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In olive oil extraction, malaxation is the action of slowly churning or mixing milled olives, [2] typically for 20 to 40 minutes. The churning allows the smaller droplets of oil released by the milling process to aggregate and be more easily separated. The paste is normally heated to around 27 °C during this process.
The fruit is a small drupe, 1–2.5 cm (3 ⁄ 8 –1 in) long when ripe, thinner-fleshed and smaller in wild plants than in orchard cultivars. Olives are harvested in the green to purple stage. [13] O. europaea contains a pyrena commonly referred to in American English as a "pit", and in British English as a "stone". [14]
Within the EU (and other countries that ratified PDO agreements or similar laws), the name is protected with PDO status, which means that the name can only be used for olives (and olive oil) from the region around Kalamata. [5] Olives of the same variety grown elsewhere are marketed as Kalamon olives in the EU and, sometimes, elsewhere. [6] [7 ...
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Many oils are marketed as first cold pressed or cold extraction. "Cold" means no heat is added during extraction. "Pressed" means that the olives are crushed in a mill to extract the oil. [19] In the EU, these designations are regulated by Article 5 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1019/2002 of 13 June 2002 on marketing standards for olive oil.
Kalamata Olives vs. Black Olives Peter Adams/Getty Images When it comes to comparing kalamata olives and black olives, it’s important to note that kalamata olives are indeed a type of black olive.