A Wagga testing facility that determines the quality of olive oil has been rated as one of the best in the world. NSW Department of Primary Industries (DPI) olive oil testing team earned the praise after almost two decades of…
Extra virgin olive oil competitions and olive oil tasting glasses
Next time you enter your extra virgin olive oil (EVOO) in an Australian competition that claims it is using official IOC standard olive oil tasting glasses, you might like to ask yourself – and the organiser – if your oil…
Strategic alliance to promote more Aussie products to China
The Australian Made website reports that the Australian Made Campaign has formed a strategic alliance with AuMake to promote locally made and grown products to daigou and Chinese tourists. The Australian Made Campaign administers and promotes Australia’s country-of-origin trade mark for…
The many ways to certify extra virgin olive oil
There’s more than one way to skin a cat, and the phrase is also true for extra virgin olive oil. There are possibly four ways that you can determine whether a product labelled ‘extra virgin olive oil’ is what it…
Choice tests 73% of Australian supermarket olive oils as extra virgin
Choice magazine’s latest round of testing of supermarket olive oils claims that only 63% of local and imported olive oil brands can be classified as extra virgin. The market survey testing was undertaken in July 2017. Fifty products labelled as…
Showcase your olive products to the world
The Australian Food Catalogue is an online guide to export-ready Australian food and beverage products. An initiative of Food Innovation Australia Ltd, the purpose of the online catalogue is to connect international buyers with export capable food and beverage suppliers. You can register…
Provenance marketing project will boost sales for boutique growers
A new project to discover whether location can significantly affect an olive oil’s flavour is underway, thanks to a new Federal Government-funded pilot program called Farming Together. The project involves members of the Australian state olive bodies from South Australia and Queensland….
All about olives conference
Olives WA will be holding a conference titled ‘All about olives’ at Mt Hawthorn, WA in November. As its name suggests, the event will be all about olives: to stimulate and educate on growing, harvesting and preserving olives tasting and…
Researchers find practical uses for olive mill wastewater
From pollutant to bio-fertilizer, biofuel Olive oil has long been a popular kitchen staple. Yet producing the oil creates a vast stream of wastewater that can foul waterways, reduce soil fertility and trigger extensive damage to nearby ecosystems. Now in…