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Extra Virgin Olive Oil - what does this really mean ? |
Fair Trade and Organic status Zaytoun olive oil is premium olive oil grown and harvested free of pesticides and machinery using traditional farming methods. The olives are handpicked and the oil extracted within 24 hours, then carefully stored. Zaytoun only sources fresh olive oil from the latest harvest. Some of the olive oil is now certified by EU bodies as organic. Zaytoun is also working with the British fair trade foundation to have the olive oil certified as fair trade, this is a lengthy process which will also require investment in Palestine’s agricultural industry. To further guarantee the quality & regular supply of olive oil Zaytoun imports from Palestine, we are currently working in Palestine with the British NGO War on Want amongst others to put in place the infrastructure and training programs necessary. Zaytoun olive oil reviews The following is a review by jean marie baldassan from adolive, a french olive growers council. “Very fine oil, harmonious in terms of both fragrance and taste, with pleasant length and sustained flavours that are likely to be maintained over time. The fragrance is of tomato, freshly cut grass and green olive. Their are gentle flavours on first tasting, which evolve to give salad-like hints of green bean, broad bean, young walnut… with a peppery, even spicy finish” A review of Zaytoun olive oil from Malcolm Gluck, the writer of the superplonk column in The Guardian paper and the BBC2 superplonk series: “It is one of the least aggressive yet pungently attractive olive oils I have tasted. It is in the rich nourishing class of the best of the fruity Sicilian, Cretan, and northern Spanish oils and its beautiful green cloudiness bespeaks of care and judicious handling. It is wholly organic … ” |
“Taking the area that extends from … Syria and Palestine to be the original home of the olive tree.” International olive oil council |