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Negative attribute of virgin olive oil. Characteristic flavour of oil obtained from olives piled or stored in such conditions as to have undergone an advanced stage of anaerobic fermentation, or of oil which has been left in contact with the sediment that settles in underground tanks and vats and which has also undergone a process of anaerobic fermentation.
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This week on OHIS
Madrid, Spain / 22.06.2026
This week on the Olive Health Information System website The newsletter of the University of Navarra and the IOC dedicated to health The Mediterranean diet, with olive oil as its main source of fat, remains one of the most...
The IOC celebrates the excellence of the world’s finest extra virgin olive oils at the Mario Solinas Quality Awards 2026
The International Olive Council (IOC) held the awards ceremony for the 26th edition of the Mario Solinas Quality Award for the Northern Hemisphere at its headquarters in Madrid on Thursday 18 November 2026. The event brought...
IOC receives a delegation from ‘Mujer Alma de Olivo’
Madrid, Spain / 16.06.2026
On 16 June 2026, the headquarters of the International Olive Council (IOC) welcomed a delegation from the recently established Women Soul of the Olive Tree Association (Mujer Alma de Olivo), led by its...
