Living in the Matrix as a humble mortal is not the same as living as the head of a profitable company. In this case, the shadows of the cave become more tolerable. And that’s exactly what seems to be happening with real food phenomenon in Spain. Many years ago their leader, Carlos Rios, urged his followers to step out of the Matrix, moving away from the marketing tactics of the food industry, which only seeks to sell unhealthy foods without thinking about the consequences. Suddenly though real food It has become another brand in the food industry that never stops releasing new products, each more controversial than the last. The last one was his spreading EVOO. That is extra virgin olive oil (EVOO), which is spread like margarine but is not margarine. Presumably.
As it has previously happened with other products of the brand, such as liquid yogurt or cream with cocoa, your description is full of spaces. Presumably, the EVOO spread is essentially olive oil. However, if this were the case, then it could not spread, which means that something is wrong.
Everything is decided by checking that in fact this product is Realfooding This is not pure extra virgin olive oil. but it’s mixed with Shea Butter. Therefore, the EVOO distributed is not EVOO. This will be the first loophole. Secondly, it is being sold as something new, despite the fact that it is in fact the same product. it was already sold a year ago. The problem, as the Doctor of Food Science and Technology explained in a thread on his Twitter account Miguel Angel Luruena, is that the product was not successful in supermarkets, so he finally joined the successful Realfooding label to achieve what he could not achieve at the time. Therefore, this is not new. In addition, before you make sure, you should think carefully that this is not margarine.
Why is olive oil liquid?
The term “fat” can be used to refer to many types of lipids, although it is commonly used to refer to fatty acid. They consist of long chains of carbon and hydrogen, at the end of which is carbon, connected, on the one hand, with oxygen by a double bond, and on the other with oxygen and hydrogen. They can be classified in many ways, although one of the most common is the one that concerns your the number of double bonds between carbon atoms.
Unsaturated fats are usually liquid at room temperature, while saturated fats are not.
If there are no double bonds in the molecule, then Saturated fatswhereas if they have one or more double bonds, we will talk about unsaturated fats. This means that they are fats with very different properties. To begin with, albeit with exceptions, in general terms unsaturated fats are healthier. Saturated foods are more easily accumulated in our body and contribute, for example, to an increase in LDL cholesterol levels. And another factor that makes them different is that unsaturated fats like olive oil are liquid at room temperature.
That’s why in winter in very cold places EVOO hardensbecause they reach temperatures below 25°C, which is usually considered room temperature. This will now be the EVOO redistributable. But in this case, the product contains only 72% extra virgin olive oil. That’s why it’s solid at room temperature, otherwise it wouldn’t be possible. The rest is partially supplemented with shea butter, which contains saturated fats and therefore helps to give it that consistency.
Can Realfooding EVOO spread be said to be margarine?
Margarine is defined in the BOE as liquid or plastic emulsionusually of the water-oil type, derived primarily from edible fats or oils that do not primarily come from milk.
Spreadable EVOO is much more expensive than liquid extra virgin olive oil.
Therefore, by definition, a Realfooding EVOO spread doesn’t seem to stray too far from margarine. It is true that it is not exactly the same as most margarines on the market. It can be said that it is less harmful than other margarines, but can you be sure that this is not the case? This is a complex issue that should be left in the hands of food industry legislators.
But what is clear is that This is not extra virgin olive oil.. And therefore, he has no benefits from it. And yet it is much more expensive.
Curiously, olive oil is often said to be the liquid gold of the Mediterranean diet. But if gold is mixed with silver to make earrings, its value is greatly reduced. In this case, it multiplies excessively. This certainly gives a lot to think about.
Source: Hiper Textual
