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Anti-inflammatory & antioxidant therapy with olive oil is beneficial in minimizing injury in burn patients
Olive oil has antioxidant and anti-inflammatory components. An oral diet provided with olive oil in patients with burn may accelerate wound healing and decrease the duration of hospitalisation. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of consumption of oral olive oil on clinical outcomes and wound healing of thermally injured patients with…
Mediterranean-style diet linked to lower risk of chronic kidney disease
A new study published in the Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology finds that following a Mediterranean-style diet could significantly lower the risk of chronic kidney disease. The Mediterranean diet mainly consists of plant-based foods, such as fruits, vegetables, whole grains, legumes and nuts. It also includes consumption of fish and poultry at least twice a week,…
Why Extra Virgin Olive Oil is fundamental to maintaining good health?
Dr Mary Flynn who is a nutritionist who works for the Miriam Hospital in USA. She starting teaching at Brown in 1998. Her main research interest is how food is related to the development and treatment of chronic diseases. The findings are compelling.. this video is of a presentation made in conjunction with Nutrition Australia…
Consolidated Glass Olive Oil Bottle Shipment Service – Square & Round
A packaging revolution has been started by The Olive Centre. We are on a quest to save you money with high-quality packaging for Olive Oil. Here’s an overview of our consolidated shipping service for glass bottles and caps… What is a consolidated shipping service? The ideology behind this service is to bring all Olive Growers…
How to filter large volumes of Olive Oil?
We often have some Growers contact us with clarity issues in their oil; in our opinion, there are two options for dealing with high volume commercial quantities of olive oil: 1. Use Enzyme – we recommend using either Pectinex Ultra or NZ33095. Many Growers don’t realise when using enzymes it does help with oil clarity…
Why are Centrifuge Decanters used for olive oil processing today instead of an Olive Press?
In this article I will discuss many facets involved with Olive Oil Production machinery and some considerations you need to take into account if you are looking to step into processing your own olive oil or simply want to know more about this field; Introduction A new era of processing olive oil began in…
Olive Oil Extraction By-Product Uses Waste Cake
I know you can’t eat it, but can it be fed to livestock and it is nutritious? Does it need any further processing prior to being used for feed? Can it be put around olive trees as a mulch? What other uses does it have? The olive cake is one of the by-products that is…
A new innovation in Olive Oil Processing the THERMOSPEED
Whilst I visited Italy in November 2016 I got to see this new innovation being tested under scientific trial by the University of Bari. The future of Olive oil processing is here very soon. Developments in this sector are set to take processing efficiency to a whole new level. With the use of the THERMOSPEED,…
PECTINEX ENZYME TRIALS AT BOVALINA OLIVE OIL PLANT IN ADELAIDE, SA
ENZYME TRIALS AT BOVALINA OLIVE OIL PLANT IN ADELAIDE, SA MARCH 2012 – Processing Course Pablo Canamasas, Processing Plant Manager at Boundary Bend, conducted at a processing course in Adelaide earlier this week. Peter Dunn from Novozymes was kind enough to provide a small sample of Pectinex Ultra S-PL to use in the processing trials. The results were amazing!…
What’s an Olive worth?
Today I had a discussion with an Olive Grower in Western Australia and he was asking about what the market price for raw olives is for olive oil? Unfortunately, the Australian Olive Industry does not have any data of this kind, so we are asking for your feedback and active discussion in the comments below…
Country of Origin Labelling update & food forums
CoOL information forums for food The Department of Industry Innovation and Science, in partnership with the Department of Agriculture and Water Resources and the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, will be conducting information forums to educate businesses on the CoOL (Country of Origin Labelling) reforms for food. The forums will be held in capital cities and…
Amanda Bailey on Olives by The Olive Centre 