MANY OIL MILLS, LITTLE QUALITY
The majority of oil mills doesn't know how to make a true extra virgin olive oil
In Italy (and also Spain, Greece, Turkey and Morocco), out of 5,000 oil mills, only a few hundreds know how to make a true extra virgin olive oil. The majority of them have not evolved and make the oil like in the past, with obsolete machines and processes, and false beliefs that do not ensure quality, often unknowingly producing faulty extra virgin olive oil with poor organoleptic and health-related properties.
OUR OIL MILL OWNERS
We collaborate with those who, like us, put innovation first.
The great love for their territory, for the fruits it bears and for protecting the health of those who eat them, are the first characteristics we look for in our oil mill owners.
Passionate and competent people, great courageous innovators and tireless workers.
All our Innovative Oil Mill Owners harvest the olives at the right level of ripeness, to maximize the quality of the oil produced, and process exclusively healthy fruits, within a few hours after the harvest, by monitoring all phases of production: from olive cultivation to bottling.
Our Innovative Oil Mill Owners always filter the oil and never compromise on quality.
Because an excellent Extra Virgin Olive Oil can only come from an excellent olive, cultivated by respecting the soil and processed correctly with modern techniques in a few hours, to preserve all the peculiar characteristics of the oil.
Read our True Extra Virgin Olive Oil Manifesto
OUR SELECTION
No compromise!
We are very rigid and selective in our selection process, we never compromise and reject most of the oil submitted to us from all over the world, either because they are not extra virgin olive oil or because of their poor quality.
We evaluate the oil mill owner, before their oil.
Our oil mill owners ensure an economically profitable production that respects the environment, and help to promote the relationship with olive growers on the territory, by preserving the rich varietal heritage and committing to protect also those plants that are most difficult to manage and that risk being abandoned, such as century-old olive trees.
“We believe in quality farming, and focus on the high value that this kind of production holds, in environmental, nutritional, health, landscape, tourism and cultural terms”
OUR METHOD
Analysis and Panel Tests on all oils
In order to be a true extra virgin olive oil, by law, it needs to pass the chemical analysis and - above all - the organoleptic/sensory analysis (panel test), and remain so for its entire life cycle.
Industrial oil often limit themselves to the chemical analysis, and only highlight the low acidity parameters, which do not ensure quality.
Handmade oil in the majority of oil mills do not even have a chemical analysis, and are often not even extra virgin olive oil.
Here at OlivYou, we only select honest oil mill owners, and all the oil sold must pass the chemical and organoleptic analysis for each product batch.
Our professional tasting team constantly checks the truthfulness and quality of all products, by sending back those that did not pass the test to the sender.
This way, all our extra virgin olive oils are fruity, free from any kind of organoleptic defect, and - above all - full of flavour, vegetable scents, and super healthy!
