Esteemed Customers and Colleagues, The USDA Has recently issued their new standards for Grades of Olive Oil, and Olive Pomace Oil within the United States that will go into effect October 24th, 2010. The older standards that were enacted in 1949 will be replaced with these new standards.  Cibaria and its suppliers have been active [...]

Cooking with olive oil is like cooking with wine. Never use a wine or olive oil that does not taste good to you. An inferior one will leave an aftertaste. If you do the taste test and compare the “pure” to the “extra-virgin” and the you’ll understand the difference. When cooking with olive oil, save [...]

So you’ve tried, testing, and scrutinized – now which one is your favorite? We’ve gathered some of the more popular varietals of olive oil and would love to find out which olive oils have you jumping for joy!

We’re excited to announce that we’re offering a delicious, high quality Arbosana Olive oil in our Olive Oil and Vinegar Online Store! Arbosana olive oil is a varietal of olive oil that is common to Spain and now to California as well. According to California Olive Oil Ranch: “Arbosana is considered a more robust olive [...]

You can win $50 of olive oil from California Olive Ranch when you head over here, mention you saw the contest on Dealusional.com and tell your best story about food that involves yourself or your mom. If your story is picked as one of the 12 best, you’ll get a $50 credit to purchase olive [...]

What if I told you that there was a pretty good chance that the olive oil in your pantry or fridge is Adulterated Olive Oil?  You may be wondering “Adulterated with WHAT?” With the growing need to decrease business costs as much as possible, many olive oil companies have started to regularly adulterate their olive [...]