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History and geography
Composition and health
Food and cooking
- What do olive oil and wine have in common, and how do they differ?
- How many olive varieties are there? Do they taste different?
- Should you choose single-variety oils or blends?
- Are some types of olive oil better suited to certain dishes?
- How do you taste olive oil?
- Does olive oil have uses other than food?
The olive oil revolution: the end of old assumptions
In France, our view of olive oil is distorted by preconceptions and by a completely outdated idea of the product and of the main players in the sector. Although it is a Mediterranean country, France is above all a nation of butter, margarine and sunflower oil consumers, where olive oil carries relatively little weight, though its share is growing. French consumers actually know very little about this pillar of the Mediterranean diet.
Drawing on historical and economic data and analysis, visits to olive mills, interviews and photos taken in the field, this website tries to shed light on this little-known sector, to reveal it to readers and to show how it has changed compared with the distorted, somewhat old-fashioned picture most people have of it.