Carapelli Premium 100% Italian Extra Virgin Olive Oil - A Review

I love using olive oil to cook with.  Researchers at the Universidad Autonoma de Madrid in Spain found in a study that a diet rich in extra virgin olive oil helped to lower LDL (bad) cholesterol and, perhaps more importantly, stimulated an increase in HDL (good) cholesterol.  I also love hearing the stories behind where these olive oils come from.

Carapelli olive oil has a great back story that I thought I would share with you:

In 1893, in the quaint town of Montevarchi, Italy, a man named Constantino Carapelli began selling olive oil, founding a family business that has become an Italian tradition. Constantino’s dream was to move his olive oil and grain business to the beautiful city of Florence. Forty-seven years later, his dream became a reality, when his sons constructed warehouses in the Florentine suburb of Rifredi and supplied olive oil from the family oil mill at Ponte a Ema. 

The newly built warehouses were destroyed during World War II, but the Carapelli family forged ahead.  They rebuilt the structures and started anew. The hard work paid off, and by the 1950s, Carapelli was a household name in Italy, gracing tables across the country.

Since the founding of Constantino’s family-based company, generations of experienced artisans have passionately preserved this distinctive tradition of taste. Today, at its state-of-the-art facilities, the people of Carapelli have made an art of combining Old World craftsmanship with New World standards.

As a leader in olive oil, in the 1970s, Carapelli was the first olive oil producer to promote bottled extra virgin olive oil in Italy. Today, Carapelli is Italy’s market leader in extra virgin olive oil production.  Since 1893, Carapelli Olive Oils have been passionately crafted with exclusive blends of the best oils from the finest Mediterranean olive groves. Carapelli Olive Oils are naturally cholesterol free.

I got to try the Premium 100% Italian Extra Virgin Olive Oil.  It has a mild taste, and is great for cooking with.  It's made with the first cold pressing of 100% Italian Olives.  I'd love to use it to make these Portabello Mushroom Burgers!  They have a lot of other great recipes on their website too - check them out!

**I received Carpelli Olive Oil for review purposes.  All opinions expressed are 100% my own.