Louyeh Food Industry, producer of a variety of green and black olive cans, refined virgin olive oil, various pickles, and sour and sweet pomegranate sauce, is constructed on a 30980 square-meter land in Gilan province, Roodbar-Ganzha with a substructure of 3380 square meters. The food industry (Louyeh), has chosen HACCP, ISO 2008-9001, and ISO 2005-22000 as its supervisory and sanitary systems in order to assure the hygiene and health of its products. Louyeh has based its work on the daily...Read more ...
Iran shares many geographical features and historical roots with the Mediterranean countries, which are home to the major known cultivars of olive. Lying on the edges of the Eastern Mediterranean, it is the cradle of ancient civilisations and the possible birthplace of the olive tree. Much...
Olives have been cultivated in parts of the Mediterranean—including Crete and Syria—for at least 5,000 years. In addition, there is carbon-dating evidence of olive tree presence in Spain as many as 6,000–8,000 years ago. This ancient and legendary tree was also native to parts of...
While commonly recognized as a high-fat food (about 80-85% of the calories in olives come from fat), olives are not always appreciated for the type of fat they contain. Olives are unusual in their fat quality, because they provide almost three-quarters of their fat as oleic acid, a...
Dozens of health-protective nutrients have been identified in olives, and recent studies have taken a very close look at olive varieties, olive processing, and changes that take place in olive nutrients. The overall conclusion from these studies is exciting for anyone who loves olives of all...
