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Olive oil is the only eating oil obtained by squeezing the fruits of a tree. The olives mature in late autumn and winter and are gathered between November and February. For a high quality of oil it is of utmost importance that the olives arrive at the olive press healthy, whole, and as quickly as possible. Here, after being washed and cleaned of any extraneous matter, they undergo three phases: the breakdown, the crushing, and the extraction. The breakdown smashes the pulp and the seeds that are then slowly remixed in the crusher. The phase of extraction splits the paste into its three components: the oil, the sansa and the watery part or vegetable water. Once extracted, the oil is then liberated of extraeneous residue and the water remaining during the decantation and the transfer, or with centrifugation. It can also be conserved for more than 18 months, but must be protected from excesses of temperature, from light and from contact with the air. Before bottling the oil is filtered.

According to the grade of acidity and the taste the oil is labeled Oilio Extra Vergine di Olive (maximum 1%), Olio Vergine di Oliva (maximum 2%), Olio di Oliva.

Olive Oil is not only pleasing to the palate but is also healthy, seeing that it is a physiological alimentation for man, who has been consuming it for 3,000 years. Considering its composition of oleoic acid and essential fatty acids in perfectly balanced proportions, similar to those found in mother's milk. Just like the other oils consumed by humans it contains 9 calories per gram. Among all oils, hot or cold, it is the most digestible, and permits better absorption of liposoluble vitamins as well as calcium, avoiding or thereby reducing loss of calcium in the bones.

Among olive oils, the extra virgin or first squeezing of the olives, and with the lowest percentage of free oleic acids (1% maximum), is certainly the most aromatic and integral in its original components. This is why it is so appetizing, so flavorful and full of body, it is ideal for dressing any dish which means adding more flavour to the foods without sacrificing one's waistline.

The most important countries producing olive oil are Italy, Spain, Greece, Portugal and the south of France. Italy is a privileged country for growing olives, thanks to a fortunate geographic location. Every region of Italy cultivates olives, and according the the varying climates over the territory, from the north to the south, the kinds of plants vary. This variety also is reflected in the character of the olive as well as the oil extracted, but what changes from oil to oil are the organic characteristics, the color, the aroma, and the flavour.

This is why Italian olive oils can be pale yellow, greenish-yellow, or an olive green color with a perfume that is delicate, or sweet, or refined, or fresh, or intense. Before so much wealth of tastes and also the variety of prices how can one choose? With an eye for the palate and another on the label, to know if one is considering an Olio Extra Vergine and also to be sure that the oil is really Italian and of guaranteed quality.

The olive oil business is organized with relationships between the farm producers represented by U.N.A.OL. - Unione Nazionale Associazioni Olivicoltori - Via Tevere, 20 - Roma. Tel: 39-6-8552380, the industrial realization is represented by ASSITOL and ASSITOL OLIVA - Associazione Italiana dell'Industria Olearia - Piazza Capitelli 3, Roma. Tel: 39-6-69940058 and commerce is represented by Federolio - Federazione Nazionale del Commercio Oleario, Via della Croce 20, 00154, Tel: 39-6-5755879.

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Monini

1920. A Spoleto, una delle belle cittá medioevali dell'Italia centrale, Zefferino Monini decide di concentrarsi sull'olio di oliva. Quello che é stato fino ad ora uno dei protagonisti del commercio agricolo diventa cosí il fondatore di una delle Case piú importanti per la storia e la diffusione della cultura dell'olio.

Iniziare nei modo migliore, comunque, é quasi inevitabile: sulle colline attorno crescono olive saporite e succose e la vicinanza di Spoleto permette anche ai carri trainati dai muli e cavalli di farle arrivare freschissime.

L'Olio Extravergine di Oliva di Zefferino Monini é cosí buono che la voce corre da sola e nuovi clienti lo richiedono da posti sempre piú lontani. Lo ricevono nelle grosse damigiane protette dai vimini e spedite con i treni a vapore.

Mentre sulle tavole dei grandi buongustai del tempo le oliere ospitano sempre piú spesso queste impareggiabili fragranze, i figli di Zefferino Monini, Giuseppe e Nello, lo affiancano nel lavoro, imparando tutti i dettagli cosí gelosamente custoditi e cosí importanti per il risultato finale.

Passano gli anni, la generazione dei nipoti consacra definitivamente al migliore olio extravergine d'oliva il nome e la famiglia Monini. Vicino all'antico magazzino del fondatore nasce un grande stabilimento: procedimenti molto avanzati permettono di mantenere la tradizionale qualitá e di assicurare l'igiene piú assoluta. Quella di Monini é una storia che dura da tanto. L'inizio, peró, é uguale alla fine: la cura e la costanza di selezionare e produrre un Olio Extravergine d'Oliva di altissima qualitá.

Olio Extravergine Di Oliva Monini
L'Olio Extravergine Monini é un olio ottenuto da olive sane pressate in frantoi oleari altamente affidabili e sicuri da cui si ottiene un olio extravergine di qualitá certa e duratura.

L'Extravergine Monini "spremuta di olive" per antonomasia é l'olio amico delle famiglie italiane.




Fruttato Monini
L'intensa fragranza ed il profumo come di olive appena frante continua a stupire i buongustai ed i palati piú fini. Il "Fruttato" é il nome con cui Monini propone la sua migliore selezione d'Extravergine. Ottenuto da olive scelte e colte nel primo periodo di maturazione, "Fruttato" é il principe degli olii extravergine.

La Pasta Di Olive Di Marta
La Pasta di Olive di Marta é un prodotto ottenuto da olive fresche lavate e snocciolate. La polpa cosí ottenuta é molita lentamente per non disperdere con il calore le componenti a romatiche. Per la particolare cremositá e gusto, la Pasta di Olive é adatta, sia per essere spalmata su tartine, sia come base per ottimi condimenti di particolare pregio e sapore.

Olio Di Oliva Monini
L'Olio di Oliva Monini é un olio delicato, gustoso frutto di una sapiente unione fra olio di oliva (rettificato) e olio extravergine. Dalla sapienza Monini nasce Anfora che si conferma tra i migliori olii di oliva italiani

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