• penquin@lemm.ee
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    3 months ago

    Refined means the oil gets processed to neutralize defects in taste, aroma, or acidity.It’s still olive oil, but it’s treated so your food doesn’t taste like olive oil when you cook it with. That’s all. It’s not snake oil. Lol

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      3 months ago

      It is refined for higher smoke point so it can be used for high heat cooking. they do this by removing solids etc

      this is done via chemical treatments. it is fine but oilive oil is not best all purpose and high heat cooking oil.

      neutralize defects in taste, aroma, or acidity

      that’s an odd phrasing… you don’t buy high heat cooking for any of that. more accurate way to put it is that they strip oil of taste and aroma that comes from solids in the cold pressed table grade oil.