Olive oil

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Olive oil extraction

Main article Olive oil extraction

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Traditionally, olive oil was produced by beating the trees with sticks to knock the olives off and crushing them in stone or wooden mortars or beam presses. Nowadays, olives are ground to tiny bits, obtaining a paste that is mixed with water and processed by a centrifuge, which extracts the oil from the paste, leaving behind pomace.

Related Topics:
Tree - Mortar - Beam press - Centrifuge - Pomace

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