Flavor Your Life Discusses The Key Standards That Help Classify Oils such as Italian Olive Oil
Bohemia, NY (PRWEB) August 06, 2013 -- On August 6, Flavor Your Life, a European Union funded campaign dedicated to providing the latest in industry news, speaks about how olive oil is important in a wide variety of products and uses, not just in the popular Mediterranean diet. These uses are classified and differ based on standards that differentiate all oils.
The actual classification of olive oil is quite intricate; however there are two key standards to focus on; acidity and peroxides. The classification of oil is a process that has very strict standards. Acidity and peroxides are the two standards that are most valued in oil chemical analysis.
The first standard, acidity, determines the oil quality and the sale category of the oil. Acidity levels are what are studied in order to figure out the quality of the oil and oil that is rectified can even have a low acidity level.
The second standard for oil chemical analysis is peroxides. Peroxides will determine the oil preservation levels in olive oil. Overall the important thing to note with peroxide levels is that a high quality olive oil will contain a low amount of peroxides.
Carol Firenze, author of The Passionate Olive, states the overall importance of high quality olive oil like extra virgin and Italian olive oil. “Extra Virgin Olive oil is a heart-healthy, monounsaturated fat. Laden with antioxidants called polyphenols, olive oil helps raise HDL (good) cholesterol and lowers LDL (bad) cholesterol.” Overall, the specifics behind olive oil are essential to classifying oils and finding the oil with the best quality.
Flavor Your Life, a campaign supported by the European Union, Unaprol and the Italian Ministry of Agriculture, is dedicated to providing the latest in industry news and health information about European extra virgin olive oil. Extra virgin olive oil enhances the flavors of your recipes while providing health benefits. Flavor Your Life campaign, the voice of olive oil production quality control, aims to educate consumers so they can make informed decisions when purchasing olive oil.
Scott Darrohn, Flavor Your Life, http://flavor-your-life.com/, +1 (855) 347-4228, [email protected]
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