If this is true, I am genuinely surprised that it is legal to sell "Truffle oil".
Take the truffle oil offered by 3 big UK supermarkets [1][2][3]. All three stores describe it as having:
> Ingredients:
> Extra Virgin Olive Oil, Truffle Extract
What else are we to interpret "truffle extract" as, other than an extract made from truffles?
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.
If this article is accurate, it seems like a complete and utter con.
[1] http://www.tesco.com/groceries/product/details/?id=292974500
[2] https://groceries.asda.com/product/seed-nut-oil/la-espanola-...
[3] http://www.sainsburys.co.uk/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/gb/gro...
Take the truffle oil offered by 3 big UK supermarkets [1][2][3]. All three stores describe it as having:
What else are we to interpret "truffle extract" as, other than an extract made from truffles?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.
If this article is accurate, it seems like a complete and utter con.
[1] http://www.tesco.com/groceries/product/details/?id=292974500
[2] https://groceries.asda.com/product/seed-nut-oil/la-espanola-...
[3] http://www.sainsburys.co.uk/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/gb/gro...