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Creamy sauces, cookies, casseroles and cakes – as temperatures drop, it’s natural to crave favorite comfort foods. However, it’s easy to overindulge on rich dishes and decadent desserts, especially if…
Bulk sales of olive oil from Spain to the US have skyrocketed, new figures show. In 2007, 16% of 113,000 tons of olive oil – mostly from Spain – arrived…
The traditional Mediterranean diet of fruit and vegetables, nuts, fish and wine could prevent neurological degeneration in later life, say researchers at the University of Edinburgh.
Import trends suggest a dramatic change in the ways olive oil reaches American end users and the successful transition by Spain and others toward marketing their national brands to foreign…
A growing awareness of the environmental impact of food production and a desire to shop sustainably will heavily influence how consumers plan, shop for and prepare meals in the coming…
The FDA has extended the comment period on the use of the term ‘healthy in food labelling from January 26 to April 26.
Millers in the rural town of Coudoux, France, are perpetuating the ancestral way of producing olive oil and are adamant about doing so in order to be able to offer…
Tunisia is expected to produce 100,000 tonnes of olive oil in the 2016/2017 season, more than 55% down on the national average of 180,000 tonnes, the Tunisian National Office for…