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More than half UK households now prefer to use olive oil instead of conventional cooking oils. Some 50.1% of homes are buying olive oil, up from 47% last year, according to manufacturer Filippo Berio. The firm’s Diane Anderson said: “It can be attributed to more emphasis on healthy eating and the evolution to a more […]

By Cynthia Graber, By correlating fruit color with oil content measured via nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), growers can find the optimal time to harvest their olives. Olive oil producers generally guess the best time to harvest their olives by checking the fruit’s color. The olive has to hit that perfect spot where they’ve just turned […]

Paul Levy notes that Italian olive oil output is declining and prices seem to be going up. Are recent EU regulations actually helping? A few weeks ago I received an alarming email from Armando Manni who makes what is certainly the most expensive olive oil in the world, and the one that a great many […]

SOS Cuetara SA. declined to comment on its possible interest in acquiring international food manufacturer Unilever Plc.’s Italian olive oil brand Bertolli, as reported in Italy’s daily Il Sole 24 Ore. The newspaper also flagged Nutrinvest of Portugal as a possible buyer. SOS bought the Friol Italia oil brand from Unilever for 33.25 million euros […]

By Robin Pagnamenta, Unilever, the maker of Marmite and Magnum ice cream, confirmed today that it was considering the sale of its Bertolli olive oil business as it reported a 7.2 per cent rise in first quarter sales. The Anglo-Dutch company, the world’s third largest maker of consumer goods, said it was considering a range […]