Olive Oil Uses and Different Oils and Lampante

One of the things that mostly people do not know is that how olive oil is extracted. Olive oil is extracted from the ripened fruit of the olives; from the olive tree also known as Olea Europaea. Another common thing that most of the people must have noticed about the olive oil is that it differs in colors. It comes in the form of clear yellow to golden color. In addition, one of the interesting things you will know is that the olive oil that is obtained from the unripe fruit will always has a tinge in greenish color. So, now that you know about the various colors of the olive oil, this will help you to know which olive oil you are buying, whether of ripened fruit or unripe fruit.

Uses of Olive Oil -

You should always choose world’s best olive oil brands when you go to purchase olive oil. Oils are produced having different characteristics and qualities, which is produced by all the major countries that grows olives. The difference in the oil depends on the ripeness of the fruit and whether the fruit was unripe. Many people use pure olive oil in foods and for the preservation of the foods like canned fish and olive fruit etc. Pure olive oil is also used in for wool combing in textiles, cosmetic preparations, and pharmaceuticals for the medicines and for making castile soap of high quality in the form of lubricant. Most of the olive oil that is supplied to the various countries is produced in the Mediterranean Basin.

Extra Virgin Olive Oil -

Some other popular countries producing extra virgin olive oil and olive oil of different kinds are Tunisia, Greece, Italy, Spain, Australia, and South America, California. Some parts of the oil is consumed by the people of Mediterranean Basin, whereas other is exported. Now, depending on the climate condition, cultivation the ripe olive fruit, when its pit is removed it should contains and does contains 20 to 30% oil. Olive oil that is extracted without any kind of mechanical process is called virgin olive oil. And, the quality of the oil is highly dependent on the state of the fruit and the process i.e. non-mechanical or natural that is used to extract the oil.

Crushing the Olives and Lampante -

Olive oils, which are extracted from the best fruits, are the only one’s that is fit for consumption. Some of them are seldom exported that too without any kind of treatment. But they can also be used for the local consumption. The apparatus, which is used for crushing the olive oil, varies from roman presses consisting of a conical stone worked by the mule or hand to modern hydraulic presses. In order to ensure that the olive oil is free from the fatty acids, it is very important to remove the best quality edible oil from the pulp quickly. After pressing the olives for the first time, next you have to press the residual pulp again with hot water and in the second time the oil that is obtained has high acid content. The oil along with inferior virgin oil becomes or is called lampante because it is used as a fuel in the lamps. Further, there is a need to refine the lampante to remove the color, acid, and odor and then it is sold as a refined olive oil.

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