15/09/2026
🫒 Is greener olive oil better?
It may look fresher, more intense, and more premium—but olive oil color is not a reliable indicator of quality.
Olive oil can naturally range from vibrant green to golden yellow, depending on factors such as olive variety, maturity, and harvest timing.
In professional olive oil tasting, blue or opaque glasses are used to hide the oil’s color, allowing tasters to focus on what really matters: aroma, fruitiness, bitterness, peppery pungency, and the absence of defects.
So what should you look for instead?
🌿 Harvest date & freshness
🫒 Aroma & flavor
🔎 Origin & traceability
📦 Proper packaging & storage
✨ Sensory characteristics
Green can be a clue about the olives and harvest—not a score for the oil.
Discover why you shouldn’t judge olive oil by its color and what really matters when choosing extra virgin olive oil.
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