Apr 22, 2015 | International News/Trends, Labelling, Olive business, Olive Oil News
Valoroso Foods founder and owner Joe Valoroso maintains his innocence, but he’s still apologizing. “We are nothing without our customers,” he told The Okanagan Saturday. “That is why I am apologizing to our customers for this inconvenience and guarantee we will...
Apr 22, 2015 | Australia, Olive business, Table Olive News
A New South Wales-based olive processing and marketing company that has been operating for 15 years has collapsed into voluntary administration. Summerland Olive Products Australia was established in 2000 by a group of olive producers who specialise in producing table...
Apr 21, 2015 | International News/Trends, Olive business, Olive Oil News
Although olive oil is thousands of years old, it’s only recently that it’s come to be considered a gourmet product. The varieties of this essential element of Mediterranean cuisine are constantly increasing. The type of olive, the climate of the place that...
Apr 21, 2015 | Australia, Olive business, Olive Oil News
Australian olive growers are on track to produce 20 million litres of olive oil this year, up on the 14 million litres produced in 2014. Harvest has started in southern New South Wales, with Victoria and South Australia to ramp up in the coming weeks. Most of the...
Apr 10, 2015 | Equipment, Olive business, Services
The FOE and Olivegrower team regularly have enquiries from people looking for small-batch processors: it’s not uncommon for ‘home’ olive growers to want to produce their own oil, and weather-induced small grove crops are also an increasingly common occurrence. So...
Apr 10, 2015 | International News/Trends, Olive business, Research
Sachets of ‘creamy’ yellow slime made from olive oil could soon replace margarine on Britain’s dinner tables, after a breakthrough by Italian food scientists. The new product would have all the health benefits (and flavour) of olive oil, but in a spreadable form, say...