Category comprising high quality olives endowed to the maximum extent with the characteristics specific to the variety and trade preparation. However, providing the overall favourable aspect or organoleptic characteristics of each fruit is not affected, they may have very slight colour, shape, flesh-firmness or skin defects.
IOC international training for panel leaders on virgin olive oil sensory analysis
The International Olive Council (IOC), in collaboration with the International Centre for Advanced Mediterranean Agronomic Studies – Zaragoza Institute (CIHEAM Zaragoza), has launched a new international course for panel...
This week on OHIS
MADRID, SPAIN / 13.10.2025
This week on the Olive Health Information System website The newsletter of the University of Navarra and the IOC dedicated to health Extra-virgin olive oil (EVOO), the hallmark of the Mediterranean diet, modulates key...