Nov 29, 2013 | International News/Trends, Olive Oil News, Research
New superfoods feature in the full list of top 10 food and drink trends for 2014, released by research company Innova Market Insights at the Food Ingredients Europe trade show in Frankfurt, Germany last week. Interesting reading for our industry, as EVOO fits many of...
Nov 29, 2013 | International News/Trends, Olive Oil News
The Food and Drug Administration’s announcement last week that trans fats must be eliminated from foods due to their link to heart disease has cast a pall over US soybean growers … Monsanto and DuPont are coming to the rescue. The two biotech companies have been...
Nov 29, 2013 | International News/Trends, Olive Oil News
One company alone controls 95% of olive oil bottling in the United Kingdom – a fact that may simplify the UK’s compliance with a new European Union olive oil testing regime. That company – understood to be Edible Oils Ltd, part of the Princes group – is among members...
Nov 29, 2013 | EVOO, International News/Trends, Olive Oil News
Back in the spring, I noticed that a whiff of the cold-pressed extra virgin olive oil in the cupboard brought to mind a recent engine oil change rather than my idea of what the sun-drenched olive groves of Italy should smell like. When it comes to cooking oils, the...
Nov 29, 2013 | International News/Trends, Olive Oil News
World Community hosted a celebration of olive oil with the inspiring film, The People and the Olive … When a group of American ultramarathoners sets out to run 129 miles in 5 days across Palestine, they discover that in replanting uprooted olive trees, they are...
Nov 29, 2013 | International News/Trends, Olive Oil News
The European Commission has revamped its promotion policy for foods and drinks produced in the EU, with a bigger budget and a new slogan: ‘Enjoy, it’s from Europe’.