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½ Price Red Island Extra Virgin Olive Oil 1L $9 @ Coles

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HamBoi69 on 04/12/2022 - 21:14 files.ozbargain.com.au (5310 clicks)

Everyone's favourite olive oil is back on sale at Coles this week! Stock up for Christmas!

Grown in Australia from 100% Australian ingredients Grown in Australia from 100% Australian ingredients
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.

Taken from the upcoming catalogue as spotted on BAM

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  • mel4689 on 04/12/2022 - 21:58
    +3

    Best olive oil in the market. Tried all brands ranging from home brand to specialty

    • incipient on 04/12/2022 - 22:01
      +1

      It really is great stuff. At this price I don't get why anyone would bother with any overseas stuff.

      Unfortunately the pourer on the bottle is such a pain haha. I've tried everything and I can't get it to not leak a little bit when I use it.

      • Vulgar on 04/12/2022 - 22:17
        +1

        I think a lot of the overseas stuff is not real EVOO. It seems to be a small amount of non-virgin olive olive mixed with rapeseed oil. Real EVOO doesn't have trans fats.

      • tsigouni on 05/12/2022 - 09:47
        +2

        I highly recommend getting a Décor Oil Sprayer, so much easier than trying to pour it from the bottle and you’ll use just the right amount!

        • Grok on 05/12/2022 - 14:21

          Noted!

      • daanish on 05/12/2022 - 17:12

        I have a couple of old scotch and wine bottles (dark tinted for light protection) that I've installed pouring spouts. I fill these with different types of oil that I use and they live on my counter. Being able to easily free pour oil makes life in the kitchen easier. Not worrying about lids or glugging oil etc. It's also a fun way for me to bring a little bit of personal flair to my kitchen without having excess clutter.

    • paddywide on 04/12/2022 - 22:06
      +1

      I didn't try much. I like Monini from Italy. Production date plays an important part in the tasting.

    • Fobsessive on 04/12/2022 - 22:26

      I can't taste the difference (fried)

      • [Deactivated] on 05/12/2022 - 01:26
        +5

        The only way to taste olive oil is cool with bread and sprinkled on salads etc. People who swear one brand is so much better than another…well…think wine for comparison. Not many can tell the difference between a $50 and $500 bottle.

      • M00Cow on 05/12/2022 - 08:33

        You get with olive oil? Interesting, you don't find the flavour too intense?

        • Fobsessive on 05/12/2022 - 12:26

          After so many years, the flavour has become a frying baseline for me. I barely notice it.

    • mel4689 on 05/12/2022 - 15:44

      Depends on use for sure. But EVOO is not the best for frying anyways. The oleuropein acid in the oil turns it into an unpleasantly bitter tasting oil.Better off frying using avocado or coconut oil
      I mainly use it for quick salad dressings.

    • dcep on 07/12/2022 - 14:32

      have you tried cobram ?

      • mel4689 on 07/12/2022 - 16:09
        +1

        yes, Cobram is pretty good. But I reckon this is better.

  • GreenRomeo on 04/12/2022 - 22:27
    +3

    I remember it used to get a good rating, but just checked the latest Choice review and it was not even in the top 10, which was a surprise to me.

    https://www.choice.com.au/food-and-drink/nuts-and-oils/oils/…

    The top brand, Cookatoo, was half price at Woolworths a few weeks ago. I should probably have stocked it up, but only bought one to give it a try as I knew nothing about it back then.

    • FitzChivalry Farseer on 04/12/2022 - 23:13
      +4

      Yep. And the Aldi brand The Olive Tree is recommended and always sells at the $9/litre price. And let's face it - you're cooking with it not drinking it - paying anymore than that is a bit silly.

      BUT! Whatever your taste - buy local when it comes to Olive Oil if you want quality is my advice.

      The time spent in shipping containers for the Spanish/Italian stuff makes it sub premium by the time it hits our shelves.

      • GreenRomeo on 04/12/2022 - 23:21
        +1

        Yeah, I’ve learnt to only buy Australian olive oil!

      • M00Cow on 05/12/2022 - 08:35

        you're cooking with it not drinking it

        I only use it as a salad dressing, where the flavour does matter, what do you cook with it?

        I cook with canola as I prefer a neutral flavour, so I can taste what I've cooked. But maybe olive can enhance some dishes?

  • isthisreallife22 on 04/12/2022 - 22:49
    +1

    upcoming catalogue as spotted on BAM

    Found it https://www.facebook.com/groups/bestaussiemarkdowns

  • TailsK on 04/12/2022 - 22:55
    +10

    I thought Cobram Estate was everyone's favourite?

    • snuke on 05/12/2022 - 02:14

      Exactly, it’s always called the best on here, with Red Island coming second but frequently more popular due to lower price. Cobram owns Red Island.

      I do like the pourer on Cobram, but as I just cook with it 95% of the time instead of having it raw with something, there’s no point in paying more for Cobram in my use.

      • sween64 on 05/12/2022 - 14:12
        +3

        I’ve popped the pourer out of an old Cobram and put it in the Red Island.

  • Thaal Sinestro on 05/12/2022 - 02:18
    +2

    Olive oil is actually a 'health food'. It reduces your chances of cardiovascular and other diseases. All you need is a teaspoon a day.

    • mickeyjuiceman on 05/12/2022 - 05:01
      +4

      The biggest benefit it gives is from replacing seed oils (Canola and so on).

      • M00Cow on 05/12/2022 - 08:45

        Why's that? From my understanding okive, sunflower, canola, etc all have similar health claims.

        • Irishness on 05/12/2022 - 09:43

          they're processed oil (search youtube for the process), Aussie EVOO should in no way be processed

          • M00Cow on 05/12/2022 - 10:36
            +1

            @Irishness: Right, so how is olive better for you then Canola?

            And just because something is processed, it doesn't make it bad. That's like saying something is better for you because it's natural.

            • Irishness on 05/12/2022 - 11:08
              +2

              @M00Cow: if you understand the processing process you soon realise that any nutritional value is long gone with processed oils, it can be argued the process actually involves methods/chemicals that are not good for you

              EVOO is essentially pressed olives leaving the nutrients in the oil, plenty of studies showing that EVOO is good for you but everyone can make up their own minds on that

              • M00Cow on 06/12/2022 - 19:55

                @gabtug: Doesn't show any actual info, just hobbyist making up stuff.

            • gccmelb on 05/12/2022 - 17:57
              +1

              @M00Cow: Industrial Seed Oils like Canola oil were originally used for industrial processes. It took a lot of industrial processing and genetic modification to make the these industrial oils palatable. These Industrial Seed Oils have been linked with a number of health problems.

              • debo on 05/12/2022 - 19:24
                +2

                @gccmelb: I need to dig out a link to an article by David Gillespie which woke me up to the danger od seed oils. Oils made from the 'fruit' e.g. olive, avocado, coconut are safer for human consumption - i guess as they are more 'natural'.

            • dcep on 07/12/2022 - 14:43
              +2

              @M00Cow: i thought it's already a well-known public knowledge that, vegetable oils either chemically extracted with petroleum solvents or went through high temp extraction process that produces carcinogen

              dyor , no spoon feeding here.

        • mfauser on 06/12/2022 - 15:17
          +2

          Industrial sludge is a more appropriate way to define vegetable oils that are "sold" to people as "health foods" but are cheap industrial biproducts with an endless list of known health implications, and a highly suspected list of unknown health implications. It is not food per se, rather waste that has been processed in such a way that the taste and characteristics such as color and viscosity match that of real nourishing saturated fats such as lard, tallow, butter, ghee, olive oil, coconut oil and such.

          • M00Cow on 06/12/2022 - 19:57
            +1

            @mfauser: All fat in a typical western diet is crap for you.
            It's like people (like me) who find a study thar red wine is healthy, no it's a correlation study which is meaningless to justify my decision.

            The reason a Mediterranean Diet works is genetics & the other healthy stuff they eat, not olive oil.

            So many people find correlation studies to just their view/lifestyles, but forgot the golden rule of research….. Correlation doesn't equal causation

  • debo on 05/12/2022 - 19:29
    +1

    https://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/oils-aint-oils-20130218-2el… worth a read………

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