying lol 😂
No
Previous quality tests have shown that a lot of overseas oils are contaminated by old oils and current olive oil and oil which is not olive oil.
The Australian standard for our best olive oil on the label has a little conical flask logo that means they have been through the full test of authenticity in Australia.
Can we cook or fry in this oil? Or is this more for dressings?
Perfectly fine since extra virgin's smoking point is around 195c.
Good thing about cooking with extra virgin is when it starts smoking you know the pan is hot and it's a good time to throw in the onions.
I wouldn't deep fry with it though.
I normally use butter and low heat for onions, I must be doing it wrong.
What do people do about transferring to a smaller more manageable bottle?
Do you even lift bro?
I think it's a wise idea to transfer to a smaller bottle for daily use. Firstly it's not too heavy to handle and secondly helps the large oil be more stable and undisturbed after being opened. However I question how fast it degrades/oxidises once being opened. Even tho I keep mine in a cool dark place but still. I tend to buy smaller bottles for this reason.
We reuse the 500ml/1L bottle by pouring the 3-4L tin into.
Can also pour into the Decor Cook Refillable Oil Sprayer
I usually buy Cobram which comes with an inbuilt spout that would make refilling difficult. Do the Red Island 500ml bottles have anything like that?
The plastic spout thing is just a press fit into the top of the glass bottle - you can carefully lever out the whole top, refill the bottle, and then just press it back in. I've been on the same bottle for years…
I bought a normal one and garlic infused one a week or two ago. The garlic one has a spout but not the normal one, though it's possible that it just hasn't popped out and I need to check closer, since the lid holds it down.
Funnel
I use a wine bottle with a spout. Just had a quick google and couldn't find the ones we have but plenty out there. Dont buy the cheap and nasty ones, they don't seal well.
When is Cobram estate going on sale again…?
Is it true that EVOO comes from really ugly olives?
Olives have feelings too
Yes, yes it is…
awesome!
Does Amazon keep this product
Amazon doesn't stock Red Island, only Cobram.
Neverming, they do stock Red Island, just Out of Stock.
Will it work in a 2003 toyota camry?
Only if you have done the diesel conversion.
G’day how come it is $35 at Woolworth online?
Because that's the normal price
Because this price is in the future. He came back from the future to spread the good news.
On Wednesday, we will be able to buy it for $17.50
Oh hahaha Thank you!
And that's where the expression "the good oil" came from
Extra Virgin?! What a loser
It's a she, in which case it's an epic priceless rarity!
when one is not enough
Pro tip - olives straight from the tree do not taste like olives from the jar, nor do they taste like olive oil.
They taste incredibly bitter due to the presence of a chemical called oleuropein, which is removed during the brining process.
How do I know? I tried one yesterday. Yesterday I learned something.
I must have tried my first olive off the tree 40 years ago, today you have taught me why it didn't taste good, cheers!
but if olives straight from the tree are crushed to extract extra virgin olive oil, do they not produce this same bitter tasting oleuropein ?
looks like yes - 'powerful antioxidant activity … blood pressure-lowering … cardioprotective, anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, anti-cancer, anti-angiogenic and neuroprotective functions' - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5392257/
Hehe. Learned yesterday and now you’re issuing “pro tips”. But thanks for sharing. 🙂
And in turn, thank you for your comment.
Expiry date?
Bought 3 tins today. Expiry Nov 2023
Amazon price match? :)
Gordon Ramsay heavy breathing
betta than Jamie Ohliva, haiya.
A usual upvote for doweyy.
I have watched a few US videos about olive oils and the problems ( blended and really old "olive oils" ) which there are really bad. So much so that they Only recommend certain certified "traceable" US and all Australian oils. Even the Europeans have been found doing shady mixing of different grades.
Oils ain’t Oils
Got two tins today. Switched from Cobram Estate. Found the taste very bitter and not much aromatic.
Most probably will return back to woolies. Could be ok for cooking. But too bitter for salads.
Which of the Cobram Estate olive oils work well with salads?
We use the classic flavour for cooking and the light flavour one with salads.
But it became crazy expensive. Just couple of years back I can remember 3L Cobram Estate tins were around $27 during discount days in Coles. Now they are $45 and can't see them in discount days anymore.
Most probably pandemic hit these guys as well.
Oh no really? I haven't opened it as I still have about 2L of Cobram Estate left. Surely you can use it for cooking then? i bought 3 tins…..now thinking if I shall return one…..
Taste could be a bit of subjective thing. A friend of mine also got same olive oil. And he said he did not notice that much bitterness and liked it.
May be give a try first before returning. Also keep in mind that Woolworths change of mind returns are still on hold. I had a struggle when returning. Initially they rejected it. Then I told them that I suspect the product has a quality issue. It was inedibly bitter. So they accepted the return.
can I use olive for pan frying?
Is Avocado oil better for that?
as long as you don't got too nuts on the heat. i fry every thing with it but it does give everything the characteristic fruity flavour of olive oil
The Red Island Extra Virgin Olive Oil 500ml is also half-price ($4.75; $9.50/L), for those who wants to refill smaller bottles.