.HOMER CALLED it liquid gold. To Hippocrates it was actually "the excellent physician". Nowadays olive oil is actually made use of to sautu00e9 vegetables or even gown salads-- but it is once more ending up being a deluxe. In September prices reached their highest degree due to the fact that records began, rising by 117% year-on-year according to the International Monetary Fund. Olive oil is actually seventeen times as important as crude oil weight for weight in 2019 it was 7 opportunities less costly. Why possesses the cost shot up?