Nothing makes a great meal like quality ingredients. And for quality you can trust, turn to Louianna Estates! Louianna offers organic extra virgin olive oil and balsamic vinegar that provide incredible flavour and health benefits to your dishes. I was so excited when I got the chance to try both of these great products for myself.
I’ve recently learned a bit about the different types of olive oil and since I do love a good deal, I admit that I’ve tended to buy the cheapest varieties when shopping for olive oil in the past. But did you know that sometimes extra virgin olive oil actually…isn’t? A recent study by UC-Davis of the contents of twenty verities of extra virgin olive oil found that approximately two-thirds of the olive oil was mislabelled as extra virgin. And a study by the Canadian Food Council shows that one of every five olive oil brands on Canadian shelves isn’t pure olive oil at all. Sometimes the olive oil is blended with cheaper canola, seed or nut oils. And sometimes the product you’re buying is pure olive oil, but the quality is so poor that in Italy it would be used only as lamp fuel.
So how do you make sure that the olive oil you’re using is actually 100% pure extra virgin olive oil? Well, with Louianna, it’s easy! Since every bottle is cold pressed to retain its flavour and health benefits, certified organic and certified extra virgin after extensive independent testing, you know that you are actually getting all the health benefits and delicious flavour of true extra virgin olive oil.
So having tried Louianna Extra Virgin Olive Oil for myself, was there a difference? Oh, but how! The flavour of the oil was sweeter, milder and nuttier than the olive oil I have used in the past and I couldn’t believe how much more palatable it was. I used it to sauté a batch of sliced mushrooms along with a few cloves of garlic and then glazed them with the Louianna Balsamic Vinegar, another very special product. Made with grapes from the Modena region of Italy, the vinegar is aged in caskets for four years to create balsamic vinegar that is sweet, tangy and wonderfully complex. It really enhanced the flavour of the mushrooms and my husband and I devoured them in minutes.
I enjoyed the mushrooms a lot, but I decided that I really wanted a chance to taste both of the products on their own without any other strong flavours interfering. So I found a nice loaf of multigrain artisan bread and served it with a classic olive oil and vinegar swirl for dipping. It let the rich flavour of these organic products shine and I was once again blown away by the difference between the Louianna Organic Extra Virgin Olive Oil and the store brands I’d used in the past.
Louianna wants to give you the chance to taste the difference for yourself, so the company is very generously offering one lucky Mommy Kat and Kids reader a wooden gift box containing Louianna Extra Virgin Olive Oil and Balsamic Vinegar, a $50 value! To enter to win, just visit the Louianna website and leave a blog comment about something you liked or something you learned there.
If you love to cook and have never tried organic olive oil or balsamic vinegar before, why not give Louianna products a try? You’ll be amazed at the difference it makes in your cooking and you’re sure to fall in love with the flavour. Check out the website to find a retailer near you or shop online and taste the difference high quality organic ingredients make!
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Looks and sounds yummy thanks for the chance to win it.
I like that it is organic and low acidity
Sounds delicious!
Yum! I’d love to win!!!
The balsamic vinegar is the result of the slow acidification of cooked grape must and wine vinegar alongside a four year maturation process in oak wooden casks.
One in 5 olive oils is fake!1200 different kinds of olives,they only use 5.Uncut pure organic oil,sounds yummy
I love balsamic vinegar.
Learnt that there are about 120 calories per tablespoon of olive oil.
I like that it is organic and as we know Olive oil is full of “good fats”
“The quality of Louianna Organic Estate Extra Virgin Olive Oil extends even further to its organic certification by Suolo e Salute. Suolo e Salute s.r.l. (ASS), is a Control Body for the organic agriculture authorized by Ministerial Decree no. 9697232 of 30th December 1996 by the Ministry of Agriculture, Environment and Forestry.”
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“An olive-oil-rich diet is more effective than a low-fat diet in controlling and treating obesity. Moreover, it leads to longer-lasting weight loss and it is easier to keep to because it tastes good.”
Frank Sacks Harvard School of Public Health
1 in 5 olive oils is fake!
American women might actually experience as much as a 50% reduction in breast cancer risk if they consumed more olive oil in place of saturated fats
We’ve been using only olive oil for a few years now and we love it!
the prurest of pure, I would love to try louianna! Cause I love olive oil.
I like that it is certified organic!
I learned that a diet rich in olive oil may help stave off internal cancer.
I learned The trees must not be touched during the blossoming period in order to ensure that the growth of the fruits are healthy and strong.
low acidity level.
I like that, “Louianna Organic Extra Virgin Olive Oil is derived solely from the fruit of the olives enduring utterly no treatment other than washing, decantation, and centrifugation.”
I love that there has been very little ‘processing’ of this product
I would love the try Louianna Organic Balsamic Vinegar. Thanks.
Sounds ready tasty
I love that they were chosen to represent that region by the culinary institute – looks delicious!
I like the fact that it is organic
I learned that Louianna Estate is located in a prime, hilly town of Montorio Nei Frentani, 654 meters above sea level.
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sounds soooooooo good!
I really really like balsamic vinegar, but it looks like the Organic vinegar looks awesome!
Olive oil has a protective effect against some types of malignant tumors: prostate, breast, colon, squamous cell, and oesophageal
Louianna Organic Extra Virgin Olive Oil is produced from our estates located in Montorio Nei Frentani, Campobasso, Molise, Italy, cold-pressed from the freshest, most succulent olive varieties indigenous to the region.
They were featured on BNN!!
whoa – 1 in 5 oils are fake
The name Louianna was derived from our grandparents names, Luigi or Louie and Anna Spedaliere
I like that their logo symbolizes the fruit of peace.
rafflecopter name: Lisa K
I learned that Louianna Organic Extra Virgin Olive Oil is produced only from our estates located in Montorio Nei Frentani, Campobasso, Molise, Italy.
Olive Oil is Certified Organic, Certified Extra Virgin with a remarkably low acidity of less than 0.5%, and PDO (Protected Designation of Origin) guaranteed by the European Economic Community created to protect & promote authenticity of origin.
It is gauanteed for the excellency.
Now I know that one in 5 olive oils is fake.
The balsamic vinegar is the result of the slow acidification of cooked grape must and wine vinegar alongside a four year maturation process in oak wooden casks. I never knew how they made it.
I would love to try this pure olive oil and i like how they have a nutritional stats on their page
They do Pruning in March to ensure that the proper circulation of the air flows precisely within the center of the trees.
I love that the extra virgin olive oil and balsamic vinegar are organic and are less than 0.5 for acidity!
I cant believe the trees need to be touched to help the fruit come about! wow- who would have thought….actually there was a ton I did NOT know lol
I didn’t know that adding olive oil into your diet can actually prevent cancer!
I learned that Olive Oil contains both omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids
OMG! I didn’t realize that so many of the Olive Oils on my Grocer’s shelf were ‘fake’!
I learned that the origin of Louianna began in Molise. Which is a modestly small-populated region located in south central Italy bordering on the eastern side of the Adriatic Sea and approximately 130 miles south east of Rome. (Going to Rome is #1 on my ‘bucket’ list.) Thanks for the chance to win!
The balsamic vinegar is their newest edition to their products
I learned that the quality is uncut, and is a real pure olive oil made in molise of italy. It’s their grandparents love of olive oil that started the company and there are alot of fakes in grocery stores!
I like that you can buy it at Longos!
Maybe the organic live oil in the car.
They have FREE SHIPPING ANYWHERE IN NORTH AMERICA!