May 10, 2016 | Australia, Diet/Food
Gelato Messina’s newest venue opens this Wednesday (April 20) – and it already has a Michelin-starred chef’s endorsement. It’s not the gelato that’s exciting here but the references to “finished with a drizzle of Cudgegong extra-virgin olive oil” and...
Apr 19, 2016 | Diet/Food, International News/Trends
A body of research shows that olive oil, and in particular extra virgin olive oil, is a healthier choice when compared with other vegetable oils. Is Cooking With Olive Oil...
Apr 7, 2016 | Diet/Food, General Olive News, International News/Trends
Both olive oil and butter are 100% fat. Both have more than 100 calories a tablespoon, but olive oil has less saturated fat and no dietary cholesterol. Almost all foods contain some form of fat. Fats are organic compounds that are made up of carbon, hydrogen, and...
Mar 1, 2016 | Diet/Food, International News/Trends, Research
Chefs often add olive oil to spaghetti. Now a study finds that olive oil and other vegetable oils can also help make one type of fiber - essentially plastic spaghetti - super-strong. Researchers stumbled onto using the oils on plastic while trying to develop a better...
Feb 16, 2016 | Diet/Food, International News/Trends, Olive business, Olive Oil News
Do you live in Peru and eat garlic? Onions? Olives? Then you might be interested in this bit of news. The Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation (Minagri) announced they will be intensifying actions to prepare for the deficit of rains in southern Peru.
Feb 16, 2016 | Australia, Diet/Food, Olives and Health
That’s right, some foods are actually more nutritious after you fry them in a pan with oil. For most foods, frying will reduce nutritional value, but there’s an exception to the rule: it’s a group of foods that contain significant amounts of the organic pigments...
