The olive tree is native to the Mediterranean basin. Archeological evidence shows that olive oil was produced as early as 4000 BC. Besides food, olive oil was used historically for medicine, lamp fuel ...

Solid waste from the processing of olives could provide a source of natural emulsifiers fit for use in neutral and acidic oil–in–water emulsions, say researchers. The study, published in Food ...

Olive stones can be turned into bioethanol, a renewable fuel that can be produced from plant matter and used as an alternative to petrol or diesel. This gives the olive processing industry an ...

With consumer interest in fermentation, raw foods, probiotics, authentic cuisine and sustainable production all on the rise, Legacy III Partners is introducing to the US Alive & Well Organic Probiotic ...

A great deal of peel, pulp and stone waste is constantly being generated in the production of olive oil. And while that waste is often just dumped or incinerated, it could soon be used as a source of ...

Table olives are among one of the most polarising foods — people either love them or hate them. A world-first processing method crafting an Australian-style table olive is aiming to change that, ...

The processing of olives for oil and table consumption generates substantial volumes of high-strength wastewater characterised by elevated organic load, phenolic substances, salts and variable pH.

Archaeologists unearthed the Roman Empire’s second-largest olive oil processing complex in Tunisia. The find sheds light on the region’s central role in olive oil production and trade, and in turn the ...

Tunisian city famous for olives and olive oil where I was invited by one of the world’s largest producers of organic olive to visit their mill and processing facilities. In about 20 years since its ...

Iran initiated the National Olive Cultivation Plan in 1994 as part of a strategy to expand olive plantation. Under the plan, some 135,000 hectares of land has been brought under olive plantation ...