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Registration is now open for the 2014 New York International Olive Oil Competition. Among commercial benefits for winning oils are inclusion in special NYIOOC displays at New York’s legendary gourmet retailer Fairway Market, and featuring in menus created by participating top restaurants across New York. A new program, Distributor Connect, will also help get winning…
Proof of quality for producers, Olives NZ Certification also provides a guarantee of authenticity for consumers via licensed use of the OliveMark® on certified products – and thereby a leading edge in the crowded EVOO market. Nearly 140 oils new season oils have been submitted to date, and a good number of 2013 retail stock…
Olive oil producers and other European food industry members have said they’re concerned about the UK’s traffic-light food labelling system because their products would be labelled as unhealthy. But nutrition labels are seen in some circles as important in providing dietary information to help consumers make informed healthy food choices. Labels may be the only…
They’re the giants of the olive world – 30-gram freaks that, according to farm co-op manager Alice Jaschke-Ferreri, are sometimes mistaken for plums. “You see something that big and nobody can believe it’s an olive,” says Jaschke-Ferreri, who’s in charge of quality control at the Bella di Cerignola co-operative in Italy’s southern Puglia region. By…
Between the mainly Empeltre-growing area of Bajo Aragón and the predominantly Arbequina growing area of Catalonia lies Sierra del Moncayo, where the local olive oil is said to be a unique blend of both varieties. Centuries of natural selection have seen the olives adjust perfectly to the zone’s ecosystem, according to Spain’s recently published application…
The modern olive-oil industry in Israel is fairly young, but producers are seeing brilliant results and rising recognition. As more people around the world reach for a bottle of extra-virgin olive oil for dressing salads, frying, baking and even drinking, a revived ancient industry in Israel is getting attention in global markets and competitions.
A few fun facts about olives: olives have been around for thousands of years, appearing in one of the earliest cookbooks ever discovered! This was a 2000-year-old text by a Roman named Apicius.
Cape Town – The first olive orchard was planted in Paarl in 1896. A decade later the region achieved an accolade for the best olives in the British Empire. I acquired this titbit of history on a recent weekend away to one of the largest olive-producing valleys in the southern hemisphere with one of my…
A study by the consumer rights watchdog Deco of 25 brands of olive oil found that one should not even have been labelled as olive oil, while four that were described as ‘extra-virgin’ should only have borne the description ‘virgin’, the association said this week. In the test, whose results are published in September’s edition…
The Olive Oil Source, the industry leader in olive oil-related products, this week announced the launch of a new episode entitled “How Olive Oil is Made”. The video is the latest in their documentary series created to educate consumers about all aspects of olive oil, including industry practices and quality factors.