I Sent 11 Popular Olive Oils to a Lab — Most Are Just Canola Oil in Disguise

I Sent 11 Popular Olive Oils to a Lab — Most Are Just Canola Oil in Disguise Stop pouring that green bottle on your salad. A UC Davis lab tested five of the best-selling imported extra virgin olive oils sold on real supermarket shelves — and 73% failed accredited taste panels. Rancid oil. Oil cut with cheap refined stock. Bottles that never should have said "extra virgin" on the front. Tonight: 11 household-name brands ranked worst to best, including America's #1 best-selling imported olive oil — plus the 5 brands that actually passed every test. ⏱️ TIMESTAMPS 00:00 – Why 73% of tested olive oils failed 00:36 – How this ranking works 01:11 – What "Extra Virgin" is actually supposed to mean 02:21 – #11: Carapelli 03:24 – #10: Store-brand "organic" & the cheapest bottle on the shelf 04:20 – #9: The brand that wasn't even real olive oil 05:51 – #8: Newman's Own Organic 06:49 – #7: Star 07:54 – #6: Mazola "Pure" 08:46 – #5: The "Extra Light" label trick 09:42 – #4: Pompeian — the worst score of any brand tested 10:40 – #3: Bertolli's $7 million lawsuit 11:50 – #1: America's best-selling imported olive oil 13:32 – The 60-second test you can do at home right now 15:13 – 5 brands that actually passed every test 18:55 – The cheapest bottle on this list is also the most verified 19:41 – What to check on your own bottle tonight 📌 Sources referenced: UC Davis olive oil studies (2010, 2011), North American Olive Oil Association v. Kangadis Food (2013), Koller v. Deoleo USA (2018), Kumar v. Salov North America (2014/2017). 🔔 Subscribe for more independent investigations into what's actually in your kitchen. 💬 Check your own bottle and tell us the brand, price, and where you bought it — we're building a running list in the comments. #OliveOil #FoodInvestigation #FoodFraud