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Oils

Oct 5, 2020

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How Olive oil is made?

Spain the the worlds largest olive oil producer

Medeterranian countries are the largest producers of olive oil in the world.

  • Oil is Cold pressed using hydraulic press
    • Called extra virgin olive oil when no chemicals are added at cold press
  • Olive tree can survive in extreme condition, even after burning like a phoenix
    • Can potentially live upto 6,000 years, like trees in lebanon
  • More than 700 varieties of olives
  • Heat is the enmy of the flavor
  • Making olive oil is a race against time
    • Have to react the production plant under 3 hrs from when its picked from tree

800 years old olive tree

10 Kgs of olives only give 1 L olive oil

Cold press
Maintaining a temperature of 40C is no easy task
Why corns have corn silk inside?
Basically they are corns private parts. Chastity belt. Pollen travels down the silk to the ear and voila, pollination.

Steps

  1. Milling
  2. Centriguges to seperate oil from pummes

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