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Pressing of the final batches of Olio Bello olive oil has begun at the Margaret River grove. Olio Bello general manager Brett Gaskin spoke to Mail this week about the growing appreciation of high quality olive oil in Australia and how the climate of the South West was as favourable for growing olives as it…
The closing date for online entries for the 2014 Royal Melbourne Fine Food Awards (RMFFA) has been extended to 6 June 2014. Including categories for extra virgin olive oil, table olives and flavoured oil, the awards promote excellence in agriculture and food production and this year offer medal winners the opportunity to participate in an…
More consistent rain across the Wangaratta district this week has olive growers and sheep farmers saying enough is enough. Following on from the best autumn break in 20 years, 12mm within five hours to 3pm yesterday was recorded at the Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) weather station at Wangaratta Airport.
Organised by Fleurieu Food, the annual Fleurieu Olive Awards promote the local olive industry and showcase the best olive oils and table olives the region has to offer. This year’s event sees a new chief judge in Briony Liebich, a sensory analyst with over 10 years’ of professional tasting experience across various wine and food…
An Australian SME has launched a Global Worming business for food processors and packaging manufacturers.
The information pack for entries to the 2014 WAOC EVOO Competition, held in conjunction with the Perth Royal Show, is now available for download from the WAOC website – here . Entries open on Monday, 14 July and close Friday, 8 August, with the Awards Presentation Dinner to be held on 13 September. For more…
Palace Cinemas is the largest chain of art-house cinemas in Australia, with 20 theaters, employing more than 500 people and selling 3-4 million tickets per year. So it was no small decision to use only olive oil to pop their popcorn.
In its annual overview for the 2014 Australian and New Zealand Olive Industry Directory, the AOA estimates 2013 domestic olive oil production at 19 million litres, following a reduced crop in 2012. This is against an estimated 2013 production of 400,000 litres in New Zealand and only an average world crop expected for 2013/14. This…
The US Pharmacopeial Convention (USP) submitted a public comment letter to the FDA urging it to revisit its strategy for addressing economically motivated adulteration (EMA) of food ingredients, noting that the current framework doesn’t sufficiently address its unique risks.
For Brown University researcher and Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine Dr Mary Flynn, the development and advocacy of a plant-based, olive oil diet was at one time considered outrageous. In the 1990s when the notion of consuming low-fat and fat-free foods for health was gaining widespread popularity, Flynn, who is also a nutritionist at The…