It would be great if Choice could do a full comparison on all the ‘olive oil’ spreads. It seems that most actuallly only have about 15% olive oil, the rest is ‘vegetable oils’. I would like to know which vegetable oils make up the balance for each brand. Not all ‘vegetable’ oils are actually healthy for your heart (coconut oil), and others are not good for the planet. Palm oil is no good for the world in general and I suspect that many olive oil spreads actually contain a fair amount of palm oil. At least Coles brand states that it contains palm oil. If the actual mix of vegetable oils changes from time to time, perhaps at least stating the actual oils that make up the vegetable oil content.
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Choice in a now dated guide suggested similar, re the uncertainty of the olive oil content. Not knowing the sources and types of other components a worthwhile observation.
Whether the amount of olive oil in a spread - serving size 10 gms provides any health benefits because of what it is?
Or because of what it is not when compared to the alternative dairy based products?
Questions a comparative product review may respond to.
Note one source Woolworths product information suggests the olive oil based spreads have a serving size of 10grams providing 220kJ of energy per serve. Olive Grove Classic Spread 500g | Woolworths
An alternative - plain butter has a serving size of 5grams providing 152kJ of energy. Woolworths Australian Butter Unsalted 250g | Woolworths
P.S.
Even Meadow Lea which is canola based has a mystery 12%.
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