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There’s new proof that olive oil is good for you. But you get what you pay for, with high-quality extra virgin varieties far more likely to prevent heart attacks and stroke than cheaper processed types.
Plans are coming together for the 2014 NZ EVOO Awards, with some great opportunities on offer to winners of this year’s competition. Firstly, Olives New Zealand (ONZ) will offer assistance to the 2014 Best in Class winners to enter nominated international competitions in 2015. Secondly, ONZ has received requests from international tasting panels for samples…
Olives New Zealand have reported a great participation rate in this year’s Grove Census, with 100 members as well as three non-members providing data on 2013 harvest tonnage and yields. The 2014 Grove Census Report is now being drafted and a copy will be emailed to all participants when finalised. All members who returned their…
A heads-up on dates for the 2014 NZ Easter Show Olive Oil Awards: entries close this year on Monday, 1 September, with all oils due a week later. Detailed schedules will be distributed in July, so add it in your diary and stay tuned to Friday Olive Extracts for more information. Queries to Mike Cundy…
The olive harvest is off to a good start with the hot dry summer combining with the industry’s maturing trees to provide lots of high quality fruit. Olives New Zealand president Andrew Taylor said the harvest began in the far North in late March and will finish up in Canterbury in July. He said it…
The food industry has come out largely in support of this week’s Australian federal Budget, which is being viewed by commentators as the toughest in two decades.
Buyers wanting to be able to judge the quality of olive oil they purchase will gain from knowledge being shared by Australian expert Leandro Ravetti of Boundary Bend, via the International Olive Oil School’s new Olive Oil Quality Assurance course. Aimed at retailers, restaurants, importers and distributors, the web-based course is intended to demystify olive…
Australian magazine readers should be seen by food companies as first adopters when it comes to new grocery products, according to new research.
Participants at the International Extra Virgin Olive Oil Savantes Melbourne and Toledo programs will be tasting high quality extra virgin olive oils from most of the world’s growing regions. Producers or distributors who would like their products considered for tasting should email [email protected] with details of the olive oils, including certification and lists of current…
The program has been confirmed for the next International Extra Virgin Olive Oil Savantes program, being held in Melbourne at the Vibe Hotel, Carlton on 16-18 July. Heading the features is tasting of some of the highest quality extra olive oils from the Northern and Southern Hemispheres as judged in various local and international competitions.The…