Educational programme

Good practices from harvest to standardization of extra virgin olive oil

Elaiolado OliveOil
  • This specific educational program is aimed at amateurs and professionals, at those who aim at standardization, marketing and export or at organizing tastings, at executives of olive oil production, standardization and marketing companies
  • At executives in the food and catering sector, at students, growers, laboratory executives, consultants, but also at those who would like to acquire comprehensive knowledge about extra virgin olive oil and tasting
Information

Implementation of good practices from harvest to standardization of extra virgin olive oil

Program Duration: 2 days

By completing the Training Program, participants will know the categories of olive oils, the positive and negative properties of extra virgin olive oil, will have acquired comprehensive knowledge about olive cultivation and production, oil extraction, international regulations, categories and quality criteria, the vocabulary of the organoleptic method, standardization, storage, packaging, preservation of extra virgin olive oil, labeling on the package, as well as the good practices that must be applied in olive harvest, olive mill, storage and standardization in order to produce high-quality extra virgin olive oil.

Also, methods of avoiding organoleptic defects, all Greek varieties, the organoleptic evaluation method, additional issues concerning the consumer as well as the taste harmony of extra virgin olive oil and food will be analyzed.

Participants will be informed about issues concerning olive mills and their participation in the quality of extra virgin olive oil.

Finally, international competitions will be mentioned and how we choose our participation, how we prepare for participation in exhibitions, while a separate section is the creation of visitable tasting areas.

The above theory is enriched with dozens of videos and hundreds of photos with good and bad practices, from around the world, in order to help trainees with examples to understand the theory.

The teaching methods used include lectures, practical exercises and group collaboration.

In this context, participants are asked to complete group and individual exercises and assignments, as well as Role playing exercises, which aim to develop their skills (time management, team spirit, collaboration).

At the end, an evaluation test and a satisfaction questionnaire are distributed to participants in order to evaluate the results of their training and the achievement of its objectives.

  • Method of Organoleptic Evaluation of Virgin Olive Oils (according to the
  • specifications of the International Olive Council)
  • Positive and Negative Properties and How to Distinguish Them
  • Factors That Affect the Quality of Virgin Olive Oil
  • Good Practices (according to the International Olive Council) for Cultivation,
  • Harvesting, Oil Extraction, Storage and Standardization
  • Olive Mills. How to choose and what to look for
  • Filtration and filtration methods
  • Storage, tanks, oxygen-free conditions with nitrogen, space requirements
  • Traceability
  • Greek Varieties – emerging Greek varieties
  • International varieties (Northern and Southern Hemisphere)
  • International regulations – International Olive Council regulations
  • Packaging (legislation, permitted materials, commercial sizes, good and bad practices, what bottle to choose)
  • Consumer and extra virgin olive oil – how to choose and what to look for
  • Nutritional value of extra virgin olive oil
  • Phenols and their role
  • Taste harmony of olive oil and food (with examples)
  • Effect of the chemical properties of olive oil on taste and quality
  • International Competitions and their specifications
  • Exhibitions. How do we choose, how do we prepare, what mistakes do we make
  • Required certification standards (ISO 22000, HACCP, BRC etc. and their application in the olive mill, in the standardization, storage, transport and marketing of olive oil)
  • Olive oil legislation
  • Chemical analyses required by the main export target countries
  • Waste legislation
  • Organic olive oil
  • Label legislation (olive oil labeling)
  • Exports. International trade terms, promotion and marketing issues, the role of social media
  • Requirements for organizing olive oil tastings
  • Visitable sites – minimum requirements, points of attention
  • Gastronomic tourism
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Ημερομηνία
Πρόγραμμα
Συμμετοχή
10-11/05/2025
Good practices from harvest to standardization of extra virgin olive oil

Education Methodology

The teaching methods used include lectures, practical training and group work.

In this context, participants are invited to carry out group and individual exercises and tasks, as well as role playing exercises, aimed at developing their skills (time management, team spirit, cooperation).

At the end, an evaluation test and a satisfaction questionnaire are distributed to the participants in order to evaluate the results of their training and the achievement of its objectives.

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