There Are No Truffles in Truffle Oil (2014)
If this is true, I am genuinely surprised that it is legal to sell "Truffle oil".<p>Take the truffle oil offered by 3 big UK supermarkets [1][2][3]. All three stores describe it as having:<p><pre><code>  > Ingredients:
  > Extra Virgin Olive Oil, Truffle Extract
</code></pre>
What else are we to interpret "truffle extract" as, other than an extract made from truffles?<p>Sainsbury's describes it as "Truffle flavour" [3] which I guess I could see as not actually stating it contains truffles (aside from the previously mentioned ingredients list). But Tesco describes it as "Truffle Flavoured" [1], which seems to me to more strongly imply it actually contains some truffle, and Asda describes it as "Flavoured with White Truffle" [2] which to me sounds like an unambiguous statement that it contains at least some white truffle.<p>If this article is accurate, it seems like a complete and utter con.<p>[1] <a href="http://www.tesco.com/groceries/product/details/?id=292974500" rel="nofollow">http://www.tesco.com/groceries/product/details/?id=292974500</a><p>[2] <a href="https://groceries.asda.com/product/seed-nut-oil/la-espanola-extra-virgin-olive-oil-flavoured-with-white-truffle/910002512430" rel="nofollow">https://groceries.asda.com/product/seed-nut-oil/la-espanola-...</a><p>[3] <a href="http://www.sainsburys.co.uk/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/gb/groceries/la-espanola-truffle-flavour-olive-oil-250ml?langId=44&storeId=10151&krypto=PZcOd%2FzyK5UzG9u54ivMIX4MX2tRdTeU7MGFHHWCKsseTJyaQ63bOvh5V61FjA1RMzt4p5lrIWnHfuDhwZG51WeK9NxDJM7KdBhoYCj9RTbKVsTLeBSQojSDErlw%2FK2n&ddkey=http%3Agb%2Fgroceries%2Fla-espanola-truffle-flavour-olive-oil-250ml" rel="nofollow">http://www.sainsburys.co.uk/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/gb/gro...</a>