Best extra-virgin olive oil under $10 (RANKED BEST TO WORST)

The best everyday budget olive oil ranked by taste, value and transparency (how much info producers give you about the oil inside their bottle).

00:00 Intro
00:20 Shopping for EVOO + blind test set up
00:46 Why THESE nine olive oils?
01:53 Why should you trust me?
02:23 My rating method
03:07 The truth about olive oil fraud
04:30 My rankings for TRANSPARENCY
06:45 Premium vs Budget: the biggest difference?
08:00 My rankings for TASTE
08:23 The secret that EVOO producers don't want you to know
08:49 Why is peppery oil HEALTHIER?
10:36 Which oil surprised me the most?
12:56 My rankings for VALUE FOR MONEY
14:13 Bonus: Best budget oil for COOKING cooking
14:29 And my OVERALL WINNER goes to…

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[Andre-qoek]

i have an olive tree in my yard. it's tiny and young.. but this is the first year it fruited.. only 2 little guys on the whole tree... but it's still cool.

[jimwakefield]

I purchased "Terra Delyssa" simply because it appeared to me to be 100% pure olive oil compared to the others on the shelf. I use it for cooking and I'm happy with it. I just don't want anything with vegetable oil in it.

[Mike]

The olive oils with little flavor, I feel, actually serve a purpose. They can be used instead of any vegetable oil without imbuing a regional/olive flavor. I think that is why many olive oils in the USA are toned down. When I am cooking a dish that I want to add some zing to, I can grab one of the other olive oils that have more of a profile. I NEVER want to use canola, vegetable, or crappy seed oils in my cooking, which are so prevalent in the USA. So it is generally olive or avocado oil in anything I cook.

[birdtracs]

Costco Kirkland EVOO seems to rank very high amongst quite a few nutritionists. It’s what I’ve been using for years. So you’re on point.

[markholm]

California Olive Ranch also sells an all California EVOO. It is more expensive than the multinational blend. When America’s Test Kitchen taste tested several brands, this is the one that came out on top.

[foofighter]

"Terra Delyssa" is made in Sfax, Tunisia, from "Chemlali" variety which grows on coastal/dry plains (Sfax or the Sahel regions), which produce a mild/smooth oil, perfect for all-around usage (cooking/seasoning), Chetoui is another major olive tree variety and grows on the colder/rainy regions and produces a more robust and high polyphenol oil . Its mind-blowing to me all the science and the norms that's going behind the US olive oil market, In Tunisia every region has its own variety and most people buy their year-long stock of bulk olive oil directly from the local mills, and that's about it .

[RontonIsrael]

To buy any of these for less than $20 would be a miracle

[Timothy.]

My first time watching her videos, I have to say she has one of the warmest voices ever!

[cherylbertolini]

I buy the Kirkland Italian because Bobby Parrish recommended it, he has a YouTube channel and goes to a bunch of stores and tell you what’s good and on sale.

[canpfire]

You seem to have given Terra Delyssa the bums rush. So i paused the info you flashed by, then fully read it.This Tunisian company appears to take great care and pride in their product. I'm definitely going to try this Terra Delyssa.

[tunisianpunisher]

I highly recommend trying olive oil extracted from the "Chetoui" trees that grow in northern Tunisia. These trees produce the highest levels of polyphenols in the world, thanks to favorable climatic factors such as a large number of daylight hours and many cold hours at night, along with the excellent quality of the Chetoui variety itself. I strongly recommend it to you and anyone else.

[EspressoBaby]

Way back in 2005 I toured Israel for a month. I went to an Olive Farm and learned a lot. When I returned to the States, I tested what I learned. Whatever olive oil you are interested in, bury a bottle in the cooler section at the grocery store and continue your regular shopping. It takes twenty minutes of cooling to see what you're looking for. If it truly is pure olive oil without being 'cut' with anything else, the olive oil will be cloudy and the viscosity changes, it becomes a bit thicker. I've used this technique ever since with great results.

[PotatoHopback]

It’s really sad that olive oil companies make inferior product for the US market. I love peppery olive oil! I’m buying a bottle of the Cobram Robust 100% California for drizzling and dipping. Thanks for doing this taste test!

[cheri]

Buying oil in a plastic jar is a terrible choice. Always glass jar and no second and third companies of origin. Oil must come from one place

[osovagabundo]

Terra Delyssa has been great, but most of all it has one of the highest polyphenol value for heart health. Goes to Turky and Greece. That brand goes back three hundred years.

[margaretburnham]

TERRA DELYSSA IS THE ONLY OLIVE OIL THAT I HAVE USED FOR YEARS.
THE BOTTLE ALSO HAS MANY CERTIFICATION STAMPS DISPLAYED ON THE BOTTLE
WHICH HELPS PROVIDE PEACE OF MIND

[gearyb]

I have been buying the Kirkland Premium 100% Italian for years and use lots of it. However, some of the best olive oil I ever had was sold by a small Lebanese restaurant in Houston, Texas. The owners brought several cases of it back from their village in Lebanon. It had no label, was produced on a private estate, and had small bits of olives floating in it. Delicious!

[ActualMichael]

I’ve heard that because Olive Oil is a monounsaturated fat, it will still break down under the heat of cooking. For this reason you can drizzle it over food after removed from the heat, but you should not cook with it. You should cook with saturated fats such as Coconut Oil or Avocado Oil that won’t break down under heat.

[robertmitchell]

Grigoris Lefas extra virgin olive oil, first cold pressing. Olive variety Koroneiki "Kalamata", is a Greek olive oil in a 3Litre (3qt.5.4fl.oz.) metal can. Acidity=0.0%-0.5% and is the best olive oil I have ever tasted. I agree with your trial results with these tested brands. Nice work.

[ccamire]

As a producer of olive oil in Spain, i loved your approach to review the products. Just as a comment, taste changes in one year from production and i love the pepper taste. Organic is not really anything different given we dont use chemicals in the process much less than oranges.