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The retail prices of popular Spanish olive oil brands Carbonell and Koipe have shot up this month by as much as one euro in some cases, as consumers start to feel the effects of the recent hike in wholesale prices. Food giant Deoleo – which could soon become the world’s top olive oil producer if…
The global competitiveness of the U.S. commercial olive oil industry will be the subject of a US International Trade Commission (USITC) investigation. Consumption of olive oil in the US has risen approximately 40% in the past 10 years and although production in the US has also grown, most US consumers buy imported oil, according to…
Antioxidant-rich ‘waste’ from olive oil production could be useful in the formulation of functional health drinks, suggest researchers.
How does the AOA define Extra Virgin Olive Oil? Extra Virgin Olive Oil is the natural oil from high quality olives that have been picked straight off the tree and the oil extracted as soon as possible without the use of chemicals or heat, to ensure that its remarkable health benefits, flavour and freshness are…
The chemical fenthion has been under review by the Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority (APVMA) and was recently approved for use on olives (one year only) for the control of Olive Lace Bug. The APVMA have released the2012 Fenthion Residues and Dietary Risk Assessment Report as part of its review process, which concludes that exposures…
Toowoomba businessman Karsten Wendland has suffered the wrath of bushfire season after a blaze caused almost $700,000 damage to his olive grove. A fire with a one kilometre front tore through the Wendland Olives plantation at Stonehenge near Millmerran on Tuesday night. About 4200 olive trees were damaged in the fire, which burnt through 16ha…
The Royal Agricultural Society of Victoria (RASV) has presented 33 trophies for recognition of excellence in fine food production across Australia. Producers from Victoria were awarded 18 Champion Trophies overall, while Tasmania took out six. New South Wales, South Australia, Queensland and Western Australia were awarded five, two, one and one trophies respectively. For the…
The winners of the Sydney Fine Food Olive Oil Competition have also been announced, with top awards going to: Champion EVOO of Show – Chapman River Olives (WA), Murphy Yetna Queen of Spain Cora; Champion Boutique EVOO – L’Oliveto Kains Flat (NSW), Loliveto Late Harvest; Champion Commercial EVOO – Chapman River Olives, Murphy Yetna Queen…
There was something for everyone and anyone to enjoy during the 23rd annual Olive Festival, which culminated on Saturday at Woodson City Park with day-long activities. The festival’s fun began earlier in August with the crowning of 2012 Miss Corning Catlin Ochs, followed by the Missing Olive Contest, giving Corning’s Sherlockians a chance to sleuth…
Sell your oil in small bottles and stress the health benefits. Those are among tips from Spain’s Institute of Foreign Trade (ICEX) for companies seeking a slice of the expanding olive oil market in Japan, the world’s third biggest economy. In a new report, it says that in the last decade, Japan’s olive oil imports…