{"id":1222,"date":"2026-02-22T12:19:40","date_gmt":"2026-02-22T11:19:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.olivestri.it\/news-en\/why-extra-virgin-olive-oil-should-be-used-raw\/"},"modified":"2026-02-22T12:19:40","modified_gmt":"2026-02-22T11:19:40","slug":"why-extra-virgin-olive-oil-should-be-used-raw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.olivestri.it\/en\/news-en\/why-extra-virgin-olive-oil-should-be-used-raw\/","title":{"rendered":"Why extra virgin olive oil should be used raw"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"483\" data-end=\"586\">More and more chefs and food creators are saying it:<br data-start=\"526\" data-end=\"529\">Extra virgin olive oil is best used raw.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"588\" data-end=\"678\">It\u2019s not just a trend, but a choice connected to the quality and properties of extra virgin olive oil.<\/p>\n<h2 data-start=\"680\" data-end=\"720\">What happens when you heat it too much?<\/h2>\n<p data-start=\"722\" data-end=\"773\">High-quality extra virgin olive oil is rich in:<\/p>\n<ul data-start=\"775\" data-end=\"860\">\n<li data-start=\"775\" data-end=\"812\">\n<p data-start=\"777\" data-end=\"812\">polyphenols (natural antioxidants)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"813\" data-end=\"825\">\n<p data-start=\"815\" data-end=\"825\">vitamin E<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"826\" data-end=\"860\">\n<p data-start=\"828\" data-end=\"860\">fresh aromas and vegetal notes<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p data-start=\"862\" data-end=\"969\">With very high and prolonged temperatures, some of these properties are reduced and the flavor becomes more neutral.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"971\" data-end=\"1050\">\ud83d\udc49 It doesn\u2019t become harmful, but it loses part of its nutritional and aromatic value.<\/p>\n<h2 data-start=\"1052\" data-end=\"1087\">Why use extra virgin olive oil raw?<\/h2>\n<p data-start=\"1089\" data-end=\"1120\">Using olive oil raw means:<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1122\" data-end=\"1233\">\u2714 preserving its natural properties<br data-start=\"1156\" data-end=\"1159\">\u2714 enhancing the flavor of your dishes<br data-start=\"1190\" data-end=\"1193\">\u2714 enhancing the value of an authentic ingredient<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1235\" data-end=\"1370\">A drizzle of extra virgin olive oil over bruschetta, soups, legumes, grilled meat, or salads can transform even the simplest recipe.<\/p>\n<h2 data-start=\"1372\" data-end=\"1402\">Quality makes the difference.<\/h2>\n<p data-start=\"1404\" data-end=\"1458\">If olive oil is the star, it must be of high quality.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1460\" data-end=\"1603\">At Frantoio Olivestri, between Umbria and Tuscany, we have been producing extra virgin olive oil since 1938, with a balanced, natural, and harmonious taste.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1605\" data-end=\"1699\">Because when olive oil is truly good,<br data-start=\"1642\" data-end=\"1645\">using it raw is enough to taste the full difference.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>More and more chefs and food creators are saying it:Extra virgin olive oil is best used raw. It\u2019s not just a trend, but a choice connected<span class=\"excerpt-hellip\"> [\u2026]<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":1220,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[38],"class_list":["post-1222","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-en"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Why extra virgin olive oil should be used raw - Frantoio Olivestri<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Discover why using extra virgin olive oil raw preserves polyphenols, aroma, and quality. Advice from Frantoio Olivestri.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.olivestri.it\/en\/news-en\/why-extra-virgin-olive-oil-should-be-used-raw\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Why extra virgin olive oil should be used raw - Frantoio Olivestri\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Discover why using extra virgin olive oil raw preserves polyphenols, aroma, and quality. Advice from Frantoio Olivestri.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.olivestri.it\/en\/news-en\/why-extra-virgin-olive-oil-should-be-used-raw\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Frantoio Olivestri\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-02-22T11:19:40+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.olivestri.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/Bottiglia-EVO-750-ml-1.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1080\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1080\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Paolo Vestri\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Paolo Vestri\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.olivestri.it\\\/en\\\/news-en\\\/why-extra-virgin-olive-oil-should-be-used-raw\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.olivestri.it\\\/en\\\/news-en\\\/why-extra-virgin-olive-oil-should-be-used-raw\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Paolo Vestri\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.olivestri.it\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/04d6ae16be3582f2394e94ad384de1a7\"},\"headline\":\"Why extra virgin olive oil should be used raw\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-02-22T11:19:40+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.olivestri.it\\\/en\\\/news-en\\\/why-extra-virgin-olive-oil-should-be-used-raw\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":212,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.olivestri.it\\\/en\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.olivestri.it\\\/en\\\/news-en\\\/why-extra-virgin-olive-oil-should-be-used-raw\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.olivestri.it\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/Bottiglia-EVO-750-ml-2-1.png\",\"articleSection\":[\"News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.olivestri.it\\\/en\\\/news-en\\\/why-extra-virgin-olive-oil-should-be-used-raw\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.olivestri.it\\\/en\\\/news-en\\\/why-extra-virgin-olive-oil-should-be-used-raw\\\/\",\"name\":\"Why extra virgin olive oil should be used raw - Frantoio Olivestri\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.olivestri.it\\\/en\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.olivestri.it\\\/en\\\/news-en\\\/why-extra-virgin-olive-oil-should-be-used-raw\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.olivestri.it\\\/en\\\/news-en\\\/why-extra-virgin-olive-oil-should-be-used-raw\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.olivestri.it\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/Bottiglia-EVO-750-ml-2-1.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-02-22T11:19:40+00:00\",\"description\":\"Discover why using extra virgin olive oil raw preserves polyphenols, aroma, and quality. Advice from Frantoio Olivestri.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.olivestri.it\\\/en\\\/news-en\\\/why-extra-virgin-olive-oil-should-be-used-raw\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.olivestri.it\\\/en\\\/news-en\\\/why-extra-virgin-olive-oil-should-be-used-raw\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.olivestri.it\\\/en\\\/news-en\\\/why-extra-virgin-olive-oil-should-be-used-raw\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.olivestri.it\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/Bottiglia-EVO-750-ml-2-1.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.olivestri.it\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/Bottiglia-EVO-750-ml-2-1.png\",\"width\":1080,\"height\":1080},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.olivestri.it\\\/en\\\/news-en\\\/why-extra-virgin-olive-oil-should-be-used-raw\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.olivestri.it\\\/en\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Why extra virgin olive oil should be used raw\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.olivestri.it\\\/en\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.olivestri.it\\\/en\\\/\",\"name\":\"Frantoio Olivestri\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.olivestri.it\\\/en\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.olivestri.it\\\/en\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.olivestri.it\\\/en\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Frantoio Olivestri\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.olivestri.it\\\/en\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.olivestri.it\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.olivestri.it\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/logo-new.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.olivestri.it\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/logo-new.png\",\"width\":355,\"height\":100,\"caption\":\"Frantoio Olivestri\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.olivestri.it\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.olivestri.it\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/04d6ae16be3582f2394e94ad384de1a7\",\"name\":\"Paolo Vestri\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Why extra virgin olive oil should be used raw - Frantoio Olivestri","description":"Discover why using extra virgin olive oil raw preserves polyphenols, aroma, and quality. Advice from Frantoio Olivestri.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.olivestri.it\/en\/news-en\/why-extra-virgin-olive-oil-should-be-used-raw\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Why extra virgin olive oil should be used raw - Frantoio Olivestri","og_description":"Discover why using extra virgin olive oil raw preserves polyphenols, aroma, and quality. Advice from Frantoio Olivestri.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.olivestri.it\/en\/news-en\/why-extra-virgin-olive-oil-should-be-used-raw\/","og_site_name":"Frantoio Olivestri","article_published_time":"2026-02-22T11:19:40+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/www.olivestri.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/Bottiglia-EVO-750-ml-1.png","width":1080,"height":1080,"type":"image\/png"}],"author":"Paolo Vestri","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Paolo Vestri","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.olivestri.it\/en\/news-en\/why-extra-virgin-olive-oil-should-be-used-raw\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.olivestri.it\/en\/news-en\/why-extra-virgin-olive-oil-should-be-used-raw\/"},"author":{"name":"Paolo Vestri","@id":"https:\/\/www.olivestri.it\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/04d6ae16be3582f2394e94ad384de1a7"},"headline":"Why extra virgin olive oil should be used raw","datePublished":"2026-02-22T11:19:40+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.olivestri.it\/en\/news-en\/why-extra-virgin-olive-oil-should-be-used-raw\/"},"wordCount":212,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.olivestri.it\/en\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.olivestri.it\/en\/news-en\/why-extra-virgin-olive-oil-should-be-used-raw\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.olivestri.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/Bottiglia-EVO-750-ml-2-1.png","articleSection":["News"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.olivestri.it\/en\/news-en\/why-extra-virgin-olive-oil-should-be-used-raw\/","url":"https:\/\/www.olivestri.it\/en\/news-en\/why-extra-virgin-olive-oil-should-be-used-raw\/","name":"Why extra virgin olive oil should be used raw - Frantoio Olivestri","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.olivestri.it\/en\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.olivestri.it\/en\/news-en\/why-extra-virgin-olive-oil-should-be-used-raw\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.olivestri.it\/en\/news-en\/why-extra-virgin-olive-oil-should-be-used-raw\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.olivestri.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/Bottiglia-EVO-750-ml-2-1.png","datePublished":"2026-02-22T11:19:40+00:00","description":"Discover why using extra virgin olive oil raw preserves polyphenols, aroma, and quality. Advice from Frantoio Olivestri.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.olivestri.it\/en\/news-en\/why-extra-virgin-olive-oil-should-be-used-raw\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.olivestri.it\/en\/news-en\/why-extra-virgin-olive-oil-should-be-used-raw\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.olivestri.it\/en\/news-en\/why-extra-virgin-olive-oil-should-be-used-raw\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.olivestri.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/Bottiglia-EVO-750-ml-2-1.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.olivestri.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/Bottiglia-EVO-750-ml-2-1.png","width":1080,"height":1080},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.olivestri.it\/en\/news-en\/why-extra-virgin-olive-oil-should-be-used-raw\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.olivestri.it\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Why extra virgin olive oil should be used raw"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.olivestri.it\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.olivestri.it\/en\/","name":"Frantoio Olivestri","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.olivestri.it\/en\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.olivestri.it\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.olivestri.it\/en\/#organization","name":"Frantoio Olivestri","url":"https:\/\/www.olivestri.it\/en\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.olivestri.it\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.olivestri.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/logo-new.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.olivestri.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/logo-new.png","width":355,"height":100,"caption":"Frantoio Olivestri"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.olivestri.it\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.olivestri.it\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/04d6ae16be3582f2394e94ad384de1a7","name":"Paolo Vestri"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.olivestri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1222","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.olivestri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.olivestri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.olivestri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.olivestri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1222"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.olivestri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1222\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.olivestri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1220"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.olivestri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1222"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.olivestri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1222"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}