Olive oil - the liquid gold

Olive oil - the liquid gold

Olive trees live several hundred, in some cases even a thousand years.

Only after the seventh year do they slowly bear fruit, in the tenth year they become profitable. From the age of forty to the hundredth, olive trees develop their full fertility - with 70 to 75 kilograms of olives per harvest.

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Andreas März - editor-in-chief and publisher of MERUM magazine

“We always want everything to be mild, but mild is a sign of deterioration in olive oil. If you like a mild oil, then better not buy olive oil, but butter. "

Connoisseurs celebrate the enjoyment of good

Oil like tasting a good wine.

In the trade you can find olive oil with different names. The acid content shows how high quality and therefore healthy an oil is. It should be as low as possible.


  • Extra virgin olive oil: The pressed oil from the fruit of the olive tree has an acidity of no more than 0.8 grams per 100 grams.
  • Virgin olive oil: The pressed oil from the fruit of the olive tree has an acidity of a maximum of 2 grams per 100 grams.
  • Olive oil: Oils that cannot be classified as virgin olive oils are physically cleaned (refined) and then mixed with virgin olive oil. Their acid content is a maximum of 3 grams per 100 grams.

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