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Questions about the olive oils

​​Our producers all farm organically to the EU standard without any synthetics or chemical "cides". However, as we only work with small farms, some have not yet been certified—which is why we cannot legally label them as “organic”, unless they have the certification.

Many of them, however, are well on their way in the conversion and audit process (it takes a few years), so watch this space.

And finally, while many of our oils are certified organic in the EU and with the Soil Association in the UK, we're currently working on getting the US organic certification sorted over the next year.

In short, yes. No added heat or chemicals are used to extract our extra virgin olive oils. And we have third-party lab reports open for each oil to showcase that.

However, the term “cold-pressed” is really just a marketing buzzword (particularly when used by other non-olive oils). By legal definition in the EU, extra virgin olive oil must be extracted without any heat above 27°C (80.6°F) or chemicals and only comes from the “first pressing” (more like crushing) of the olives—which is exactly how we make our EVOOs.

Yes, and please do! Decades of misinformation surrounding "smoke point" has unjustly caused a generation to shy away from cooking with EVOO. Instead, our modern, post-industrial era, defined by ultra-processing has led us to swap this simple, foundational ingredient for refined, lifeless, alternative fats.

Because of its antioxidants, EVOO is the healthiest fat you can cook with. It's time to re-embrace the flavour and nutritional benefits of extra virgin olive oil.

We specifically source for high levels of antioxidants. As such, all of our EVOOs meet the EU benchmark for what is classified as "high polyphenol" since they are well over the 250mg/kg of total polyphenols that's been set by the EU Regulation (No. 432/2012). You can see our full lab analysis for each oil on the individual pages.