Notes on olive oil & taste
Fat is a critical component of infant brain and nervous-system development, yet it is often overlooked during the weaning stage. Drawing on current pediatric nutrition guidelines, this guide examines when and how to introduce extra virgin olive oil into baby food, and what to look for when choosing a bottle.
The deposit settling at the bottom of an olive oil bottle could be natural wax crystals, a polyphenol-rich particle cluster, or—less welcome—residual moisture. An editor's guide to telling them apart and storing your oil accordingly.
One tablespoon of extra virgin olive oil delivers roughly 119 kcal. This guide walks through what major institutions and clinical research say about daily quantities, and how to fit EVOO into a real diet.
Korea's seasonal gift market is shifting its center of gravity from expensive to meaningful, with naturalist private-label ranges and European premium ingredients — including EVOO — moving from novelty to expectation.
Sotheby's wine and spirits sales reached $127.5 million in 2025, up roughly 12% year-on-year, as a younger generation of buyers reshapes the collectible food and drink market. Extra-virgin olive oil — through limited-run pressings, single-estate auctions, and numbered bottles — is edging into that conversation.
The global food gift market is projected to grow from approximately $33.2 billion in 2024 to $53.8 billion by 2033, according to Business Research Insights. Wellness-oriented gifts are at the center of that expansion.
According to IOC projections and USDA data, global extra virgin olive oil production for the 2025/26 season is forecast at approximately 3.44 million tonnes, roughly 4% below the prior year. Spain has been revised downward while Italy is staging a meaningful recovery.
Heating extra-virgin olive oil reduces certain nutrients — but the scale of that loss depends on temperature, duration, and the oil's starting polyphenol concentration. Here is what peer-reviewed research reports, and what it means in a home kitchen.
ORO CELESTE has introduced three single-varietal, cold-pressed EVOOs from a family farm in Andalusia — Ojiblanca, Sibarita, and Picual — each backed by batch-level lab reports accessible via label QR code.
ORO CELESTE prints a QR code on every product label, giving shoppers instant access to the batch-specific lab certificate — acidity, polyphenols, and sensory results — for the exact bottle in their hand.
Olive oil is among the oldest globally traded commodities in recorded history. From Phoenician merchant galleys and Roman amphora dumps to the overland routes of the Silk Road, OLEA traces the trade routes that shaped the bottle on your shelf today.
The International Olive Council projects global olive oil production at around 3.44 million tonnes for the 2025/26 season — roughly 4% below the previous year. Heat waves in Andalusia, drought in Puglia, and the spread of Xylella fastidiosa are reshaping both producer rankings and retail prices.