Types of olive oil

Virgen olive oil: it can be only be called that if it has been obtained from using entirely mechanical of physical processes. They are either made with one variety of olive or with two or more different types.
Extra virgen olive oil: It has an acidity below 0.8 and is free from all sensory defects.
Olive oil: It has an acidity below 1 and it has a mild aroma, taste and colour.
Pomace oil or orujo: It is made using the solid residue left when th olive oil has been extracted from the fruit.
Virgen olive oil: It has an acidity below 2 and the flavour may have slight organoleptic defects.
Lampant oils: They are virgin oils not suitable for human consuption.