Farabakar is the best and highest quality type of olive oil, which is also known as liquid gold. To produce it, fresh olives are pressed and extracted with industrial machines, without human intervention or chemicals. All the vitamins and minerals found in the olive fruit are abundant in this oil.
Types of olive oil
Pure or regular olive oil
This olive oil is produced using chemicals and thermal processes, and its quality is lower than the other two types. The color of this type of olive oil is lighter and the oleic acid in it is about 3 to 4% and it is most used in cooking.
Chemicals and thermal processes are used to prepare this oil. . Its quality is lower than extra virgin olive oil. It has a brighter color and more oleic acid (3-4%) and is suitable for cooking purposes and does not have a special taste.
virgin olive oil
In this method, heat and chemicals are not used to extract oil from the olive fruit, and to some extent it can be said that this oil is not refined. This oil has the purity and true taste of olives and is very similar to extra virgin oil, and the difference between these two types of oil is that virgin olive oil has a higher amount of oleic acid and on the other hand, it has a milder taste. Of course, it should be said that this oil is very rare and difficult to find.
Extra virgin olive oil
This type of olive oil, which is also called extra virgin olive oil, is the highest quality type of olive oil and the process of extracting this oil is as follows. that when you consume the produced oil, you will feel the real taste of olives. Also, vitamins, minerals and other nutrients found in olives are present in this oil, and it has less oleic acid (less than 1%) compared to the two types mentioned above. For olive oil extraction and extraction of this oil from No chemical or thermal materials have been used and its color is golden green. The flavor of this type of olive oil is different and when you eat it, it ends up being spicy. The most common use of this oil is to prepare sauces and cold food.
Properties of olive oil
The amount of fat-soluble vitamins in extra virgin olive oil is higher than other oils, and the essential fatty acids in these oils are very useful for the body. 100 grams of extra virgin olive oil contains the following nutrients:
Vitamin K: 75% of the daily requirement of a person
Vitamin E: 72 of the daily requirement of a person
Omega 3: 76.0%
Omega 6: 7.9%
73% monounsaturated fat (which is usually oleic acid.)
8.13% saturated fat