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      Unopened, truffle oil can last up to a year if stored properly. Of course, the exception here is if you live in areas with hot, humid climate, which is bad for truffle oil. Each time you open the bottle of truffle oil to use it in your dishes, the aroma and flavor diminishes quicker.Thus, as soon as you open the bottle for the first time, deterioration and fading of its distinct taste and smell occurs. This is sped up each time truffle oil is exposed to air, but it still deteriorates even when the bottle is closed.Once opened, truffle oil lasts for around 4 to 6 months at room temperature, and 6 to 8 months when refrigerated. This number is just an average. For example, olive oil lasts for years once opened, while canola oil lasts for one year, and grapeseed oil lasts for months. This means that truffles infused in olive oil tend to last much longer than those infused in canola and grapeseed. Some people think that just because black truffles are more fragrant than white truffles, black truffle oil is stronger compared to white truffle oil.While this may be true in some cases, the difference is very small, and their aroma deteriorates at the same rate. Truffle oil is susceptible to oxidation, which often occurs when air is let into the bottle when opening it. The oil also degrades when exposed to heat or light. While bottles will always have an expiration date written at the back, this is just an estimate. You might find yourself with bad truffle oil way before or way after that date, depending on how you store your truffle oil.Artificial truffle oil is made up of chemical compounds that may harm your body once it undergoes several chemical processes due to heat or air contamination.Now we move on to the dangers of consuming expired truffle oil , which in all honesty, is not as bad as it seems. Olive oil is resilient so if your truffle oil becomes tasteless and odorless, you can still use it when cooking as olive oil. The most common complaint people have on expired truffle oil is a wasted meal.You take one bite into your mashed potatoes and get a rancid flavor that makes you want to puke. However, this can be avoided if you sniff the oil first before drizzling it over your dish. Synthetic truffle oil contains chemical compounds, and when chemicals are contaminated and compromised, they create by-products. Any oil, when rancid, produces aldehydes, peroxides and free radicals, which causes healthy cells in the body to deteriorate.However, truffle oil is consumed in such low quantities that any chemical by-product in rancid truffle oil will not affect your health, unless of course you guzzle down an entire bottle of rancid truffle oil. So what is the worst case scenario when it comes to consuming bad and expired truffle oil? That would be Botulism, which is potentially fatal, but also extremely rare. Botulism is caused by bacteria called Clostridium botulinum, which produces toxins that cause the illness.However, it is caused by improper preservation. So this can only happen to you if you buy truffle oil that is subpar and preserved incorrectly.My head started swimming. Is this chef out of her mind?!? Why in the world would it ever be even a remotely good idea to douse cold sefood with fricking truffle oil?!? Even real truffles would be abominable in that situation. It's just about the worst combination I could think of—one that deserves, at the bare minimum, a catering license revocation. Am I being snobby about this?You bet I am. Truffles are snob food, by definition, and their attempted democratization was one of the largest culinary crimes ever committed. I'm happy that most of the world has realized this, and implore the last few stragglers to just put down the bottle once and for all. Ed Levine's got a line of unknown origin he's been carrying around that to me, pretty much sums it up: "Comparing truffle oil to real truffles is like comparing sniffing dirty underwear to having sex.I couldn't agree more. This article by Daniel Patterson EDIT: article originally misidentified author as David Patterson in the New York Times from is a thoroughly more academic, less off-the-hilt, and much better written article on the same subject. I suggest reading it! Actively scan device characteristics for identification. Use precise geolocation data. Select personalised content. Create a personalised content profile.Measure ad performance. Select basic ads. Jeremy Parzen September 7, PM. People, I'm sorry to break it to you, but there are just no two ways about it: Truffle oil or truffled oil is a sham, it's bad for you and it's just downright evil.I'm currently traveling in Italy, where the world's most famous truffles are foraged. When I received an e-mail from my editor here at Eating Our Words asking me if I'd like to share my thoughts on the big bowl of wrong that is truffle oil, I stopped at one of Italy's famous roadside Autogrill franchises and picked up the above bottle of this pernicious pseudo-food product for edification's sake.The fact that truffle oil is made with 2,4-Dithiapentane a petroleum product and not with truffles has been widely documented in contemporary gastronomy.If you've ever smelled mercaptans, you know that they smell like farts. So if you want to consume olive oil that's been infused with fart aroma and one of the most toxic substances commonly used by humankind, I can only say de gustibus non est disputandum. You'll note in the above detail of the label that the ingredients include "truffle aroma" and olive oil. But if you look carefully at the front label of the bottle, you see that it depicts white truffles from Alba Piedmont, Italy with the caveat that "the image is not representative of the contents.But beyond the fact that truffle oil is an entirely duplicitous and unwholesome pseudo-food product, there is another and equally important reason why it should be avoided. Whether black from central Italy most famously Umbria or southern France or white from Alba northwestern Italy , truffles are among the world's most expensive and coveted foods, often costing thousands of dollars per pound depending on their pedigree and market demand.White truffle oil can be purchased at most specialty food stores and high end grocery stores, as well as online. Look for oils that are derived from natural ingredients, and avoid ones that mention "truffle aroma", "essence," or "flavor. As with all cooking oils, store your truffle oil in a cool dark place, and use it within a month or two. 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