Olives being picked
Olives being picked
SPANISH OLIVE PRODUCTION FROM ANDALUCIA
Some of the finest olives in the world
Spain is undoubtedly the world leader when it comes to olive production. This country dedicates 2.4 million hectares of land to this valuable crop. Italy and Greece are the other two main producers of olives, with over 1.4 million hectares and more than 700,000 respectively. In Spain, there are more than 300 million olive trees. They produce between 600,000 and 1 million metric tons of olive oil per year. One million metric tons is the equivalent of about one billion litres of olive oil. Spain exports only 20 per cent of their production. That means that on average, a Spaniard consumes about 17 litres of olive oil a year. In contrast, someone in Great Britain or the US will consume just one litre on average.
Gourmet Flavour
We focus on providing our customers with only the freshest extra virgin olive oils.
Special Oils
Our extra virgin olive oils are some of the finest oils in the world.
Health Benefits
The health benefits of olive oil are unrivaled, and research reveals new health benefits every day.
Extraordinary Taste
We produce extraordinary just-pressed organic olive oils, including our signature limited production early harvest
Extra Virgin Olive Oil Health Benefits
Olive Oil Can Help Reduce The Risk of Heart Disease
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New research shows extra virgin olive oil can help reduce the chance of heart disease in those at high risk. The study has found increasing your extra virgin olive oil consumption by 10g a day could cut your risk of cardiovascular death and heart disease by 10 per cent.
Helps improve Your Memory
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Extra virgin olive oils’ antioxidants have been shown to reduce the formation of amyloid-beta plaques and neurofibrillary tangles in the brain -- classic markers of Alzheimer's disease..
Med Diet & Extra Virgin Olive Oil Helps Fight Cancer
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Extra-virgin olive oil contains an ingredient, oleocanthal, that kills cancer cells without harming healthy cells, researchers have found.
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Help to Reduce Cholesterol Levels
Extra virgin olive oil is packed full of beneficial antioxidants that can lower your "bad" (LDL) cholesterol while leaving your "good" (HDL) cholesterol untouched.
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Helps Digestion
Accumulating evidence supports the notion that consumption of extra virgin olive oil can promote favourable outcomes on gut microbiota and associated microbial metabolites.
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Prevents Blood Clotting
(Reuters Health) - Eating foods prepared with olive oils that are rich in phenols, substances though to have beneficial effects on the heart, may help ward off harmful blood clots in people with high cholesterol.
Our Products
ANDALUCIAN OLIVES
Liquid gold
Andalucia's ultimate natural symbol is the olive. These fertile lands give birth to the olive which comes from the tree of the same name. Olive oil is a main component of the Mediterranean diet which is considered by many to be the healthiest diet in the world. Science has investigated all its positive aspects and has been named as Spain’s ‘golden liquid’.
OUR PROCESS
Sustainable farming
The production of cold-pressed extra virgin olive oil comes down to the correct and proper harvesting and gentle olive-to-oil process. Horse manure is used as a fertilizer. The traditional method consists of knocking olive trees with sticks, waiting for olives to fall off. The olives are then caught in a netting spread out under the trees and then picked again by hand to assure that only the best olives are picked for the final production process.
Sometimes the whole crop is picked by hand from start to finish, when harvesting for very fine olive oil production. The highest quality of olive oil is ‘flor de aceite’ (flower of the oil) which is essentially a fine juice that is neither centrifuged nor pressed. It’s the remaining juice that is collected from the olive paste in the process of grinding.
This juice contains all the goods, the strong piquant flavour, the vitamins, minerals and unsaturated fatty acids.
OLIVE OIL EXTRACTION
Cold pressing is a common way to make olive oil without the use of heat or chemicals, this is one of the main reasons extra virgin olive oil is so healthy because it is unadulterated. Cold pressing is the system used to extract the juice from the olives, by separating oil and water that compose them.
Extra Virgin Olive Oil
Extra virgin olive oil is when the olives go through this press within 24 hours of being picked which maintains the lowest possible acidity. To be classified as extra virgin olive oil the acidity level must be less than 0.8%.(our extra virgin olive oil acidity is only 0.3%) Low acidity means there is the highest proportion of polyphenols which are the anti oxidants in the olive oil that are so beneficial to people’s health.
Choosing the Best Extra Virgin Olive Oil
Compared to only a few years ago, supermarkets are now filled with so many different kinds of extra virgin olive oils which can become very confusing and impossible to judge without being able to taste them. However, learning how to read and understand their labels properly is important when choosing the best extra virgin olive oil. To learn more about choosing the best extra virgin olive oil, go to our olive oil page by clicking the button below.
