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Olivenolie på Kreta, Grækenland
The Cretan Olive Oil
Crete is a unique island in the Mediterranean Sea. It is the southernmost tip of Europe, a place blessed by God and nature. In Crete there is a wide variety of plants, herbs and flowers. The most common tree in Crete is the olive tree. There are large areas where olives are grown and the olive oil produced from these olives is considered to be of very high quality. The climate of Crete is considered ideal for olive cultivation because it is warm and full of light.
Ekstra jomfruolivenolie is a natural juice, produced by pressing the olive fruit. Greece produces approximately 400.000 tons of olive oil per year and is the third country in produktion af olivenolie per year.
Crete alone produces approximately 200.000 tons of extra virgin olivenolie and 10.000 tons of organic extra virgin olivenolie annually, and this amount is increasing year by year. Cretan virgin olive oil is of better quality than its Spanish and Italian counterparts. This is proven by the fact that the Italians and the Spanish mix their own olive oils with the Greek in order to improve their quality and taste.
Even if 2.000 years have passed, the way olive trees are cultivated in Crete has not changed. Cretan producers use the traditional way of farming and do not use chemicals and fertilizers. This results in the natural, juicy fruit and the excellent quality of Cretan olive oil. From ancient times to the present day, olive oil was not only used as food but also for therapeutic and cosmetic purposes.
Grækenland har den største procentdel af oliventræer dækket pr. landareal i verden
Olives cultivation in Greece represents 87,21% of all tree crops. Greece is the third olive oil producing country in the world, after Spain and Italy. Worldwide, Greece is first in the production of sorte oliven og tredje i produktionen af olivenolie. More than 132 million oliventræer are cultivated on its territory, from which approximately 350.00 tons of olive oil are produced annually – of which 82% belongs to the extra virgin olive oil (EVOO) category which is the best, top quality and this makes Greece no1 worldwide in terms of highest % of top quality (extra virgin) olive oil production (EVOO) from its overall production. Also, about 21 million olive trees are cultivated for the production of table olives (Græske spiseoliven).
SE OGSÅ:
Gamle oliven på Kreta (Monumentale oliven på Kreta) : Old and ancient olives in Crete – The amazing age-old olive trees and olive grooves of Crete
Production & consumption of Olive Oil in Greece
The Social and Economic Value of Oil in Ancient Greece
The Island Cooking of Crete (a documentary video from The Culinary Institute of America)
https://youtu.be/r0MgOpFoAs4 Olive Oil Wholesale – Olive Oil Wholesale Suppliers & Distributors
CRITIDA BIO KRETENSK OLIVENOLIE – Producenter af premium kretensiske kulinariske produkter: Vores fødevarer er blevet eksporteret over hele verden til over 40 lande siden 1998 – Bliv en del af os!
Vi er en århundreder lang familieejet virksomhed (est. 1912) inden for produktion af EVOO olivenolie på øen KRETA i GRÆKENLAND. Vores premium kretensiske ekstra jomfruolivenolie og kulinariske fødevarer eksporteres i over 40 lande verden over til et omhyggeligt udvalgt netværk af partnere. KONTAKT OS, BLIV VORES NÆSTE VÆRDIFULDE FORRETNINGSPARTNER! for ekstra jomfruolivenolie (EVOO) – Økologisk (Bio) ekstra jomfruolivenolie (Økologisk EVOO) – Græske spiseoliven – Balsamicoeddike – Delikatesser, alt fra KRETA GRÆKENLAND.
