>>> Bertolli Olive Oil <<<. For the last 5 or 6 years I have used Extra Virgin Olive Oil as the predominant Oil within my household, both as a dressing and to cook with. I have used a number of different manufacturers when it comes to Olive Oil but find that I use Bertolli and Filippo Berio Oils the most. For me it is essential that the Olive Oil I use is cost effective and of a sufficient quality and both these Oils fulfil that for me, a 500ml both of either Oil will put you back between £3.50 and £3.80 which I guess is expensive if you are using for cooking compared to a sunflower or vegetable oil, but I personally prefer the ...  Read the complete review

The Versatile Virgin....... Bertolli have been producing Olive Oil for many years now and obviously have become quite the experts in producing this versatile product. Bertolli have expanded their range of products over the years to incorporate a vast choice of tantalisingly tasty products ranging from their olive oil spread to simple pasta sauces and pesto and even tasty bags of crispy, mouth-watering focaccine. But where would all these scrumptious products be without the simple virgin olive oil, the base of all their products? The Extra Virgin Olive Oil comes in quite a chunky glass bottle with 500mls being the most common size but others are available. ...  Read the complete review

Both of my parents are Greek Cypriot, needless to say olives, and in particular olive oil has been in my life for as long as I remember. My Grandmother who is in her late 80's swears by it for all different forms of use from contemporary religious reasons to skin care. It has also been said more recently that good Olive Oil acts like a painkiller and there are many health benefits to gain from using Olive Oil as it contains several forms of antioxidants and vitamins such as vitamin E, Vitamin A and Vitamin K whilst at the same time, it doesn't contain hydrogenated fats that we read and hear about in news stories which are bad for the body. In its place are good ...  Read the complete review

*In the interests of no-one beating me up for plagiarism, I should probably point out that this has been on Ciao before, where I am Ms Bang. Incidentally the measure of how dedicated/bored I am is that I've actually been to the Bertolli website. It's about as interesting as a website based around all things olivey can hope to be. The lovely Bertolli people started making olive oil in Lucca (which is a really nice place, from what I remember), ooh, quite a while ago. They turned out to be quite good at it, so they promptly left Italy in order to take over the olive oil world. There's probably more to say about that, but it's a bit dull, ...  Read the complete review

We get through a fair bit of olive oil and like to try different brands. When we first started to do this, we were amazed at the difference in colours, smells and tastes of the various oils. When I first started to use it I thought they all tasted the same. How wrong I was! I am not sure that I have a favourite. There are several that I am not so keen on. Bertolli is definitely in my list of VERY GOOD olive oils. The fresher the olive oil, the better the flavour. In our supermarkets we don't buy fresh olive oil. That is why is always tastes so much better in Italy, because they use it fresh. However, if you accept that your olive oil is not going to ...  Read the complete review