The olive pit — a quarter of every olive, and millions of tonnes of waste a year — turns out to be…
Italy trains police officers to taste olive oil and catch fraud by flavour alone. It sounds eccentric — but tasting is the…
Green, purple or black — an olive's colour is a clock, not a variety. When it is picked decides almost everything about…
EU law now forces olive oil to say where it really comes from. It is why 'bottled in Italy' can no longer…
By Davide Berretta, Over the past five years, Italy’s biggest olive-oil brands have fallen steadily into Spanish hands. SOS Cuétara SA’s July…