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The Chemical Story of Olive Oil: From Grove to Table
By
Richard Blatchly;
Richard Blatchly
Keene State College, USA
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Patricia O'Hara
Patricia O'Hara
Amherst College, USA
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Paperback ISBN:
978-1-78262-856-9
PDF ISBN:
978-1-83916-846-8
EPUB ISBN:
978-1-78801-230-0
Special Collection:
RSC Popular Science eBook Collection
Product Type:
Popular Science
No. of Pages:
348
Publication date:
21 Feb 2017
Book Chapter
CHAPTER 10: Sustainability
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Published:21 Feb 2017
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Special Collection: RSC Popular Science eBook CollectionProduct Type: Popular Science
Page range:
307 - 323
Citation
The Chemical Story of Olive Oil: From Grove to Table, The Royal Society of Chemistry, 2017, pp. 307-323.
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If good quality olives are presented to the processing plant, a good process is vital to quality oil production. Here, the steps involved in mechanical processing of the olives are explained. The chemical story explains how some compounds change during processing and why various chemicals end up in the oil. This is a critical prerequisite to understanding flavor.
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