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Extra virgin olive oil 5L

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Extra virgin olive oil 15 × 1L

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How is extra virgin olive oil made? Extra virgin olive oil is a 100% natural juice that preserves the aroma, flavour, vitamins and all the properties of the olive. It is the only vegetable oil that can be consumed exactly as it is obtained. It comes directly from olives by extracting their juice, although the process is a little more complex than squeezing an orange. When the olives arrive at the mill, they are first cleaned to remove impurities such as leaves and small twigs that may have been collected with the fruit. Once clean, the olives are ready to be processed. Milling consists essentially of four stages. Throughout the process, both the olives and the oil remain in contact only with inert materials (stainless steel) to prevent any alteration. The first stage is milling. The olives are crushed to break the cell structures that contain the oil. In simple terms, it is like putting the olives in a large food blender. The result is an olive paste: crushed olives containing pieces of stone and skin, oil and vegetation water. The next stage is malaxation. The olive paste is slowly mixed to make it uniform and encourage the small droplets of oil to join together into larger drops. It is important that mixing does not exceed 90 minutes and that the paste temperature remains below 27–28 °C. Once mixed, the paste moves to centrifugation. In a decanter it is spun at high speed to separate the different components according to density. Three concentric layers form inside the cylindrical drum: pomace on the outside, vegetation water in the middle and olive oil on the inside. The final stage is filtration. Different mills use different systems to remove the final traces of moisture and impurities. Common methods include vertical centrifuges, settling tanks and stainless-steel mesh filters. Once clean, the oil is ready to move to storage before bottling.

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Weight 15 kg
Dimensions 45 × 45 × 30 cm
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Pack of 15 × 1L PET bottles.
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