The olive (also known as the table olive) and the valuable oil extracted from the fruitâ??s flesh are the two rewards of the olive tree. Before they can be consumed, all olives, whether green or black, must be processed.Olives mature on the tree and can be harvested as green table olives when young or allowed to ripen on the tree. Ripe olives are also harvested for food processing, but if they are to be utilized for oil, they are left on the trees even longer.
Many pairs of hands and eyes guard the quality of olive processing. Touch is used to track every step of the process, from plucking olives in the grove to hand-culling olives on the shaker table. All other processes are closely monitored. Taste tests ensure the crunch of cured olives and the blending of tastes, and chemistry is regulated by relatively basic instruments.
Olives and olive oil are healthy meals that supply vitamins, minerals, and other nutrients, according to medical studies.
Free acidity (oleic acid %) - M 0,8%
Peroxide value (meg 02/kg) - M 20
K232 (in UV) - M 2,5
K270 (in UV) - M 0,22
Delta K (in UV) - M 0,01
Myristic acid - M 0,05
Arachidic acid - M 0,6
Linolenic acid - M 1
Eicosenoic acid - M 0,4
Behenic acid - M 0,2
Lignoceric acid - M 0,2
Extra virgin olive oil is the highest grade of virgin olive oil derived by cold mechanical extraction without use of solvents or refining methods. It contains no more than 0.8% free acidity, and is judged to have a superior taste, having some fruitiness and no defined sensory defects.
Cultivation Type COMMON
Packaging Glass Bottle
Purity (%)99
Volume (L)1
Certification IFS; HALAL; CERTIFIED TRACEABILITY.
Place of Origin south Africa
Brand Name OLITERRRA
Model Number 127889
Use Cooking
QUALITYnHIGH
FLAVOUR MILD
SHELF LIFE 24 MONTHS
TRANS FAT FREE
CHOLESTEROL FREE
EXTRA VIRGIN OLIVE OIL
Free acidity (oleic acid %) M 0,8%
Peroxide value (meg 02/kg) M 20
K232 (in UV) M 2,5
K270 (in UV) M 0,22
Delta K (in UV) M 0,01
Myristic acid M 0,05
Arachidic acid M 0,6
Linolenic acid M 1
Eicosenoic acid M 0,4
Behenic acid M 0,2
Lignoceric acid M 0,2
Olive oil is the oil that comes from the fruit of the olive tree (Olea europea). Virgin olive oil is produced by mechanical processing of the olive fruit in olive mills. It is a key element of the Mediterranean diet and is considered a healthy food product due to its content of monounsaturated fats, antioxidants, etc.
Physical and chemical characteristics
Crude virgin olive oil is a mixture of various ingredients. These can be distinguished into three categories: Glycerides, fat-soluble substances and water-soluble substances. They can also be distinguished into saponifiable and non-saponifiable components. Glycerides, which are also saponifiable components, are mainly triglycerides, i.e. esters of glycerol with fatty acids. The latter are mainly: oleic, palmitoleic, linoleic, stearic and palmitic. The first three are unsaturated fatty acids, and the other two are saturated
Historical data
In the Greek area, presses for the production of oil from olives and containers (jars) for oil storage dating from the Mycenaean era have been found. According to the excavations carried out in the Proto-Cycladic II (2,700-2,300 BC) cemetery of Spedos in 1903 by Klonos Stefanos, among the other finds, he mentions a silver-plated clay vessel which contained traces of spoiled olive oil. The careful research in the chemistry of the National University under Professor K. Zengeli proved, beyond doubt, the existence of olive oil. Klonos Stefanos (in the Proceedings of the Archaeological Society PAE 1906) notes that together with the silver-plated clay vessel, a triple clay oil lamp was found. Olive oil is referred to on a Linear B tablet from Knossos as erawo (oil) and on others with a special ideogram.
Olive oil and health
Olive oil contains high levels of monounsaturated fatty acids (MUFA) as well as an abundance of bioactive components. Of these, the phenolic components are the most extensively studied. Regarding the benefits of MUFAs in human health, the US Food and Drink Administration authorized qualitative health claims (health claims), for the first time in 2004, regarding the protection offered by monounsaturated fatty acids of olive oil against cardiovascular risk diseases. Overall, the benefits of olive oil fatty acids were summarized at the first International Conference on Olive Oil and Health, in 2005. But olive oil is more than a rich source of monounsaturated fatty acids. Its phenolic components have shown anti-inflammatory and chemo-protective properties. Oleocanthal in olive oil has been found to have a similar effect to the anti-inflammatory drug ibuprofen. In none of the studies in which the role of phenolic components of olive oil has been examined, cytotoxicity has been shown.
Olives picked at the very beginning of the harvest season, early November, are not completely ripen and have slightly less oil, a peppery and bitter quality and are higher in polyphenols and antioxidants and have a longer shelf life. â??First cold pressedâ?? for olive oil produced by stone mills, as a result, Extra virgin olive oil is exclusively obtained from olives through mechanical process. It excludes oils obtained by chemical processes and those blended with oils from other sources. Mild fruity taste that has a free acidity which cannot exceed 0.5 grams per 100 grams (0.8%). It accounts for less than 10% of oil in many producing countries
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