olive oil
Let an agent explain olive oil, its grades and production, relay standards, quality and market information from official and industry sources, describe culinary and health aspects with attribution, and distinguish grades and protected origins.
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Purpose and description
Let an agent explain olive oil, its grades and production, relay standards, quality and market information from official and industry sources, describe culinary and health aspects with attribution, and distinguish grades and protected origins.
An oil pressed from the fruit of the olive tree, a staple of Mediterranean cooking and diets, classified by production and quality into extra virgin, virgin, refined and pomace grades, with protected origin products such as Aceite de Madrid, Aceite de Terra Alta and flavoured oils such as Italian olio agrumato, and regional names such as Portuguese azeite; olive oil is valued for flavour and monounsaturated fat, is produced mainly in Spain, Italy, Greece, Tunisia and Turkey, and is subject to grading standards and fraud controls.
What it is for: Cooking, dressing and food production.
It can be explain grades and production; relay standards and quality; relay culinary and health aspects; distinguish protected origins.
Distinguishing features
Fruit oil, not seed oil
Graded by quality
Protected origins
Fraud controls
What it looks like
A green to golden liquid oil.
Physical character
world production: about 3 million tonnes per year - IOC estimates
extra virgin free acidity limit: 0.8 percent - IOC standard
monounsaturated fat: about 70-75 percent
How it is recognised
Oil pressed from olives
Extra virgin, virgin, refined, pomace, protected origins
Olive pomace oil is solvent-extracted; other vegetable oils come from seeds
Related models
is a kind of - in registry terms
is a kind of - in registry terms
is a kind of - in registry terms, though it is a fruit oil
comes from - the fruit
In practice
Families and kinds
extra virgin olive oil
virgin olive oil
refined olive oil and olive oil blends
olive pomace oil
protected designation oils such as Aceite de Madrid and Terra Alta
flavoured oils such as olio agrumato
regional traditions such as Portuguese azeite
Identifiers
HS code 1509 olive oil
Codex CXS 33 olive oils standard
Standards and regulation
International Olive Council trade standard
EU marketing standards for olive oil
Codex standard for olive oils
Protected designation of origin rules
Failure modes and hazards
Adulteration and mislabelling
Rancidity and poor storage
Climate and disease impacts such as Xylella
Overstated health claims
Also called
+30
Where this came from
wikidata · CC0 1.0
Drafted structure
Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.
Understand What olive oil is.
Definition.
Grades
Grades.
Grades
Grades.
- What are the grades of olive oil, and how are they defined? definition
- Is the question about olive oil in general, a grade or a protected origin? boundary
Production
Production.
Production
Production.
- How is olive oil produced from harvest to milling and storage? definition
- Which entry fits olive oil extraction? action
Quality Quality and standards.
Regulation.
Standards
Standards.
Standards
Standards.
- What do the IOC, EU and Codex standards require, and how is quality tested? provenance
- Which references are standard? provenance
Fraud
Fraud and authenticity.
Fraud
Fraud.
- What adulteration and labelling problems are reported, and how are they controlled? provenance
- Which sources are cited? provenance
Use Cooking and health.
Attribution.
Cooking
Culinary use.
Cooking
Cooking.
- How is olive oil used in cooking, and what about smoke point and storage? provenance
- Which entry fits Mediterranean cuisine? action
Health
Health.
Health
Health.
- What does research say about olive oil and health, with findings attributed? provenance
- Is the user asking for personal dietary advice, which needs a professional? boundary
Context Market and history.
Context.
Market
Production and trade.
Market
Market.
- Who produces and trades olive oil, with figures and sources? measurement
- Which entry fits the specific producing region? action
History
History.
History
History.
- How has olive oil been produced and used since antiquity? provenance
- Which entry fits the history of the olive? action
What the second pass must settle
- Should extra virgin olive oil be a separate primary entry?
- How should IOC and EU standards be linked?
- The registry entry has merged aliases naming protected origins and regional terms; should they be split off?