5 Most Common Counterfeit Foods in the US

1. Olive oil

No. of times repeated: 13

You can only go beyond reading the label when it comes to olive oil. A lot of olive oil that labels itself as “From Italy” is shipped into Italy and then exported again, so if it goes through one of the ports, it’s not legally a lie. Olive oil can be made fully from an affordable oil that has been enriched with beta-carotene and chlorophyll, or it may be blended with vegetable or soybean oil. You may search for the “extra-virgin” label, but according to one research, 69 percent of bottles with that label fail the test.

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