“Olive oil is a fruit juice”
“Olive oil is a fruit juice” is a technically correct statement. However, olive oil isn’t consumed as a fruit juice like, for example, apple juice or orange juice.
“An olive is a fruit. Ergo, olive oil is technically fruit juice” was posted on Reddit—Showerthoughts on May 23, 2017. “TIL extra virgin olive oil is fruit juice” was posted on Reddit—Todayilearned on July 9, 2017. “Olive oil is fruit juice” was posted on Reddit—Showerthoughts on May 11, 2018. “Olive oil is a fruit juice” was posted on Reddit—Showerthoughts on February 27, 2022.
Wikipedia: Olive oil
Olive oil is a liquid fat obtained by pressing whole olives, the fruit of Olea europaea, a traditional tree crop of the Mediterranean Basin, and extracting the oil.
It is commonly used in cooking, for frying foods or as a salad dressing.
NPR
To Get The Benefits Of Olive Oil, Fresh May Be Best
September 30, 2013 3:34 AM ET
Heard on Morning Edition
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“Extra-virgin olive oil is fresh-squeezed juice — it’s a fruit juice — therefore freshness is a critical question,” he says.
Reddit—Showerthoughts
Posted by u/Azryhael May 23, 2017
An olive is a fruit. Ergo, olive oil is technically fruit juice.
Reddit—Todayilearned
Posted by u/flippflopp July 9, 2017
TIL extra virgin olive oil is fruit juice
npr.org/sectio…
Reddit—Showerthoughts
Posted by u/aceqwerty May 11, 2018
Olive oil is fruit juice.
Reddit—Showerthoughts
Posted by u/TheChemologist February 15, 2019
Olive oil is fruit juice.
About Olive Oil (North American Olive Oil Association)
10 Things You Didn’t Know About EVOO
February 25, 2019
Everyone loves extra virgin olive oil. It’s healthy and delicious. But there is a lot of misinformation about olive oil floating around the internet. Here are 10 things you may not know about olive oil.
1- Olives are a fruit and olive oil is fruit juice. Olives are a type of fruit called a drupe. They grow on trees and start off green and ripen to a dark red/brown color. Extra virgin olive oil is the juice of an olive with the water and solids filtered out.
Reddit—Khalidsa91
Posted by u/khalidsa91 October 7, 2019
Olives are a fruit and olive oil is fruit juice. Olives are a type of fruit call…
khalidlab.com/olives…
Reddit—Showerthoughts
Posted by u/Colalbsmi August 3, 2020
Olive oil is probably one of the most popular fruit juices.
Reddit—Showerthoughts
Posted by u/BorosSparky February 27, 2022
Olive oil is a fruit juice.
I spend far too long in the shower.
Tasting Table
Is Olive Oil Technically Fruit Juice?
Davizro Photography/Shutterstock
BY ELIAS NASH/SEPT. 8, 2022 4:11 PM EST
In a recent Tasting Table poll, the title of most popular cooking oil went to olive oil, and it wasn’t even close.
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Olive oil is, in fact, a type of fruit juice. Olives belong to a group of fruits called drupes. According to Britannica, “drupe” is the proper botanical label for stone fruit, that is, a fruit that typically has only one seed, protected by a hard shell known as a pit. Other examples of drupes include peaches, cherries, and mangoes. In fact, raspberries and blackberries are actually clusters of very small drupes. The olive oil production process closely mirrors that of other fruit juices, but not the production of other cooking oils. The Seattle Times explains that olive oil is made by crushing the fruit to separate the juice from the solid flesh. On the other hand, seed-based oils such as sunflower, safflower, and canola oil, are produced with the aid of chemical solvents.
Despite the fact that olive oil is technically a form of fruit juice, we use it like any other kitchen oil, so the moniker is not entirely inappropriate.
Reddit—Showerthoughts
Posted by u/Rhyze April 11, 2023
Technically speaking, olive oil is fruit juice