Olive Fruit Analysis. A New Service To Olive Growers And Millers Offered By Agbiolab.

Olive growers can test oil content, moisture, total phenol and acidity in olive fruit for better timing of harvest. These testings complement the quality analysis done in olive oil as required by law for Extra Virgin Olive Oil certification.
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Sept. 28, 2009 - PRLog -- To assist olive growers approaching the 2009 harvest, Agbiolab is offering new analysis of olive fruits from the orchard: moisture, oil content, total phenol (or biophenol) and free fatty acid. Since these fruit parameters change during the growing season and are affected by plant health, weather and irrigation, growers approaching harvest will be able to better assess the maturity of their crop. Moisture and fat content affect the malaxation step during milling, while acidity and total phenol affect the quality of the oil.

Once olive oil has been decanted, to be sold in California as Extra Virgin it needs to meet quality standards (Free Fatty Acids and Peroxide Value) as stated by Senate Bill No. 634. Furthermore, International Olive Council trade standards, and California Olive Oil Council certification require UV absorbance.

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Agbiolab is an independent agricultural consulting service, also providing olive oil quality analysis, as well as plant pathogen and genetic testing.

Our customers are olive oil producers, traders and buyers, nurseries and growers requiring plant disease, genetic and traceability/adulteration testing using ELISA and DNA fingerprinting by PCR. We work with arborists and pest control advisors. Our initial focus has been on perennials, including olive, grapevine and almonds; our list is constantly expanding.

Agbiolab is a member of the California Olive Oil Council.
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Tags:Olive, Analysis, Testing, Biophenol, Oil Mill, Traceability, Fat Content, Extra Virgin, Genetic, Diagnosis, Cooc, Ioc
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Location:California - United States
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