That "premium" olive oil I bought for 12 bucks was a total scam

I was paying extra for cold-pressed single-origin bottles until my friend (who works at a grocery distributor) told me most of those fancy oils are just repackaged cheap stuff from the same supplier. The tipping point was when he showed me a blind taste test where store brand oil beat a $18 bottle from Italy. Anyone else ditched fancy ingredients for generic?

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jamiekim1mo ago

Yeah the whole "single origin" thing is a joke. I found out those fancy labels often just slap a pretty logo on a generic bottle from the same farm that supplies the cheap stuff. The real scam is that you're paying for marketing, not quality.

sarahpatel1mo ago

You've hit the nail on the head, @jamiekim. I fell for that single origin nonsense myself a few years back with an expensive olive oil. Turns out the fancy bottle I was gushing over came from the exact same harvest as the store brand I used to buy for a third of the price. The only difference was the sticker and the pretty story they made up for it. Once you see through the marketing, you realize you're paying for a fairy tale, not better quality.