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RABAT (Reuters) – Moroccan cooking oil producer Lesieur Cristal said on Friday its first-half profit tumbled as world prices for its raw materials rose and olive oil exports slipped. Net income fell to 11 million dirhams in the first six months of the year from 44 million a year earlier, the unit of Moroccan conglomerate […]

Par Ahmed Belghiti, · Un programme sur 5 ans pour améliorer la productivité… · … et aider au positionnement sur le marché US · Cinq filières de produits à forte valeur ajoutée identifiées Le marché américain n’est plus aussi inaccessible pour les agriculteurs marocains. Star olive, entreprise spécialisée dans la fabrication d’huile d’olive, en a […]

By Jody Godfrey, Olive oil (not Popeye’s girl) is the “oil” and it is worth its weight in gold! The general health benefits of this oil are many as it is a monounsaturated fat. However, the fatty acid part of the story is just that … only a part. Cold-pressed, extra virgin olive oil (EVOO) […]

Olive oil is different from other cooking oils in many ways. The most important differences to consumers and cooks are its heart-healthful properties and its taste. Unlike vegetable oils, it has one. It can be evaluated like wine, especially extra-virgin olive oil that comes from the first pressing of olives grown in one grove or […]

A funding boost from the Federal Government may help further develop Broken Hill’s olive oil industry in far western New South Wales. The Commonwealth will give $385,000 to Australia’s olive oil industry. A project of the Broken Hill Gourmet Foods Cooperative, to harvest olives on an old mine site, has helped boost the quality and […]