Kasandrinos Organic Extra Virgin Olive Oil

Kasandrinos Organic Extra Virgin Olive Oil scores 100/100 — the only cooking oil in Scout's catalog with both its purity and its potency verified by third-party labs. Single-origin Greek EVOO from Koroneiki and Athinolia olives: one ingredient, no blended or refined filler oils, USDA Organic and Non-GMO Project verified, in dark glass and metal tins that shed nothing into the oil. Olive oil is a fruit oil, not an industrial seed oil, so no seed-oil penalty applies. PURITY: Light Labs (LC-MS/MS) found glyphosate and its breakdown product AMPA NOT DETECTED, below a 9.9 ppb limit of quantitation. POTENCY: phenolic analysis at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (Magiatis method, World Olive Center for Health) measured 917 mg/kg total polyphenols — oleocanthal at 221 mg/kg and oleacein at 134 mg/kg, both well above the 135 and 105 mg/kg averages from the UC Davis international study. At 20 g per day that delivers 18.34 mg of hydroxytyrosol, tyrosol and their derivatives, roughly 3.7x the >5 mg threshold EU Regulation 432/2012 sets for the claim that olive oil polyphenols protect blood lipids from oxidative stress. Oleocanthal and oleacein specifically carry anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, cardioprotective and neuroprotective activity. Heavy-metal and phthalate panels the producer reports have not yet been reviewed by Scout.