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Truffle oil you buy at the store, never been within miles from a real truffle. It's an oil that made to smell and taste "kinda" like truffle. The label is clear about that. It's not fake in the same way it's talked about fake balsamic vinegar in this article.
Interestingly, what most people think of as "truffle flavour" is fake truffle. Only two types of truffle have any flavour of note, the French black Perigord and the Italian white. They taste milder than you have been led to believe, there aren't many, they don't freeze, and they're only available in summer. Corollary: if you have a truffle not in season, it's definitely a fake. If you have a truffle in season, it's s…
I remember having fake truffle fries shortly after real truffle fries and boy the difference so big, I don't know why fake truffle just didn't create it's own label.