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The period from the middle of October until mid-November is when the olive harvest begins in Istria, Croatia’s premier olive oil producing region. This is also the time of year when an annual festival celebrating the new olive oil season is held in Vodnjan, in the southern part of the Istrian peninsula.
With consumer interest in health and specialty oils growing, FoodNavigator takes a look at the positioning of superfood newcomers and well-established favourites in Europe.
Foodstuffs, alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages detained by EU customs authorities jumped more than 50% over a one year period.
When I first married, I stocked the pantry with a can of affordable Spanish olive oil sourced through a friend. But as time meandered along and finances became more secure, I began to buy better quality oil, until I was using an organic variety procured at our local flea market. Somewhere along the line, I…
Residents of Son Servera have collected some 11,000 kilos of olives which the town hall will make into oil. They were collected by corporation workers and taken from the municipal warehouse to an oil press to maintain the town’s tradition of making its own olive oil, which once bottled, will be given to local residents.…
The largest olive oil producers in California are going to get visits from the state this year – and they have the welcome mats out. That’s because it is the growers and millers who pushed the state Department of Agriculture to establish quality assurance and labelling standards for the industry that went into effect last…
It was believed that during the 1960’s, most people took a shot of olive oil every breakfast as part of their diet. Especially for those who work out all day under the sun like fishermen and people who did goat herding . Here’s why …
Olive oil, black pepper, bread and cheese – restaurants and artisan ice cream makers are finding success with savoury flavours but will European manufacturers and retailers follow?
Exports from the Greek island of Crete nearly doubled to €295 million for the first six months of 2015 according to Alkiviadis Kalabokis, president of the Exporters’ Association of Crete. This is mainly due to increased olive oil exports which grew an even more dramatic 518% during the same period.
French retailers have unveiled an alternative ‘simplified’ nutrition label which rivals the five-coloured label and banishes the red traffic light that they cast as discriminatory against certain foods.