The Best and Worst Supermarket Extra Virgin Olive Oils | The Taste Test

You’re standing at the grocery store in front of a million olive-oil choices. So what should you buy and why? Lisa and Julia break down our top choices.

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00:00 Intro
00:22 How to taste EVOO
02:15 Olive Oil #1
04:09 Olive Oil #2
06:05 Olive Oil #3
07:32 Olive Oil #4
09:07 Olive Oil #5
10:34 Olive Oil #6
12:06 Olive Oil #7
14:31 Olive Oil #8
15:27 Olive Oil #9
17:53 Olive Oil #10
19:28 Favorites
21:50 Official Results

[llamalover]

Now I'd like to hear which brands are actually 100% olive oil like they claim to be.

[chadgernady]

I buy the California olive ranch 100 % California olive oil Directly from the manufacturer and it’s within nine months of harvest day usually. They offer free shipping and a lot of coupons, so it actually ends up being a lot cheaper to buy in bulk there.

[AllGreyEverything]

Testing store brands would benefit many consumers. Knowing when you can opt for the cheapest option without sacrificing quality is a great way to save some money.

[fourthgirl]

I'm not surprised that Julia didn't recognize the 100% California Olive Oil 2022. California had the worst wildfires 2020-2022. It affected a lot of grape and olive crops as well as the ongoing drought that didn't break until 2023.

[simonsavelyev]

Love seeing Lisa and Julia together on this show--I feel like an olive oil expert after watching this!

[fatalflaw]

When I was still living and working in Italy I knew a couple that had a small olive orchard. They said that when they would take the olives in for pressing, even though they knew the press owner, they would find an excuse to hang around so they could keep an eye on things because EVERY mill cuts with inferior quality oils.
Go with your palate for condiment oil, and lowest price for cooking.

[DamianSheesh]

I feel like you can run this taste test every year and the results will be wildly different given how blended they all are

[HomewithyourMom]

I like how Julia started singing the Sesame Street pinball song when counting the number of counties that have oils blended into Pompeian. 😀. Clearly she’s having a good time

[Mizzlinda]

You guys turned me onto California Olive Ranch years ago. I order the Millers Blend with 3 different Olive types. 100% California olives. It's my favorite!!

[dillarddillard-pe]

Thanks ladies! Supermarket brands are what most of the people i know use. Food is so expensive, it helps to have info to help choose the best the price and availability in our area.

[erinjoellelabranche]

I think they should do this test again with like fan favorite/social media brands like Grazza, TJ's, partana, brightland etc. I'd really be interested to know how they taste and if they're worth the hype/$. I've had Grazza and I wasn't impressed but could've had a bad batch or something because California Olive Ranch def used to be our household favorite.

[DeltaLimaActual-to]

Impressive review. thank you. We don't buy anything stored long-term in plastic bottles any more. We have a enough micro-plastic in us for a lifetime already. So the oil has to be in metal or glass.

[PhinClio]

Just checked my bottle of California Olive Ranch olive oil and it was harvested in late 2023, i.e. a year more recently than the batch reviewed here.

[davidc]

I'm so surprised by the brands but really enjoyed the video. California Olive Ranch EVOO is my everyday go-to. I also usually keep a single source oil on hand for drizzling & dressings. Oddly enough, my recent take-what-they-have EVOO was Bertolli and it was perfectly suitable.

[Cthomas]

I was happy with the California olive ranch but the price went from 18$ to 28$ now

[lf]

You guys should add Costco's Kirkland line into these tests. So many people shop at Costco. I would venture to guess that Kirkland extra virgin olive oil outsells many if not all of these brands by a wide margin.

[blukmagetypeR]

The Terra Delyssa smooth olive oil I have isn't organic (not the same as Olive Oil #5), but has a smooth flavor, and is cold pressed and it has a harvest date that is recent. I like it, so far.

[jrkorman]

So I have a bottle of "Terra Delyssa" in my pantry. After this I checked it out using their method. Soft and fruity scent, no strong back taste, certainly no chemical taste at all, overall quite fresh. My bottle has both picked date as well as use by date. Picked date was early Jan 2024, so about 10 months old right now and use by early 2026.
I have to wonder what the dates were on their bottle. [edit] You can barely see the date - looks like very late Mar 2024. Makes me wonder if being a bit later in the season changed the flavor!

[yphoenix]

Perfect timing. I was at that grocery store over the weekend and decided to wait on purchasing olive oil until I researched how to find a good one. Thank you!

[valleyofthecauls]

My first bottle of Terra Delyssa was delicious, peppery yet fruity, and well-balanced. Bought with reservations off of Amazon, but was pleasantly surprised. Eagerly bought a second bottle once that was gone, but at a grocery store. Zero flavor. Might have been a factor of age and exposure to light, but it may as well have been grapeseed oil.

Re: Colavita, I haven't had it in years, but they have a lot of varieties from many different countries, and the one sampled here wouldn't represent them all.

Thank you for doing this, and if there's a follow-up, please mention how to look out for counterfeit oils, as some of these brands have been brought into question.