.HOMER CALLED it liquefied gold. To Hippocrates it was actually "the excellent therapist". At presents olive oil is made use of to sautu00e9 vegetables or even dress tossed salads-- yet it is once again coming to be a deluxe. In September prices reached their highest degree given that records started, climbing through 117% year-on-year according to the International Monetary Fund. Olive oil is seventeen opportunities as beneficial as crude oil weight for body weight in 2019 it was 7 times cheaper. Why has the cost shot up?