ExtraVirgin Olive Oil Home History The origin of the olive oil production is to be found on the shores of the Levant.  Throughout the region comprising Syria, Lebanon and Israel, began wild olive oil  extracted. Olive oil is a vegetable oil cooking used mostly extracted from freshly harvested  olive fruit called the olive or olive. The oil is extracted from ripe olives of six to eight  months, just when they contain the maximum amount of oil which usually occurs in  late autumn when the olive is the highest level of fatty acids, where almost a third of  the pulp of olives oil. Collected olives are transported to a facility in which olive oil  extracted by pressing. Olives undergo a first pressure by a mill in order to extract  the juice, oil quality largely depends on subsequent processing. For this reason,  producers monitor these steps carefully. Quality olive oil is judged by its  organoleptic properties and by its content of free fatty acids. To obtain a quality olive oil must be processed within 24 hours of collectionToday  olive oil is sold packaged in bottles (glass or plastic), as well as in drums protected  from light. The world's largest producers are in the vicinity of the Mediterranean  Sea, Spain is the world's largest producer. It is totally necessary to collect, transport and process "separate" the fruits fallen  on the ground and pinned the olive tree, or flight, since small amounts of fruits of  the soil can alter significantly the collected olive, if mixed for processing.  Among the collection systems, you must choose the one that causes less damage  to the olives as breaks caused will be the site of penetration of fungi that degrade  oil and grease exit door in the wash. Not only is there to worry about the fruits, but  also must use the collection system that cause less damage to the tree.The olives  are cleaned and screened, removing debris such as leaves, stems, dirt or small  stones. Subsequently washed with cold water to remove other impurities such as  dust, mud, remains possible herbicides. Finally stored in small piles to await be  ground. Products Contact