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Californian co-operative Sunsweet Growers has tied up with olive polyphenols expert CreAgri to develop a new range of juices containing Hidrox, a potent anti-inflammatory ingredient from olive juice.
Rajasthan is more famous for its historical forts, palaces and vast tracts of desert. But, now the desert state is charting on an innovative course in the field of agriculture. One of the innovative projects is the olive cultivation. In the past, a few experiments to introduce olive cultivation elsewhere in the country ended in…
The Turkish olive sector is overcoming the periodicity problem, which refers to no high harvest for two years in a row, due to technical improvements in farming, said Turkish Union of Agricultural Chambers (TZOB) Chairman Şemsi Bayraktar in a written statement.
There is a strange “fashion” in olive oil followers which is affected by “hypocrite purists.” These purists wrongly “believe” that the oil coming by olives is only one grade: extra virgin. For a deep ignorance or a peculiar interest, the “purists” are wrong. For hundreds of years, people living in the production countries, including Italy,…
The area of the Southern Spanish region of Andalusia is famed for its large coverage of olive groves and high levels of extra virgin olive oil production. However, recent data suggests a new trend is emerging in the region, with a 21% increase of organic olive groves. The increase, which equates to 1,979 additional hectares,…
New and more thorough estimates have pegged Andalusia’s olive oil production at less than 514,000 tons this season – about half the average of the last five harvests – and Spain’s total production at just over 625,000 tons. According to the forecast from the Andalusian regional government, the worst-hit of its provinces will be world…
The new Leopard decanter series is the technological solution of the third era in olive oil extraction, increasing the user’s competitive edge. Leopard is the only two-phase decanter producing a dehydrated husk similar to that of three-phase. It also recovers a wet pulp directly inside the bowl, ideal for uses such as composting or animal…
The October 2012 edition of the Australian & New Zealand Olivegrower & Processor magazine published an article titled “Objectives and Methods of Pruning – Pt 1”. Mercelo Berlanda was credited as the author of this article. The assertion that Mr Berlanda was the author of the article is incorrect, and the Australian & New Zealand…
Deakin University researchers are investigating the anti-inflammatory properties of oleocanthal in olive oil as protection against the inflammation involved in muscle-wasting conditions such as muscular dystrophy. Oleocanthal has a similar anti-inflammatory action as ibuprofen, with 25-50ml of EVOO providing 10% of the anti-inflammatory effect of a dose of ibuprofen, and researchers are hoping to find…
Twenty-one companies, including one of the country’s largest manufacturers of olive oil, a property business and a renewable energy company have all been suspended from the Australian Securities Exchange for failing to lodge their financial reports in time. And in a move that raises questions about how SMEs go about listing in the first place,…