An Overview of Portuguese Olive Oils and Table Olives with Protected Designation of Origin

2019 ◽  
Vol 121 (5) ◽  
pp. 1800129 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tânia Gonçalves Albuquerque ◽  
Helena S. Costa ◽  
Maria Beatriz P. P. Oliveira
2021 ◽  
pp. 313-329
Author(s):  
Ángel Martínez Gutiérrez ◽  
Trinidad Vázquez Ruano

Since the nineties of the previous century, qualified geographic names have been covered by a harmonised EU-wide protection system whose main feature is the recognition of exclusive rights. Such rights are generally parallel to those deriving from the registration of a brand. Accordingly, they are not solely protected by the measures provided in the rules on unfair competition but also by a EU protection system based on granting the group of traders that had sought and obtained recognition of the protected designation of origin or geographical indication a monopoly over the use of a given geographic name and the possibility to seek remedy against any unlawful use of it. In this sense, the information provided generally benefits the market as well as merchants and consumers.


2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sara Spognardi ◽  
Domenico Vistocco ◽  
Lucio Cappelli ◽  
Patrizia Papetti

PurposeInvestigate the behaviour and the habits of the consumers from central-southern Italy in relation to extra olive oil consumption, focussing on the impact of protected designation of origin (PDO) and EU–organic certification on purchase intention and quality perception.Design/methodology/approachA specific questionnaire was submitted to 160 consumers; a subsample of ten experts, ten semi-experts and ten habitual consumers of olive oil tested, through a blind test first and a normal one then, three Italian samples: an extra-virgin olive oil (EVOO) without certification, an organic EVOO and a PDO EVOO, which were characterised also from a chemical-physical point of view. The answers provided during the tastings were statistically analysed and compared.FindingsPeople interviewed prefer local olive oils; they are positively influenced by PDO/organic certification, while price is not a decisive factor on the purchasing choices. According to tasting panel results: experts gave consistent answers preferring organic olive oil, semi-experts are positively influenced by the PDO brand contrary to what they claimed; non-experts would buy EVOO, although they are positively influenced by the PDO brand and negatively by the organic certification.Practical implicationsOnly knowledge and experience can aid consumers make consistent and aware choices. Information campaigns could help them to distinguish products, correctly identify food attributes and overcome their scepticism towards quality of organic products.Originality/valueFew works investigated the impact of quality and sustainability labelling on perception of olive oils, valuing the consistency between answers provided before and after sensory assessments.


Talanta ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 75 (4) ◽  
pp. 937-943 ◽  
Author(s):  
Silvia López-Feria ◽  
Soledad Cárdenas ◽  
José Antonio García-Mesa ◽  
Miguel Valcárcel

2006 ◽  
Vol 54 (26) ◽  
pp. 10092-10101 ◽  
Author(s):  
Benoit Berlioz ◽  
Christophe Cordella ◽  
Jean-François Cavalli ◽  
Louisette Lizzani-Cuvelier ◽  
André-Michel Loiseau ◽  
...  

Agronomy ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 38 ◽  
Author(s):  
José Emilio Pardo ◽  
Jacinto Tello ◽  
Mariano Suárez ◽  
Adrián Rabadán ◽  
Concepción De Miguel ◽  
...  

In this first contribution to the study of virgin olive oils from the area assigned to the Protected Designation of Origin (PDO) “Aceite de la Alcarria” (Spain), both monovarietal oils obtained under ideal conditions in a pilot plant, as well as blend oils made in the oil mills located in the study area, were characterized. Special interest was focused on the influence of the ripening state of the fruits. The oils from the Castellana variety, the main variety found in the study area, were characterized by a high content of tocopherols, medium oxidative stability and high content in palmitic, palmitoleic and linolenic acids. As the ripening process progresses, the oils lose fruitiness, bitterness, pungency, stability, and some organoleptic defects appear, to the point of lowering the category (from extra virgin to virgin) in some of the Castellana samples. Thus, early collection of olives of this variety is recommended.


Foods ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (12) ◽  
pp. 610 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vasiliki Skiada ◽  
Panagiotis Tsarouhas ◽  
Theodoros Varzakas

While there has been considerable research related to Koroneiki cultivar in different areas in Greece, no systematic work has been carried out on olive oil analysis from one of the most important olive-growing regions in Greece, located southwest of Peloponnese, Messinia. This work is the first systematic attempt to study the profile of Messinian olive oils and evaluate to what extent they comply with the recent EU regulations in order to be classified as “Kalamata Protected Designation of Origin (PDO)”-certified products. Quality indices were measured and detailed analyses of sterols, triterpenic dialcohols, fatty acid composition and wax content were conducted in a total of 71 samples. Messinian olive oils revealed a high-quality profile but, at the same time, results demonstrated major fluctuations from the established EU regulatory limits on their chemical parameters. Results showed low concentrations of total sterols, with 66.7% of the examined samples below the regulated set limits for Kalamata PDO status; high concentrations of campesterol, with a total of 21.7%, exceeding the legal maximum of 4.0%; and a slight tendency of high total erythrodiol content. Fatty acid composition and wax content were within the normal range expected for the extra virgin olive oil (EVOO) category. However, the narrower established PDO limits in specific fatty acids showed some fluctuations in a few cases.


2018 ◽  
Vol 241 ◽  
pp. 328-337 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mercedes Becerra-Herrera ◽  
Alberto Vélez-Martín ◽  
Adrián Ramos-Merchante ◽  
Pablo Richter ◽  
Rafael Beltrán ◽  
...  

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