Aug 31, 2016 | Diet/Food, International News/Trends, Olive Oil News
Consumers are confused over the healthiness of saturated fats, worried about chemical contaminants in processed oils and turned off by labels cluttered with additives to extend shelf and fry life. So what are the options? At this year’s IFT, FoodNavigator spoke to oil...
Aug 24, 2016 | General Olive News, International News/Trends, Olive business
The race to save the endemic olive tree has intensified, as a rediscovered species, mentioned in Renaissance literature is being repopulated. The Perla Maltese is still in the process of being registered as a Maltese endemic variety by the International Olive Council...
Aug 24, 2016 | International News/Trends, Olive business
The good news for California olive growers is prices paid by the state’s two primary canners of table olives will average slightly more than they paid last year. But this good news comes a bit late for Dave Hails, who for 15 years has operated his 40-acre olive grove...
Aug 24, 2016 | Australia, Courses/Education, International News/Trends
Registrations are now open for Extra Virgin Olive Oil Savantes Tasting Programs in Europe, Australia and the USA. The programs source some of the best extra virgin olive oils from around the world for participants to taste, expanding their tasting knowledge, skills...
Aug 11, 2016 | International News/Trends, Olives and Health
Healthy eating guidelines could fall flat as lower income shoppers are increasingly priced out of a market catering for prestige-seekers, a new study suggests. An upside could be higher prices for our fabulous healthy – and fashionable – EVOOs!...
Aug 11, 2016 | International News/Trends, Olive Oil News
The Hellenic Food Authority (EFET) and the police’s financial crime squad have uncovered a ring distributing adulterated olive oil in northern Greece.
