Olive oil packaging: glass, tin, PET and bag-in-box, which suits each use
A practical comparison of glass, tin, PET and bag-in-box for EVOO: light and oxygen protection, convenience, size and consumption rate.
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Priego de Córdoba PDO: varieties, EVOO profile and how to identify it
Picuda, Hojiblanca and Picual in mountain olive groves: what characterises the Priego de Córdoba PDO and how to read its oils.
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Why Baena is an especially multi-varietal PDO, which varieties appear in its specification and how to understand its profile without expecting one single flavour.
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Picual and the native Royal variety explain much of the identity of the Sierra de Cazorla PDO in south-eastern Jaén.
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Traditional hillside olive groves, dominant Picual and Manzanillo de Jaén as a secondary variety: key points for understanding Sierra Mágina.
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Cornicabra is the defining variety of the Montes de Toledo PDO. What that relationship between variety, territory and certified oil means.
Read the articleHow climate, soil and altitude influence EVOO flavour
Why the same olive variety can produce different oils depending on place, harvest year, water availability, altitude, ripeness and processing.
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Simple vocabulary for tasting EVOO and distinguishing fruitiness, bitterness, pungency, intensity and balance without confusing them with acidity.
Read the articleOlive oil designations of origin in Spain: what they guarantee and how to read them
What a PDO means on olive oil, what it certifies about origin and specification, and how to combine that information with variety, harvest and extra…
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How many calories are in olive oil? Per tablespoon and 100 g
Olive oil provides about 884 kcal per 100 g and around 120 kcal per tablespoon. We explain why all oils are energy-dense, how to estimate…
Read the articleWhat nutrients does extra virgin olive oil contain?
What EVOO really provides: monounsaturated fats, oleic acid, vitamin E, polyphenols and other compounds, plus what nutrition labels do not show.
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What EVOO polyphenols are, which compounds olive oil contains, how they relate to stability, bitterness and pungency, and why levels vary.
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