Located in the heart of the Kolymvari Chania Crete PDO zone, Terra Creta SA is a family operated, yet modernized company. At their sate of the art facilities, only the best olives from their private olive grove is processed under the strict rules of a Certified ISO 22000 HACCP System, to give you the most virgin olive oil in the PDO zone. Terra Creta Virgin Olive Oil is a superior category olive oil obtained directly from olives and solely by mechanical, by cold press. You're purchasing one 5lt tin of the freshest and finest home grown Greek green Extra Virgin Olive Oil, with fruity flavor. Zero cholesterol and cardiovascular benefits makes this olive oil a product that sells itself to the health conscious buyer. Now is the best time to add the Shoreline Extra Virgin olive oil to your daily diet and enjoy more of what life has to offer. Complies with the international trade standards applying to olive oils: Fit for consumption, as it is 100% natural. First press. Cold pressed. Free acidity no more that 0.6 gram per 100 grams (Acidity 0-0.6%). Olive Oil is produced only once a year during the winter months. When extra virgin olive oil is new and fresh it can also be considered light olive oil. As it ages the acidity level increases, it becomes heavier in taste & smell, and eventually becomes rancid. That's why it's so important for olive oil to have expiration date. According the international trade standards applying to olive oil, Extra Virgin Olive Oil is: the oil obtained from the fruit of the olive tree solely by mechanical or other physical means under conditions, particularly thermal conditions, that do not lead to interactions in the oil, and which has not undergone any treatment other that washing, decantation certification, and filtration. In other words other olive oil that has been recycled and refined cannot be called "Extra Virgin olive oil". Only the first cold pressed olive oil can be called "Extra virgin".
