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

My husband is Greek, raised in the hills near Sparta with family olive groves, so we are particular about olive oil. This is the first time we have used this brand of olive oil, and we are not disappointed. It meets all our standards for top quality olive oil.

The BEST flavor, quality and value. Metal container preserves quality.

Best kalamata olive oil

GREAT INFORMATIONAL PACKET. GREAT ONE REGION OLIVE OIL AND GREAT PRICE.

High quality oil. I have bought it several times. Continue buying for 2 years now. Taste is amazing.

I’ve been using it for over a year, and since the taste hasn't changed at all, it seems like the flavor doesn't deteriorate, unlike with plastic bottles. I’m satisfied. There’s no leakage at the cap, and it’s easy to use. As for the taste, it’s slightly bitter to me, but it's not a big issue when I use it in salads, so I’m still using it without any problems. It gets masked just fine in balsamic dressing.

Now I know what real olive oil is, the cheaper stuff they market as "real olive oil" I am now sure they cut heavily with canola, does not compare to this.

Rich with fruity and slightly peppery taste. Excellent olive oil.

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.

The flavour is exceptional - rich, green, grassy with a slightly bitter peppery finish. I pretty much drizzle it on everything apart from my cornflakes. The 3l tin was £25 earlier this year but has shot up to about £40!? I still have a litre left so will keep an eye on it to see if the price drops.