Olive Oil

Olive oil is an oil produced from the olive fruit tree is produced by grinding and extracting the oil by mechanical or chemical means. Commonly used world wide for cooking, in cosmetics, for pharmaceuticals, soap and fuel. In South Africa extra virgin olive oil is being increasing in production to meet the growing demand. The word virgin means the oil was produced using physical methods and not the normally chemical process. If the labelling states the oil has been refined then this means it has been chemically treated to neutralize the acid content.