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Adele Mazoudier, John Attwood and their local Tamworth growers intend to hold a competition among the young chefs around Tamworth. The winner will then be sponsored by the Tamworth Growers and flown to Sydney to compete in the 2013 ‘Armonie in the Kitchen’ Competition, which is the last section of the prestigious 2013 Armonia Southern…
Look out olive oil. Production of high-oleic acid soybean oil is set to rise 20-fold in less than five years and biotech giants Monsanto and DuPont expect food industry demand to grow fast. Engineered to be high in the heart-healthy monounsaturated fat olive oil is famed for, nearly 50,000 tons of the new soybean oil…
Olive oil tasting needs to follow precise rules, and the use of the right tools. A famous cobalt blue glass is one of them. According to the International Olive Oil Council, an official sensory analysis of olive oil requires a standard glass that has to match some specific and peculiar characteristics. The olive oil tasting…
Pour on the olive oil, preferably over fish and vegetables: one of the longest and most scientific tests of a Mediterranean diet suggests this style of eating can cut the chance of suffering heart-related problems, especially strokes, in older people at high risk of them. The study lasted five years and involved about 7,500 people…
In the last three years, with the economic crisis plaguing the main players in this sector, regional and state governments have continued to throw to the winds various plans to find the savior needed by (olive) growers, mills and co-operatives.
Nigella and Jamie might have to rethink some recipes after warnings of an international shortage of extra virgin olive oil. The ingredient, generously drizzled over everything from salads to pasta dishes and roasted vegetables, has fallen victim to weather extremes. While Britain suffered its wettest summer in 100 years during 2012, the farmers of Spain…
A research group at the University of Jaén, Spain, has developed a new software program designed to evaluate and classify extra virgin olive oils. The innovative software is hoped to be a breakthrough in the sensory evaluation process of olive oil and is a joint collaboration between the university, olive oil technology company Citoliva, CM…
A massive hail storm has wiped out a quarter of one of Australia’s biggest olive crops. Boundary Bend Estate produces olives and olive oil at Boort, in central Victoria. The hail bruised the fruit and left about 5,000 tonnes of wasted oilves lying on the ground…. Read more here About 5,000 tonnes of olives are…
THERE are many hurdles for growers to overcome in the future, writes ALEX SAMPSON As growers around the state struggle to cope with the heat, high Aussie dollar, supermarket pressure and competition from cheap imports, grower groups are discussing survival strategies and pushing for governments to do more. To read more click here.
The North American Olive Oil Association, a trade group that represents the olive oil business in the United States and Canada, is suing Kangadis Food, saying it falsely labelled its Capatriti brand as olive oil when the product is a fat from leftover olive skins and pits. That fat, known as olive pomace oil or…