Free acidity (oleic acid %) - M 0,8%
Peroxide value (meg 02/kg) - M 20
K232 (in UV) - M 2,5
K270 (in UV) - M 0,22
Delta K (in UV) - M 0,01
Myristic acid - M 0,05
Arachidic acid - M 0,6
Linolenic acid - M 1
Eicosenoic acid - M 0,4
Behenic acid - M 0,2
Lignoceric acid - M 0,2
Extra virgin olive oil is the highest grade of virgin olive oil derived by cold mechanical extraction without use of solvents or refining methods. It contains no more than 0.8% free acidity, and is judged to have a superior taste, having some fruitiness and no defined sensory defects.
Olives picked at the very beginning of the harvest season, early November, are not completely ripen and have slightly less oil, a peppery and bitter quality and are higher in polyphenols and antioxidants and have a longer shelf life. First cold pressed for olive oil produced by stone mills, as a result, Extra virgin olive oil is exclusively obtained from olives through mechanical process. It excludes oils obtained by chemical processes and those blended with oils from other sources. Mild fruity taste that has a free acidity which cannot exceed 0.5 grams per 100 grams (0.8%). It accounts for less than 10% of oil in many producing countries
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For the majority of high-heat cooking, including stir-frying, roasting, and sauting, refined sunflower oil is recommended. Due to the prolonged high heat temperatures, sunflower oil doesn't work well for deep frying because it produces unfavorable chemicals. Any form of sunflower oil is suitable for baking as well as for making sauces and dressings. One of the most popular oils is sunflower oil. The majority of uses for the pale yellow oil include frying and roasting. It is also used as a salad oil, frying oil, or to make margarine when combined with other vegetable oils such as rapeseed oil, soybean oil, or linseed oil. Sunflower oil is used by people to decrease their cholesterol and avoid heart disease.
We supply a wide range of Olive oil starting from simple Olive Oil to fragrance Olive Oil and Premium Extra Virgin Olive Oil. These oils are freshly processed and supplied within a very short time frame so that our partners and clients enjoy the real taste of Olive Oil.
BYZANTA Extra Virgin Olive Oil is controlled at every step under the supervision of experienced professionals. Olives harvested from our own olive trees in Tunisia are carefully processed and brought to your table. To offer consumers the highest quality oil, numerous physical and chemical control tests are carried out during the production and packaging stages.
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5l tins
750ml bottle
250ml bottle
Olive oil is the oil that comes from the fruit of the olive tree (Olea europea). Virgin olive oil is produced by mechanical processing of the olive fruit in olive mills. It is a key element of the Mediterranean diet and is considered a healthy food product due to its content of monounsaturated fats, antioxidants, etc.
Physical and chemical characteristics
Crude virgin olive oil is a mixture of various ingredients. These can be distinguished into three categories: Glycerides, fat-soluble substances and water-soluble substances. They can also be distinguished into saponifiable and non-saponifiable components. Glycerides, which are also saponifiable components, are mainly triglycerides, i.e. esters of glycerol with fatty acids. The latter are mainly: oleic, palmitoleic, linoleic, stearic and palmitic. The first three are unsaturated fatty acids, and the other two are saturated
Historical data
In the Greek area, presses for the production of oil from olives and containers (jars) for oil storage dating from the Mycenaean era have been found. According to the excavations carried out in the Proto-Cycladic II (2,700-2,300 BC) cemetery of Spedos in 1903 by Klonos Stefanos, among the other finds, he mentions a silver-plated clay vessel which contained traces of spoiled olive oil. The careful research in the chemistry of the National University under Professor K. Zengeli proved, beyond doubt, the existence of olive oil. Klonos Stefanos (in the Proceedings of the Archaeological Society PAE 1906) notes that together with the silver-plated clay vessel, a triple clay oil lamp was found. Olive oil is referred to on a Linear B tablet from Knossos as erawo (oil) and on others with a special ideogram.
Olive oil and health
Olive oil contains high levels of monounsaturated fatty acids (MUFA) as well as an abundance of bioactive components. Of these, the phenolic components are the most extensively studied. Regarding the benefits of MUFAs in human health, the US Food and Drink Administration authorized qualitative health claims (health claims), for the first time in 2004, regarding the protection offered by monounsaturated fatty acids of olive oil against cardiovascular risk diseases. Overall, the benefits of olive oil fatty acids were summarized at the first International Conference on Olive Oil and Health, in 2005. But olive oil is more than a rich source of monounsaturated fatty acids. Its phenolic components have shown anti-inflammatory and chemo-protective properties. Oleocanthal in olive oil has been found to have a similar effect to the anti-inflammatory drug ibuprofen. In none of the studies in which the role of phenolic components of olive oil has been examined, cytotoxicity has been shown.
