We only sell UP certified olive oils, know the difference.

Posted by Al Pryzbylski on February 12, 2014 0 Comments

Bella Gusta has set the bar for sourcing the absolute freshest available products for our customers to enjoy. Your health benefits are ensured by using only UP Certified oils. 

Before spending your hard earned dollar purchasing olive oil from just any source, please do your homework and make sure you are getting what you paid for. There are a lot of "wannabe's" popping up and selling inferior products at premium prices.

Below, please see our chemistry and sensory evaluation tag for the UP Certified Extra Virgin Olive Oil we are currently using in all of our infused olive oils. Not only is it UP Certified, it boasts amazing chemistry which translates into a healthier infused olive oil with greater stability for cooking than any oil we have infused to date.

To check your source of supply, please go to www.extravirginity.com TRUTH IN OLIVE OIL

In the header, look under "Great Olive Oil" and click on North America. Go to CT and you will find Bella Gusta as a recommended source for truly GREAT OLIVE OIL.

UP Certified Arbequina (olive variety)

Crush Date:  May 2013

Slightly more pungent with fleeting bitterness, this well balanced example of early harvest Arbequina is both sweet and herbaceous with notes of green olive, creamy artichoke and green almond.                            

Chemistry:

*Polyphenols: 284

*FFA: 0.2 

*Oleic Acid: 76               

*Peroxide: 5.9                             

*PPP: <0.3           

*DAGs: 93.4                           

Organoleptic Taste Panel Assessment:  Fruitiness: 5.0  Bitterness: 4.0  Pungency: 4.5

* As measured at the time of crush.

  Country of Origin:  Chile

We hope to see you soon !!

Alan & Lynda