Archive for the 'Geographic' Category

30 Aug

Belazu Gives Olive Oil a Hard Time

A UK first has been achieved by Mediterranean specialist Belazu with the introduction of two solid Extra Virgin Olive Oil products into the retail market. ‘Belazu Premier Choix Spreadable Oil’ is made from the brand’s liquid Premier Choix Extra Virgin Olive Oil and offers all the practical and culinary versatility of butter, but with all […]

29 Aug

Hats off to a handful of olives

By Judy Schultz, Photograph by : Chris Schwarz, Olives are the queen of all pickles. Try mixing blanched and unblanched almonds with a selection of mixed olives. Put them all together in a flat container with a rim, heat briefly (40 seconds) in a microwave, and serve. Here are 10 of the best olives available […]

29 Aug

Tunisian Olive oil exports rise

Tunisia’s olive oil exports more than doubled in the first five months this year to 113,200 tonnes from the same period last year, official data showed. Olive oil represents half of the country’s farm exports, which account for more than 10 per cent of total sales abroad. The value of Tunisia’s olive oil sales abroad […]

28 Aug

Strategy formulated for regulating olive products sector

Regional experts, public officials and owners of olive oil presses convened this week to draw up a strategy for regulating the olive products sector and addressing environmental problems resulting from olive by-products. During the third meeting of the regional committee of the integrated waste management of the Olive Oil Pressing Industries Programme, participants discussed means […]

28 Aug

Comvita to issue shares for olive buy

Comvita plans to issue a $8-$12 million share placement to cover the $23 million purchase of Olive Products Australia Pty, a grower and manufacturer of complementary medical products. Olive Products, based near Brisbane, has developed a system to extract active compounds from olive tree leaves for use in therapeutic products. The business includes a 500,000 […]