Mar 23, 2017 | International News/Trends, Labelling, Olive business
The EU Parliament has backed new regulations for tougher food inspections from farm to fork in a bid to qualm consumer worries of food fraud after the horse meat scandal in 2013.
Mar 17, 2017 | International News/Trends, Olive business, Surveys
Food and drink product innovation will focus on extending product ranges and developing entirely new products in the food and drink sector over the next two years, a Campden BRI survey revealed.
Mar 17, 2017 | General Olive News, International News/Trends, Olive Oil News
Ten thousand olive trees, including some as old as 400 years, will be moved from a UNESCO-recognized olive grove in Puglia, as work on the $40 billion Trans Adriatic Pipeline (TAP) finally gets underway. Up to 10,000 Olive Trees to Be Moved For Gas Pipe...
Mar 17, 2017 | International News/Trends, Research
A recent Spanish study found that people who consumed higher doses of a standardised olive fruit extract fared better on an arterial measurement index and in measurements of mean triglyceride. Olive Extract Might Help Fight Arterial Stiffness, Study Finds...
Mar 17, 2017 | International News/Trends, Olive Oil News
Francisco Villanueva and Fernando Martín produce oil from wild olives growing on the green slopes of the Sierra de las Nieves. “Professional tasters don’t know how to describe it.” A Forgotten Treasure: Making Oil from Wild Olives...
Mar 17, 2017 | General Olive News, International News/Trends, Olive Oil News, Technology/Science
Precision agriculture and wi-fi connections to save olive trees. This, in short, is the mission carried out by Italian food tech startup called Elaisian, founded by three young entrepreneurs in November last year. “Thanks to an agronomic algorithm,” said Damiano...
