.HOMER CALLED it liquid gold. To Hippocrates it was actually "the fantastic healer". These days olive oil is used to sautu00e9 vegetables or even gown mixed greens-- yet it is once again ending up being a deluxe. In September prices reached their highest degree since files started, rising through 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 times less expensive. Why has the cost soared?