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New superfoods feature in the full list of top 10 food and drink trends for 2014, released by research company Innova Market Insights at the Food Ingredients Europe trade show in Frankfurt, Germany last week. Interesting reading for our industry, as EVOO fits many of the categories at the top of the list – Ed.
The Food and Drug Administration’s announcement last week that trans fats must be eliminated from foods due to their link to heart disease has cast a pall over US soybean growers … Monsanto and DuPont are coming to the rescue. The two biotech companies have been developing a soybean whose genetic profile makes oil derived…
One company alone controls 95% of olive oil bottling in the United Kingdom – a fact that may simplify the UK’s compliance with a new European Union olive oil testing regime. That company – understood to be Edible Oils Ltd, part of the Princes group – is among members of the UK’s olive oil sector…
Back in the spring, I noticed that a whiff of the cold-pressed extra virgin olive oil in the cupboard brought to mind a recent engine oil change rather than my idea of what the sun-drenched olive groves of Italy should smell like. When it comes to cooking oils, the old adage “buyer beware” has never…
World Community hosted a celebration of olive oil with the inspiring film, The People and the Olive … When a group of American ultramarathoners sets out to run 129 miles in 5 days across Palestine, they discover that in replanting uprooted olive trees, they are planting hope and building cultural bridges. The runners’ motto was…
The European Commission has revamped its promotion policy for foods and drinks produced in the EU, with a bigger budget and a new slogan: ‘Enjoy, it’s from Europe’.
This year, Conway Couto and Adam Kennedy volunteered to harvest the Hamilton City FFA’s high-density Arbequina olives. It was a great experience to see the harvester and how it works. Students at Hamilton High learn by doing. The school farm provides opportunities for practical experience while making money for leadership opportunities.
Taiwan was informed by Spanish officials as early as 2009 that two local firms were selling adulterated cooking oils and passing them off as pure imports from Spain, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) confirmed Wednesday. FDA head Yeh Ming-kung said a review of internal documents found that Spain’s representative office in Taiwan raised concerns…
The future of the International Olive Council is among key topics to be discussed at the annual session of its decision-making organ, the Council of Members, in Madrid this week. Representatives of the IOC’s 18 members countries are attending the session and for the first time are joined by a representative of the United States…
The New Zealand olive industry has said goodbye to one of its original members, Morry Vickers, who passed away recently. Vickers was one of the country’s first growers in the 1990s and was instrumental in setting up groves and a co-operative in the Waikato region. He was also a previous Olives New Zealand member (then…