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May. 30, 2012

Hojiblanca Contest Winners Meet Singer, Taste Olive Oil

Hojiblanca and its "brand ambassador" singer David Bisbal, organized a tasting of extra virgin olive oil for the winners of a competition held on the company's Facebook page.

May. 29, 2012

Urban Extra Virgin: Olive Oil from Rome

In Rome, a group is promoting a different approach to urban life and citizenship, includiing olive picking from the abandoned trees within the city borders

May. 22, 2012

How Heat, Light and Oxygen Harm Olive Oil

A three-year study by Australian scientists confirms that oxygen, light and heat are among extra virgin olive oil’s worst enemies, and serves as a reference for calculating shelf life.

May. 14, 2012

Adulteration Risk as Olive Oil Gains Ground in China

A new report on the huge potential to sell more olive oil to China also comes with a warning - opportunists there are already cashing in by selling adulterated oil.

May. 11, 2012

India's New Olive Oil Sector

1.2 billion Indians are beginning to learn about olive oil, and new plantations in Rajasthan and Gujarat are showing real promise. India is now entering into real olive oil production.

May. 9, 2012

Report: Spanish Consumers Know Very Little About Olive Oil

Spain is the leading global producer and olive oil is a symbol of its cultural identity, knowledge of it among spanish consumers is quite low.

May. 7, 2012

Olive Oil Analysis Discussed at Annual Chemists' Meeting

Olive oil analysis received more than its fifteen minutes of fame at this year’s annual meeting of the American Oil Chemists’ Society in Long Beach, California.

May. 3, 2012

Casa de Hualdo Wins Top Prize at Extrascape

The high-density Spanish farm was found to have the best olive oil and landscape combination at the first Extrascape competition. Azienda Marina Colonna was recognized with a special prize.

Apr. 25, 2012

Spain's Olive Tree Municipalities Announce 'Culture Award' Winners

The Spanish Association of Municipalities of the Olive Tree (AEMO) announced three awards for spreading olive oil culture.

Apr. 23, 2012

Greece's Backroad 'Bulk' Olive Oil Trade

Rural Greeks rely on neighbors and friends to supply olive oil, often lugged home in economical tanks that might last the typical family three or four months.

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Apr. 16, 2012

Toshiya Tada's Olive Japan

The Olive Japan 2012 competition is the culmination of three years of work developing olive oil appreciation in Japan by OSAJ’s flamboyant and dynamic founder, Toshiya Tada.

Apr. 10, 2012

Oleo de la Marchia Takes Marco Mugelli Prize at L.A.

Extra virgin olive oils from Italy and California fared well in the 13th annual Los Angeles International Northern Hemisphere Extra Virgin Olive Oil Competition.

Apr. 6, 2012

Third Olive Bank in Izmir, Turkey to Help Stem Genetic Erosion

Further safeguarding olive biodiversity by setting up the world’s third olive germplasm bank - in Izmir, Turkey - is at the top of the agenda for a meeting at the Olive Council on April 13.

Apr. 5, 2012

Pompeian First for USDA Quality Monitoring Program for Olive Oil

Pompeian olive oil is the first participant in the USDA's Quality Monitoring Program for olive oil which includes monthly audits and lab tests.

Apr. 3, 2012

‘Muron’ Olive Oil 1,700 Years in the Making

Muron is created every 7 years from over 40 sacred ingredients with virgin olive oil and by adding the old oil to the new - in an unbroken chain of over 1,700 years.

Apr. 2, 2012

Spanish Researchers Develop Portable 'Electronic Nose'

Spanish researchers have developed a cheap, portable ‘electronic nose’ they say has great promise for use in organoleptic testing and food quality control.

Apr. 1, 2012

Do You Consider Yourself an Ecological Consumer?

The results of a study by the Spanish Government identifies the profile and habits of the organic consumers in Spain.

Mar. 26, 2012

Chemists' Meeting Was Members Only

It is not true that the IOC kept experts from non-IOC member countries out of the recent chemists’ meeting. The fact of the matter is that all observers were barred whether they were from IOC member or non-member countries.

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