What makes virgin olive oil "virgin?"?!
Extra-virgin olive oil comes from "cold pressing" of the olives, contains no more than 0.8% acidity, and is judged to have a superior taste and is the purest olive oil (heat changes the acidity & taste). There can be no refined oil in extra-virgin olive oil.
The word "virgin" refers to the grade and the purity of the oil in regard to acidity and taste and means that it has not been chemically altered.
Answers: Olive oil is a fruit oil obtained from the olive and "virgin" olive oil means the oil was produced by the use of physical means (by pressing) and no chemical treatment - it is a pure oil. Virgin olive oil has an acidity less than 2%, a good natural taste and there can be no refined oil in virgin olive oil - "refined oil" means that although the essence is similar, the taste and acidity were chemically produced.
Extra-virgin olive oil comes from "cold pressing" of the olives, contains no more than 0.8% acidity, and is judged to have a superior taste and is the purest olive oil (heat changes the acidity & taste). There can be no refined oil in extra-virgin olive oil.
The word "virgin" refers to the grade and the purity of the oil in regard to acidity and taste and means that it has not been chemically altered.
It is in the way they press the olives thats where the virgin comes in!!!!!!!!!!
its the first pressing............
It's basically a marketing ploy to charge more money for the same product.