{"id":8046,"date":"2019-11-08T15:00:21","date_gmt":"2019-11-08T14:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/contedoro.com\/is-oil-bitter-and-itchy-its-good-oil-thats-why\/"},"modified":"2025-06-10T20:20:06","modified_gmt":"2025-06-10T18:20:06","slug":"is-oil-bitter-and-itchy-its-good-oil-thats-why","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/contedoro.com\/en\/is-oil-bitter-and-itchy-its-good-oil-thats-why\/","title":{"rendered":"Is oil bitter and itchy? It’s good oil, that’s why!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Not everyone knows that the bitterness and spiciness of an extra virgin olive oil<\/strong> is a merit, in fact many people improperly associate it with a defect. Let’s find out together why extra virgin olive oil is bitter<\/strong> and spicy<\/strong>. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n

Why is olive oil bitter?<\/h2>\n\n

Extra virgin olive oil<\/strong>, especially when we talk about new oil<\/strong><\/a>, presents no small merits to the taste, namely, it is bitter<\/strong> and spicy<\/strong>.Bitter<\/strong> is given by the phenolic compounds, present within the oil, which bring a high nutritional value<\/em> and allow it to be preserved for quite some time. Phenolic compounds are precisely antioxidants<\/strong> that also protect the oil from the oxidation(rancid<\/em>) process. Of course, bitterness is also given by the type of olive we are going to use in the milling process and its degree of ripeness<\/em><\/strong>. Scientific research states that olives milled not 100% ripe give a high quality product compared to those produced in years past, when the oil was from the beginning quite sweet (precisely because the olives were milled with a high degree of ripeness). <\/p>\n\n

So the earlier the olives are harvested, the more bitter the oil will be.<\/strong> In doing so, however, the greater the presence of antioxidants and beneficial properties in extra virgin olive oil will also be.<\/p>\n\n

Why is olive oil spicy (and can it sting)?<\/h2>\n\n

In addition to bitterness, there is also pungency<\/strong> in extra virgin olive oil.The fact that the oil tingles<\/strong> is another great quality that can be appreciated by using it raw<\/em>, such as on bruschetta, vegetables and soups. It too is due to the fact that there is a massive presence of polyphenols<\/strong><\/a><\/em> <\/strong><\/a>present in olive oil. These polyphenols<\/em><\/strong> have antioxidant, anticancer properties and protect against cardiovascular disease<\/em>. Over time, the tingling sensation typical of extra-virgin oil diminishes, but oil, especially quality oil, will always retain its excellent organoleptic properties over time. <\/p>\n\n

So we can conclude that if an olive oil tingles and is bitter, it is most likely a quality extra virgin oil<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n

To learn more about the qualities of the oil or taste some excellent extra virgin olive oil from Campania<\/strong>, all you have to do is click on the button below.<\/p>\n\n

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Not everyone knows that the bitterness and spiciness of an extra virgin olive oil is a merit, in fact many people improperly associate it with a defect. Let’s find out together why extra virgin olive oil is bitter and spicy. Why is olive oil bitter? Extra virgin olive oil, especially when we talk about new […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":72,"featured_media":5962,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_joinchat":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[190],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8046","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tips-and-curiosities-about-oil"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/contedoro.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8046","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/contedoro.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/contedoro.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/contedoro.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/72"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/contedoro.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8046"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/contedoro.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8046\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8048,"href":"https:\/\/contedoro.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8046\/revisions\/8048"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/contedoro.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5962"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/contedoro.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8046"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/contedoro.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8046"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/contedoro.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8046"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}