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A global police crackdown has seized over 10,000 tonnes of illicit or dangerous food and drink, including monkey meat, dead insects and fake sugar spiked with fertiliser, the European police agency says. In Italy, officers seized 85 tonnes of olives “painted with copper sulphate to enhance their colour”, while British police recovered nearly 10,000 litres…
Both olive oil and butter are 100% fat. Both have more than 100 calories a tablespoon, but olive oil has less saturated fat and no dietary cholesterol. Almost all foods contain some form of fat. Fats are organic compounds that are made up of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen. Fats belong to a group of substances…
Officers from the Toledo and Ciudad Real sections of the Guardia Civil have uncovered a gang of olive thieves who are believed to have sold 300 tons of the fruit to oil producers and have arrested 23 people.
The Taipei District Court sentenced Wei Ying-chung, former chairman of Ting Hsin Oil and Fat Industrial Co and Wei Chuan Foods Corp, to four years in prison Friday for fraud in an oil adulteration scandal.
Georgia’s first ever olive processing plant has opened in eastern Georgia’s Kakheti region. Yesterday Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili attended the opening of the factory, which was financially supported by a state program. Within the program, about 300 hectares olive plantation was developed then a processing plant was built in Signagi district of Kakheti.
Upon opening a new bottle of extra virgin olive oil (EVOO), the aromas of fresh cut grass and green almond waft into your nose. It is so intense that you might exclaim: “What an Extra Virgin” or, if you are a Spaniard, “Qué Virgen Extra.” This is the slogan that led to the naming of…
The olive tree is living proof that beauty has nothing to do with perfection. The evolution of the twisted and gnarled wood into the collection of lanceolate and graceful leaves reaches the best aesthetic expression in monumental plants: the slashes imprinted in the secular structure express the history over the centuries, like the signs of…
Deoleo, the world’s largest olive oil company, has initiated a voluntary recall of Bertolli Extra Virgin Olive Oil (8.5 oz) and Carapelli Extra Virgin Olive Oil, (25.5 oz), sold in glass bottles in 20 US states, according to the US Food and Drug Administration Recall Information database. https://www.oliveoiltimes.com/olive-oil-business/north-america/deoleo-recalls-bertolli-and-carapelli-products/50909
In two weeks, judges at the New York International Olive Oil Competition will analyse more than 800 entries from around the world to identify this year’s best extra virgin olive oils. https://www.oliveoiltimes.com/olive-oil-basics/worlds-best-olive-oils-to-be-unveiled-in-new-york/50992
The North American Olive Oil Association (NAOOA), a non-profit group that promotes the health, versatility, and authenticity of all types of olive oil for North American consumers, has opened registration for its second annual Olive Oil Conference.