Jul 26, 2017 | Uncategorised
Consumers today are relatively more frugal, according to the latest Consumer Connect survey by retail analytics company IRI. Significant is that between 39-48% said they would pay more for food with additional nutritional benefits such as antioxidants.
Jul 26, 2017 | International News/Trends, Olive business, Uncategorised
Earlier this year, Taiwan’s intellectual property court sentenced Taiwan billionaire Wei Yin-Chun, 60, to two years in jail. The former chairman of food producer Wei Chuan was convicted of defrauding consumers and violating food safety laws, ordering employees...
Jun 8, 2017 | Environment, International News/Trends, Olive business, Technology/Science, Uncategorised
A British based company has replaced ocean destroying plastic microbeads with milled olive stones in an environmentally friendly hand wash made from ground olive kernels. You can read more about value-adding olive waste in the June edition of Olivegrower &...
May 31, 2017 | NZ, Olive Oil News, Services, Uncategorised
All ONZ grower members should now have received Certification documentation and submissions are now open. Don’t miss the opportunity to have your oil wear the trusted OliveMark quality guarantee. Documentation is also available here, along with more information on ONZ...
May 18, 2017 | General Olive News, International News/Trends, Olive Oil News, Uncategorised
I am quite sure that when we hear of Trentino-Alto Adige/South Tyrol, most of us think of speck, strudel, and Muller-Thurgau. The same happens with the denomination of Veneto Valpolicella, which recalls some good red wines. Despite this, it should surprise no one that...
May 5, 2017 | International News/Trends, Uncategorised
Curating the National List of non-organic substances that are allowed in products certified as organic is a core responsibility of the National Organic Standards Board, and as such stakeholders will lobby the USDA advisory board to add and delete several ingredients...
