Extra Virgin Olive Oil
Olive oil of excellent quality. With a unique taste and odour and acidity fluctuating from 0.1 – 1 (0.1 – gr. of oleic acid per 100 gr. of oil). Its colour varies. It is usually light yellow-greed.
Pure Olive Oil
It is a product which these last years, can be encountered all the more often on the market. Substantially it a processed olive oil (refined) to which virgin olive oil is added in order to improve its characteristics. The neutral “refined olive oil” can easily obtain a better color, taste and aroma. The industries which work on its promotion have ended up to predetermined percentages in order not only to improve its quality but also to maintain its price at a competitive level.
In short it is a mixture of refined olive oil and virgin olive oil. Its acidity can reach up to 1.5%.
Pomace Oil
It is obtained with chemical procedures (solvents) from olive residues. Its acidity does not exceed 1.5%. Its odour and taste are characterized as satisfactory and its color is light yellow.
Biological olive oil
It is acquired from olives on which no pesticides have been applied and it offers a rich, full flavor.
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THE BENEFICIAL SUBSTANCES OF OLIVE OIL |
The ingredients contained in olive oil are the following:
Vitamin E (3-30mg) |
Provitamin A (carotene) |
Monounsaturated fatty acids (oleic) 56-83% |
Polyunsaturated non fatty acids (linoleic) 3.5 – 20% |
Polyunsaturated fatty acids (linolenic) 0-1.5% |
Saturated fatty acids 8-23% |
Lipids 99% (990 cals/100g) |
Six hundred additional antioxidizing substances, which have not yet been studied fully.
The nutritive, nutritional and biological value of olive oil is very important for the human organism, this is why it constitutes the basic fatty substance in the daily nutrition of the people of the Mediterranean and it ranks among the ten most beneficial nutrition goods.
Olive oil helps:
- Decrease the oxidization of the adipose tissues of the body
- The peptic system and contributes to the limitation of ulcers. It is an auxiliary to the correct function of the large intestine.
- Cure the gall bladder as well as hepatic colic
- Protect the skin from solar radiation
- Slow down ageing
- It presents antitumoral action
- It contributes to keeping low blood cholesterol, protecting from cardiovascular diseases
- It plays a dynamic part in “maintaining” diabetes mellitus at low levels
- It acts favorably towards the development and evolution of the central nervous system and the brain of newborns
- It plays a primary part in the development of the skeleton.
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