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2. Castile soap - Wikipedia

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   The origins of Castile soap go back to the Levant, where Aleppo soapmakers have made hard soaps based on olive and laurel oil for millennia. [2]It is commonly believed that the Crusaders brought Aleppo soap back to Europe in the 11th century, based on the claim that the earliest soap made in Europe was just after the Crusades, but in fact, the Greeks knew about soap in the first century AD and ...

3. Olay - Wikipedia

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   Olay originated in South Africa as Oil of Olay. Graham Wulff (1916–2008), a former Unilever chemist from Durban, [2] started it in 1952. He chose the name "Oil of Olay" as a spin on the word "lanolin", a key ingredient. It was unique in the early days because it was a pink fluid rather than a cream, packaged in a heavy glass bottle.

4. Olive oil - Wikipedia

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   Virgin olive oil is a lesser grade of virgin oil, with free acidity of up to 2.0%, and is judged to have a good taste, but may include some sensory defects. Refined olive oil is virgin oil that has been refined using charcoal and other chemical and physical filters, methods which do not alter the glyceridic structure. It has a free acidity ...

5. Starbucks will discontinue Oleato olive oil drinks at U.S. cafes

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   Starbucks’ controversial line of olive oil-infused drinks will leave U.S. stores in early November. The decision to remove the Oleato drinks from domestic menus predates newly installed CEO ...

6. Oleaceae - Wikipedia

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   The olive (Olea europaea) is important for its fruit and for the olive oil extracted from it. The ashes (Fraxinus) are valued for their tough wood. Forsythias, lilacs, jasmines, osmanthuses, privets, and fringe trees are valued as ornamental plants in gardens and landscaping. At least two species of jasmine are the source of an essential oil.

7. Olea - Wikipedia

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   Olea (/ ˈ oʊ l i ə / OH-lee-ə [3]) is a genus of flowering plants in the family Oleaceae. It includes 12 species native to warm temperate and tropical regions of the Middle East, southern Europe , Africa , southern Asia , and Australasia . [ 2 ]