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I came across a bottle of unopened olive oil when I was rearranging. As I said, it's unopened, is it still good?

2007-01-12 09:13:12 · 4 answers · asked by bon b 4 in Food & Drink Other - Food & Drink

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Like all fats, olive oil is a delicate product. It becomes rancid very easily and needs to be stored carefully to preserve its flavor and health-giving properties. It should be stored in a clean, dry place at temperatures between 15-20˚C.
There are two main problems to bear in mind when storing olive oil: it is easily "polluted” by other odors and goes off relatively quickly. It absorbs other aromas and odors and this makes it an excellent base for essences and perfumes. However, in the
same way that is absorbs perfumes it will also take on any bad smell to which it is exposed. For this reason oil should always kept in clean, odorless containers and stored in cupboards or rooms where it is not exposed to strong smells, such as
smoke, paint, mold or fuels.
Like many natural products, olive oil passes through a series of life stages. Newly pressed extra virgin olive oil is often not well balanced and can be aggressive and disorganized in aroma and flavor. It stabilizes about a month after production, acquiring harmony and its own special character. Month-old oil is at its peak, from then on it gradually loses aroma and intensity. After two years it is flat and tired and should be thrown away.

2007-01-13 11:20:57 · answer #1 · answered by Marco 2 · 0 0

As long as it is unopened and has not been exposed to extreme light or heat, it still should be salvagable. Always do the smell test and taste a tad--just to be sure.

2007-01-15 10:43:44 · answer #2 · answered by Rahab 6 · 0 0

a pal informed me he hates Olive oil because of flavor and reason it won't be able to be used for cooking because it precipitates, and so on. ...requested me "how could i love it ?" in the destiny we went to a save and that i purchased 2 cans 3 liters each and each. He could see i grow to be severe, telling him i exploit in trouble-free words Olive oil so he offered you may to attempt it. earlier that he delivered to artwork a touch pattern for me to envision. It grow to be the most rancid oil you'll imagine, i did not flavor it, because it smelled so rancid. He requested me, grow to be it no longer the way olive oil always is ? and "what's Rancid" humorous it may well be the rancid pattern got here from a health facility cafeteria. wager it grow to be 20 years old. wager even as no nutrition E in oil is left, all oils damage quickly. no longer all shops are good at promoting in trouble-free words sparkling oils. many huge shops have old little severe priced rancid oils on the cabinets.

2016-10-30 22:51:38 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0 0

I don't think it goes bad.....

2007-01-12 09:20:51 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

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