An ID for each oil, to defend origin and genuineness

Starting with the study of oil behavior under thermal variations, all the necessary knowledge on “differential calorimetry”: an important technique to verify the different behavior of different oil. The purpose? To identify possible frauds

04 July 2011 TN 7 Year 3

Olive oil world celebrates second-best harvest ever

In the last IOC market newsletter the data and the trends of 2010/11. In 20 years production climbed: +112%

06 June 2011 TN 6 Year 3

The Olive Sector 2020 Vision:

17 May 2011 TN 5 Year 3

Beauty and goodness of olive oils

A six millennium long history, but extra virgin olive oil is only 50 years old, as it was established in Italy in 1960. Nicola Pantaleo, heir to a family of oil entrepreneurs, recalls the out of time fashion of oil

02 May 2011 TN 5 Year 3

Olive oil competitions, useful if there is seriousness and transparency

There are more and more but we knows less and less. In this context, the fundamental asset is credibility. The critical points of a bubble at risk

04 April 2011 TN 4 Year 3

A Manifesto for the resurgence of Italian oil

The resurgence of olive oil industry has to go through a revolution to define universal principles to defend olives and oil. Teatro Naturale has proposed them in a document presented at Olio Capitale in Trieste

04 April 2011 TN 4 Year 3

Effects of water stress during olive tree flowering

Stress during winter dormancy produced no lasting effect and the plants recovered rapidly but during spring the effects are different

04 April 2011 TN 4 Year 3

The winners and the finalists of the Olio Capitale Contest

The winners are two organic extra virgin oils from Sicily and one organic oil from Tuscany. A Spanish farm from Jean obtained the highest ranks from the consumer and the restaurateur panels. It is worth think about these results

04 April 2011 TN 4 Year 3

Celebration of the Union olive-oil at the fifth edition of Olio Capitale

Great success of public and good business for the exhibitors of the oil event which is undisputed leader in Italy once again, also thanks to its trendiness. In Trieste the “Manifesto for the resurgence of Italian Oil” was launched

04 April 2011 TN 4 Year 3

The phyto-therapeutic oil par excellence? It is not yet in Farmacopea

For extra virgin olive oils there is a gap between food quality and medical quality. Tullia Gallina Toschi thinks this gap should be filled as soon as possible, by referring to the updated European norm for quality and genuineness criteria

07 March 2011 TN 3 Year 3

Extra virgin olive oil, half century celebrations

The olive oil industry sets sights on the future. After celebrating in Milan, Italy, the 50 years of “extra virgin olive oil” category, the goal is now to give back value to a food defined “functional food” by all

07 February 2011 TN 2 Year 3

The slow grow of the Californian oil production

This is not a boom, but the production keeps growing. In the next season the production of California will exceed the French one; the cultural and commercial dynamism is the most interesting aspect of this trend, though

03 January 2011 TN 1 Year 3

The olive culture of tomorrow: expropriation or return to productivity

Maintaining olive trees in such conditions is anti-democratic. It is necessary to reassess the productive role in olive culture without hiding behind the rural landscape. The thought of the President of Georgofili Academy, prof. Franco Scaramuzzi, between tradition and innovation

03 January 2011 TN 1 Year 3

Great expectations for the fifth edition of “Olio Capitale”. Ready to go!

The meeting will be in Trieste, from March 18th till 21st. The organization is ready for the presentation of typical and high quality extra virgin olive oils. According to Antonio Paoletti, the key for the oil industry to be a winner in fairs is to run alone

03 January 2011 TN 1 Year 3

No fusion between Sos and Sovena

Just one new partner for the Spanish giant of oil that changes its name: from Sos to Sos Corporacion Alimentaria. With a reduced debt and fresh cash now it wants to conquer the market

03 January 2011 TN 1 Year 3