The tasting panel is the necessary instrument to carry out a sensory analysis of virgin olive oil. What does a tasting panel consist of? It is a minimum group of 8 people. These people have been previously selected for their special interest in tasting. These people are trained...

The International Olive Oil Council (IOC) recognizes laboratories that prove to be suitable for physicochemical evaluations of virgin olive oil. This is an important recognition for laboratories and a guarantee for anyone who wants to know the physicochemical quality of a virgin...

Listen to this article Your browser does not support the audio element. When we try to establish the requirements to export olive oil, we could fill 300 sheets with the amount of information necessary to export olive oil. From the necessary documents, list of operators,...

Listen to this article Your browser does not support the audio element. We are in the middle of the olive campaign and the oil mills are starting to work. In the first place, it has been costly to determine the specific date, day and time of olive harvest since you have to be...

Listen to this article Your browser does not support the audio element. Obtaining high-quality Extra Virgin Olive Oil is the ultimate goal. But having tasting notions it's not enough because you have to know where is coming from what are tasting comes from. Olive oil is the...

Listen to this article Your browser does not support the audio element. The elaboration of Extra Virgin Olive Oil (EVOO) is not an exact science. We find a multitude of factors that all intervene in the manufacture of our oil. All the factors that intervene, in turn, depend on...

The 2022/23 campaign for olive harvesting and olive oil production is expected to be disastrous, both in quantity and quality, despite the fact that prices are around €4 euros or €4.5. We are talking about a drop in production of around 11% worldwide and 45% at the Spanish...

Listen to this article Your browser does not support the audio element. When we decide to start an olive oil export process, we have to think that it is a procedure that requires not only an economic investment, but also time and strategy. We are going to see a series of steps...

Listen to this article Your browser does not support the audio element. The early detection of diseases, pests, nutritional disorders and other management problems is undoubtedly the most useful tool and undoubtedly fulfills the classic premise that prevention is better than...

Listen to this article Your browser does not support the audio element. We will start by looking at the data on which we have based ourselves to have the United States (USA) as a target within the export of olive oil. The USA has 328.2 million inhabitants (in 2019). The GDP...