Feb 28, 2014 | EVOO, Labelling, Olive Oil News
The popularity and burgeoning range of extra virgin olive oils flavored with plant extracts such as garlic, lemon, thyme and rosemary poses a big dilemma for the olive oil sector – should these olive oils really be labeled extra virgin?
Feb 7, 2014 | EVOO, International News/Trends, Olive Oil News
“You need to adapt to what’s in front of you.” That’s not Josep Gasol Pujol’s philosophy for life, but for woodcarving, and particularly for working with olive tree wood. For 26 years it’s been his hobby and he shared his flair for it in a free workshop at the Extra...
Feb 7, 2014 | International News/Trends, Olive Oil News
Deoleo, the world’s biggest olive oil bottler, saw the value of its sales fall to €809 million last year – down from nearly €829 million in 2012 and €961 million in 2011 – and expects to achieve in the realm of €800 million this year.
Feb 7, 2014 | International News/Trends, Olive Oil News
Olive oil production and exports are both back up in Spain, according to new figures for last October to December, the first quarter of the 2013/14 olive season. Nearly 760,000 tons of olive oil had been produced by the end of December, already well above the full...
Feb 7, 2014 | International News/Trends, Olive Oil News, Olives and Health
There are very few publications on occupational health and safety in the sector, and there are even less on the managerial issues concerned. Management policies fail to meet some important requirements adequately, such as those concerning noise exposure risk, and...
Feb 7, 2014 | International News/Trends, Olive Oil News
Spain’s loss was Turkey’s gain last season in the world’s biggest olive oil market — the United States — where total imports slipped 6% on 2011/12. Spain saw its sales to the US plummet from nearly 93,000 to just under 59,000 tons, as its share of US imports shrank...