YOU HAVE TO START IN THE FIELD WITH A CORRECT SEPARATION OF THE OLIVES
The good weather in November is favoring a quick olive harvest, having entered our oil mill, In a few weeks, more than a third of the total expected harvest, a harvest that may exceed the average of the last seasons.
As in the past years, we have to influence the need to put the necessary means to obtain a quality oil. To do this, you have to start in the field with a correct separation of the olives.
There is no doubt that olives in bad condition (soapy olive ...) or mixed (ground and flight) have a direct impact on quality, not only from that game, but on the entire tank where it is stored, causing a lower oil classification.
The matter takes on greater relevance if we take into account that the difference in price between an extra virgin oil and a virgin oil is around the order of 10-20 %. In this regard, and taking into account the importance of obtaining the highest quality oils, controls on delivered olives are being intensified. Aspects such as that the fruit comes healthy and not mixed are being especially checked. If not, the results of the acidity controls that are being carried out will give rise to the corresponding sanctions.
Soapy Olive: This sickness, on the rise in recent years, has a great impact on the final quality of the oil, so it must be attached to the fruit collected from the ground. We explain below how to recognize it and the specific damages it causes. The first symptoms are manifested by an oily ocher spot around the point of entry of the infection, later producing pink conidia in concentric areas. The infection can occur in green fruits or when they change color, and in moments close to maturity, depending on the variety. After infection, conidia appear in the caused spots that secrete a yellowish gelatinous substance, initially and brown later. The attacked parts are corked and the fruit is mummified, spoiling the skin. As a consequence the olive falls, yield drops significantly and the oil produced from these fruits reaches a very high acidity.
