EVOO
The International Olive Council (IOC) recently presented the 14th edition of the Mario Solinas Quality Awards for extra virgin olive oils. Named after the late professor Mario Solinas of Italy,…
The European Commission is investigating whether the UK’s ‘traffic light’ front of pack labelling is compatible with EU law, something which could result in an infringement procedure, it says.
A high-end PAM. It’s safe to say that’s how most Americans think of and use extra virgin olive oil. Put a little in a pan before a stir fry and…
Dates have been announced for the 2014 NZ EVOO Awards, so add them to your diaries now. Entries open on 11 August and close on 5 September, with the Awards…
The Olives NZ executive are a proactive bunch, and have plenty of great initiatives both in the planning stages and in train to assist members. The latest is a range…
… Extra virgin olive oil. The olive oil market is fraught with dodgy labelling. Actual ‘extra virgin’ olive oil means the oil has been squeezed from the fruit whereas all…
Despite the difficult harvest and the poor economic and trading trends, this has been a very good year for Italian extra virgin olive oil, which raked up a lot of…
The subject of olive oil quality – in particular that of extra virgin olive oil – has been the topic of much discussion recently. A new book, The Extra Virgin…