This Spanish extra virgin olive oil is the latest addition. It’s mild and builds into a real peppery aftertaste and is made using 100 per cent manzanilla cacereno olives, which are native to ...
So if you're not getting the real thing, you're missing out - big time. There are all kinds of ways that people either pass off lower quality (or even rotten) oils for true extra-virgin olive oil.
Taste is largely determined by the variety of the olive and its degree of ripeness when picked. Both the timing and method of harvesting have a huge impact on the finished oil. In autumn ...
Olive oil has long been suspected to be one of the keys to the so-called ‘French paradox’. Despite the fact that the French smoke more than us, and eat the same high levels of saturated fat ...
Spanish olive oil production is set to jump by almost half this season, easing a supply squeeze that pushed up prices following two poor harvests. Output in the world’s top producer is expected ...