FACTS ABOUT OLIVE TREES
It takes ten years for a tree to grow to maturity and start producing olives Trees have a life span of 300 to 400 years, but some can live for 1,000 years. It takes an average of 5 kilos of olives to produce one liter of oil
QUALITY
The highest-quality olive oil is called extra-virgin. According to European Union regulations, olive oil can only be called extra virgin if it meets a series of chemical parameters: one of these parameters is that the acidity level must not exceed 0.8%.