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Subsidies are effective at promoting healthier food and beverage choices, according to a new review published in Public Health Nutrition. Now there’s an idea – subsidies for consumers, rather than EU producers … Ed!
A group of Portuguese food lovers living in Macau are working toward the creation of an Olive Oil Association (Confraria do Azeite), which will celebrate its official launch this weekend. Hoping to promote the Mediterranean product around Asia, João Tique and Gilberto Lopes, members of the organisation, believe the association can play an important role…
The Dieline Package Design Awards for 2013 has given distinction to a Greek olive oil campaign for its design and slogan, “a couple of drops of Greek extra virgin olive oil,” a boost for one of Greece’s most important exports.
Healthier fats like olive or sunflower oil can be used in biscuits without impacting the taste and texture, finds new research.
Croatia’s smaller olive oil producers hope to capture niche European markets. Croatia is to join the EU on Monday after nearly a decade of negotiations. It is both an opportunity and a concern for Croatian businesses entering a competitive European market, as Guy De Launey reports.
Scientists in China say a cheap new device, similar to a home pregnancy test, will help detect illegal and dangerous cooking oils in restaurants and stores.
Table olive growers in California expect this year’s crop to be about the same size as last year’s, which marked a bit of a recovery for farmers after a series of failed crops, an industry official said. While an official crop estimate isn’t due out until August, Central Valley growers are reporting their orchards are…
Air, light and oxygen are the enemies of olive oil. The package can mitigate the degradation in natural reason of various factors, not only for the material. What is the best box for the extra virgin olive oil to preserve the best and the most long as possible to the potential customer?
Olive (Olea europaea) leaves are used as anti-rheumatic, anti-inflammatory, antinociceptive, antipyretic, vasodilatory, hypotensive, antidiuretic and hypoglycemic agents in traditional medicine. Recently, it has been shown that olive leaf extract (OLE) has calcium channel blocker property; however its influences on nociceptive threshold and morphine effects have not yet been clarified.
Details have been announced for the ONZ Tasting Seminar, being held in conjunction with the 2013 NZ EVOO Awards. The course will be run by international head judge for the 2013 awards, Sue Langstaff, and will include: • sensory science – training to use senses in an analytical way • language development to describe olive…