Iliada Kalamata PDO Extra Virgin Olive Oil, 3Lt | Multi-Awarded | Single Region 100% Greek | Monovarietal Koroneiki | Cold Press | Polyphenol Rich | Chef's Favorite

This oil is lovely - Has a fabulous flavor and is uniquely distinct from my organic olive oil from Italy. I'm having fun making Greek dishes with oil, plus it's many health benefits that are included by mother nature. Just experiment with this oil. I have the 3L can - so now I need another bottle for my Greek oil so I both Italian & Greek oils near my stove. It cooks and blends like any oilve oil in your story, but with a richer flavor and no extra effort!

I loved it!! Beautiful rich flavor with a strong fresh peppery kick , honestly tasted even better than some premium EVOOs I’ve tried before. Feels very high quality and fresh. Used it for cooking and drizzle both, and the taste stays amazing. Only downside is the pouring design. The tin packaging itself is fine, as dark is recommended but oil tends to drip down the sides from the plastic nozzle while pouring. Would be perfect if they improved the pour spout design. Definitely buying again.

I used this for both cooking and for finishing. I thought it was just fine & noticed that it’s highly awarded &has plenty of praise from chefs. I prefer a fruitier/grassier/greener flavor. Again , it’s smooth & fine, but I like a little more umph. Likewise, smell didn’t knock me out and I guess I had hoped for something a bit more green in terms of color . I will be trying other brands to see if I can get more intensely flavored oil. It kept fine in tin can until the end. No problems with delivery-no dented can. Again, it’s was a perfectly nice oil & I would use it again.

I started drinking olive oil after a trip to Greece and reading several studies about the benefits. I've cooked with olive oil for most of my life, so this wasn't that big a departure from the norm. After comparing what I was buying at the store with some better grades, I settled on Iliada for the PDO and single varietal source. The difference is definitely noticeable. The flavor and texture of Iliada oil is far better than the store-bought varieties I tried. The price even works out better per ounce. I pair a shot of oil with a piece of 90 percent cacao chocolate to start the day in a delightfully delicious way.

I stumbled upon the Iliada brand Extra Virgin Olive Oil when I was Googling "top olive oils in the world". It had won some competitions, and I figured, "why not?" I'm always searching for good EVOO. Our household uses a lot of EVOO. A lot. [see photos] We buy what we can afford, and we buy in large sizes when it goes on sale. I'd been pretty content with the olive oils I've chosen for the past few years, but that was until my significant other brought up the question of quality of our oils, and that it wasn't "real olive oil". This made me question my existence. Was I so closed-minded that I was sure the stuff I was using was good enough? I was. I needed to try other things, I needed to try EVOOs from around the world, and see what the rest of the world had to offer. This led me to this 3-liter tin of EVOO, made directly in Greece and imported to the US. Based on the reviews, I took a chance. Yes, it's about 1.5x the price of my other olive oils, but if it tastes as good as it cost, it would be worth it. I didn't buy a smaller amount because like I said, we use a lot of oil. The first test was making fried shallots. I'm not sure if you've ever made or tried fried shallots with EVOO, but it's like 3x better than fried onions rings. (I'll post a recipe later.) Now, I'm not an olive oil connoisseur, but I already knew what fried shallots tasted with the oils I've used before, so I would have a reference in terms of taste. Well, this Iliada EVOO does not disappoint. The cooking smell alone of shallots frying in this oil filled me with euphoria. When it was all cooked and done, I'm not using anything else (or until I find something even better). I have since switched my olive oil dispenser with this oil. Since it is pricey, I've decided to use it for more special dishes, and relegated the other olive oils to regular everyday stuff. Try it today; this oil has earned its spot as one of the top EVOOs in the world. Recommended.

Excellent oil. Horrible container that squirts everywhere while pouring. I would recommend buying the 750m ml round tin instead. Much better and doesn't cause any mess.

I’ve used this for years. Clean, fruity taste and very consistent.

Absolutely incredible olive oil with dark green color which indicates the highest quality and highest polyphenol level. This is amazing value for money. Very happy Customer. Thank you!

Great oil already finished it. A little pricy though

I would not call this ''the best olive oil'' as many people keep touting it seems like nearly every olive oil I stumble on there's always someone screaming ''this is the best'' well its not but for the price its a great oil for sure especially for cooking I noticed it doesn't burn like the other olive oils I've used, as I'm trying to move away from using EV-coconut oil for cooking and trying to use olive oil, this has been good so far, the majority of olive oils from your local supermarket are terrible and I think the average consumer is used to having bad olive oil, this olive oil is great for the price for cooking or maybe other uses, but I would use this for cooking and use Carapelli Organic Extra Virgin Olive Oil for dressing the food, that I noticed is the best oil ive tried from a supermarket, and if you want more special olive oil than try Laudemio Frescobaldi or Gonnelli, these last two are what real fresh olive oil should really taste like, and I would advise only for dressing food etc as its expensive

Having watched the odd TV documentary about food, and in particular olive oil, it would seem that the veracity of olive oil can often be questionable. There have even been books written about the murky world of olive oil production ( Extra Virginity: The Sublime and Scandalous World of Olive Oil for example). Even expensive olive oil bought in supermarkets can often apparently be of dubious purity. This Iliada olive oil from the Kalamata region of Greece has PDO status so you would certainly hope that it is genuine. Kalamata olive oil certainly has a good reputation, and the taste of this particular oil is certainly different from most others that I have sampled in the past. I would call the taste sweet and almost nutty. This is very good news for me as when it comes to eating olives and consuming olive oil, the one thing that puts me off is when the olives or their oil taste bitter. You certainly could not accuse this Iliada olive oil of tasting bitter. I am not the world's leading expert on olive oil, but I have travelled to Greece and Italy many times and have eaten in many restaurants there and consumed a lot of olive oil. I would like to think I could tell most of the time if olive oil is of poor quality or adulterated and I certainly don't believe this olive oil is. The best before date was around 16 months after the date of delivery.

One of the nicest bulk-buy extra virgin olive oils at a very reasonable price. I use to subscribe with an olive oil company for a monthly delivery of unique olive oils from around the world - the price of this subscription was exorbitant! But the oils were so good that I bit the bullet and excepted that this company had changed my perception of olive oil - anything else now, simply would not compare. I was browsing through the olives oils at Selfridges on a trip to London and must have spent a considerable amount of time pondering over a purchase, when a young attendee approached me, eager to share her opinion. It turned out her family owned an olive grove in Greece, she explained - without my prompting - when she runs short on her family's supply she buys nothing except Iliada - apparently the taste was far superior than some well known brands; fresh, fruity, deep, grassy, rich in flavour with a lovely green hue. The cost she explains, was easier to digest too. Im talking ten plus years ago here when Iliada were quite new to the UK, the cost has come down a lot more since then. I just had to give it a go. She wasn't wrong. I consequently cancelled my subscription with the online olive company and haven't looked back since. Now that I can buy it on Amazon at a fraction of the price and in bulk, it makes my purchase so much simpler. Especially with the extra discount with Subscribe & Save.

I exclusively use virgin olive oil in my kitchen, with the sole exception of sunflower oil for popcorn. Over the years I have read or heard various horror stories about pure olive oil mixed with not-so-pure stuff. This one is a little pricey but as it comes with PDO it has put my mind to rest, in addition to the fact that Greek virgin olive oil is among the best olive oils in the world. I use it in everything from salads to cakes to roasts to casseroles. I make a conscious effort to minimise the amount of butter I cook with, which means that I go through the entire 3L container faster than I'd like, but hopefully my body will thank me for it. I'm happy to look for a bargain sometimes, but kitchen produce I don't mess around with. I've been using this for almost 4 years and I'm sticking with it. Would recommend.