There’s hope for consumers worried about olive oil fraud, as researchers at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) have “invented a fast, easy method to detect adulteration in any bottle”.
Intentional mislabeling or dilution of olive oil with other products robs consumers of the anti-inflammatory and antioxidant health benefits they believe they are paying for. The integrity of the olive oil industry has been brought into question this year, with the European Union reporting a record high of fraud cases, and consumers doubting the quality of their purchase.
The Saudi Food and Drug Authority (SFDA) and King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) have joined forces to create a method that can identify and quantify the adulterants in olive oil. (more…)