30 Oct

Extra special oil secures award

By Riccarda Burley,

BORDER olive oil producer Gooramadda Olives has won one of the most coveted industry awards of the year, the Carol L’Heureux Award for Best Oil, at the 10th National Australian Extra Virgin Olive Oil Awards.

Proprietors Kathy and Jos Weemaes, who have been producing oil since 2001, also took out the first prize for class 1: single estate grown oil.

“It’s fantastic to achieve peer and industry recognition for our oil,” Mr Weemaes said.

We knew that we had a very special oil, which is why we entered it in the national awards.

“We produced our oil, known as UC13, from California queen olives, which are normally table olives and as such produce a very low yield of oil — but what it does produce is very good.”

Gooramadda Olives, between Rutherglen and Wodonga, processes its olives onsite into extra virgin olive oil and table olives and sell through its cellar door.

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29 Oct

Fisher’s new Martini Mix adds olives to snack food

Fisher nuts has rolled out a line of seven new snack mixes featuring nuts mixed with everything from wasabi peas to banana chips. We tried the Martini Mix, which throws dried, sliced green olives in with a mixture of cashews, walnuts, almonds and peanuts.

The mix would make a fun snack option for cocktail parties. The dried olives were definitely an unexpected twist — olives don’t dry out as well as fruit, but olive lovers should enjoy them.

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29 Oct

Get skinny on good fat in olives

Cook Well, Eat Well
By Dana Carpender,

It’s no secret that I’m unimpressed by low-fat diets. I don’t think they do a dang thing to improve health. Worse, they limit or rule out nutritious foods that happen to be high in fat.

Among them is one of mankind’s oldest and greatest boons: the olive, both as food and oil.

Olives are among the oldest cultivated trees, predating written language.

Despite deriving 70 percent of their calories from fat, five jumbo olives will set you back only 34 calories and 2 grams of carbohydrate, one of which is fiber. That’s a small price to pay for such a big burst of flavor.

Olives aren’t a huge source of vitamins and minerals, though they contribute some calcium, iron and vitamins A, E, and K. So why are olives healthful?
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28 Oct

Olive Cheese Appetizers

“A baked appetizer made of an olive wrapped in a scrumptious cheese mixture. It is an easy appetizer and always a favorite.”

Original recipe yield: 7 servings
PREP TIME 10 Min
COOK TIME 15 Min
READY IN 25 Min

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28 Oct

looking for a great job in Olive Business?

If you are interested, and have at least 5 years experience selling Olives and other condiments products to supermarket service delis, Mezzetta is looking for a National Sales Manager.

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