is cold pressed oil oil better for you and why? is it healthier?
cold pressed = extra virgin the olives are seeded/pitted, then pressed w/o any heat. This is cold pressed ror EV. Once that round has been done, they gather up the squished olives, add heat, and press again. More oil is released due to heat and higher pressure. This is simply olive oil.
First cold press is generally a purely commercial wording with no factual meaning. It suggests that the oil in bottles with this label is the first oil that came from the first press of the olives and that no heat is used. This is not correct. First of all, cold does not define any precise temperature. A certain exception is made for the European regulation which requires that the processing temperature be below 27 °C in order to be named cold pressed.[citation needed] In cooler regions like Tuscany or Liguria the olives collected in November and ground often at night are too cold to be processed efficiently without heating. The paste is regularly heated above the environmental temperatures, which may be as low as 10-15 °C, in order to extract the oil efficiently with only physical means. Olives pressed in warm regions like Southern Italy or Northern Africa may be pressed at significantly higher temperatures although not heated. While it is important that the pressing temperatures be as low as possible (generally below 35 °C) there is no international reliable definition of cold pressed. Furthermore there is no second press of virgin oil, so the term first press is meaningless.
Cold pressed olive oil is not better for you. However it is a higher quality olive oil with a significantly better taste. It is a very low heat method of processing. Heat degrades the flavor of oils, though it increases the yield. That is why it is more expensive.
