St.Michele Chalkidiki Pitted Green Olives 360g
Food energy
167.00kcalProtein
0.10gCarbohydrates
18.00gFat
1.20g
Made inGreece
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TrademarkSt.Michele
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Producer's site:
: www.unitedfoods.ua/Olivkovoe-maslo/Product description from producer
Chalkidiki olives are grown on the peninsula of the same name in northern Greece, in a place where the climate is ideal for cultivating the best Greek olives. They are appreciated for their tender juicy pulp and large size. In this case, the bone takes up only about 10% of the total weight and is easily separated from the pulp.
Chalkidiki olives are an excellent appetizer for cocktails, an excellent ingredient for salads and a wonderful addition to other dishes.
More information
Olives are too bitter to be eaten right off the tree and must be cured to reduce their intrinsic bitterness. Processing methods vary with the olive variety, region where they are cultivated, and the desired taste, texture and color. Some olives are picked unripe, while others are allowed to fully ripen on the tree. The color of an olive is not necessarily related to its state of maturity. Many olives start off green and turn black when fully ripe. However, some olives start off green and remain green when fully ripe, while others start of black and remain black. In the United States, where most olives come from California, olives are typically green in color, picked in an unripe state, lye-cured, and then exposed to air as a way of triggering oxidation and conversion to a black outer color. Water curing, brine curing, and lye curing are the most common treatment processes for olives, and each of these treatments can affect the color and composition of the olives. From a botanical standpoint, olives belong to a very special group of fruits called drupes. Drupes are fruits that have a pit or stone at their core, and this pit is surrounded by a larger fleshy portion called the pericarp. Other drupes commonly found in diets worldwide include mango, cherry, peach, plum, apricot, nectarine, almond, and pistachio.