Organic Extra Virgin Early Harvest Olive Oil 500 ml
€ 24,90
Description
Organic Extra Virgin Early Harvest Olive Oil 500 ml
- Ancient Olive Grove: Consists of 4000 roots, some up to 800 years old. It includes many self-rooted olive trees, thousands of wild olive tree roots, and unique varieties. There are also modern olive groves with an additional 4000 olive trees
- Modern Certified Olive Mill: Continues the legacy of the old stone-built olive mill, including the traditional watermill, millstones, and press beds
- Innovative and Eco-friendly Processes: In the Monastery’s olive grove, modern innovative production processes are used, such as composting all the residues of the olive mill, since no chemical fertilizers are used in the Monastery
- Traditional Manual Harvesting: The harvesting of the olives is done with respect, by the hands of the monks, as in the old days, involving labor-intensive manual work
- Health Benefits: The exceptional virgin olive oil is recommended by modern medicine due to its valuable components that provide health, well-being, and longevity. The levels of polyphenols exceed four times and five times the average of the indicators provided by the European Union, and in combination with Vitamin E they provide extra protection against the oxidation of blood lipids.
Premium organic extra virgin early harvest cold extraction olive oil with high polyphenols, produced directly from olives and only by mechanical methods. In the Monastery, there is a modern certified olive mill, which is the continuation of the old stone-built olive mill. One of the main occupations in Monastic life is the production of olive oil, important for everyday life, worship, nutrition and also finding resources for the functions of the Monastery. The Holy Great Monastery of Vatopedi, having decades of experience in olive cultivation and olive oil production, selects with strict criteria fine olive oils that are produced exclusively by collaborating Monastic Olive Groves in accordance with the cultivation practices of the Holy Great Monastery of Vatopedi.
