Using Extra Virgin Olive Oil to Cook Vegetables Enhances Polyphenol and Carotenoid Extractability: A Study Applying the sofrito Technique
Olive oil is the main source of fat in the Mediterranean diet and the most frequently used here ingredient in Mediterranean cuisine.Cooking with olive oil has been attracting attention because it can act as a food excipient, thereby increasing the bioaccessibility and bioavailability of ingested bioactive compounds.The aim of this study was to unde