| Olive
oil is proved and accepted to be be one of the most healthy edible oils,
as it contains a large number of health improving elements. These
elements are in olive oil represented in a unique high level, due to the
careful process of obtaining the oil from the fruit, the olive.
Greek olive oil
is marked out as a olive oil of premium top quality. 80% of Greek olive
oil is EXV quality, which is top-ranked classification category in the
world.
Olive
Oil Classification
Extra
Virgin Olive Oil
Superior category olive oil obtained directly from olives and solely
by mechanical means
Extra
Virgin Olive Oil category is in Greece split into:
- Extra
Virgin Olive Oil
- PDO
Extra Virgin Olive Oil (Protected Destination Origin)
- Organic
Extra Virgin Olive Oil
The
production of all these oils must fulfil strictly settled rules.
Beside the
taste, colour, humidity of the Extra Virgin Olive Oil, quality can be
recognized by a chemical analysis. Here, one of the important criteria
is the acidity.
For INECO,
quality control and analyses are an essential part of the delivery
process
Virgin
Olive Oil
Olive oil obtained directly from olives and solely by mechanical
means
Pure
Olive Oil
Oil comprising exclusively oils that have undergone refining and
oils obtained directly from olives
Pomace
Olive Oil
Oil comprising exclusively oils obtained by processing olive pomace
oil and oils obtained directly from olives
|
