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An opportunity to taste the best extra virgin olive oils from around the world! |
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EARLY BOOKING DISCOUNT AVAILABLE: "Switching from Olive Oil to Table Olive Production" - February 25th, 2012 - Melbourne - click here to see the full workshop programme!
Switching to gourmet table olive production is a possibility that merits attention. The returns from table olives can be as much as three times higher than for olive oil – even taking into account increased labour and processing costs.
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Switching from Olive Oil to Table Olive Production |
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One Day Course
Switching from Olive Oil to Table Olive Production
Saturday 25th of Febuary, 2012
Melbourne, Australlia
For many reasons most producers have concentrated on extra virgin olive production. Sales of olive oil are currently difficult with low prices and slow stock movement.
Switching to gourmet table olive production is a possibility that merits attention. The returns from table olives can be as much as three times higher than for olive oil – even taking into account increased labour and processing costs.
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Add refined oils to the GST list |
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One possibility to reduce the use of refined oils – olive oil and vegetable oils – and increase the consumption of extra virgin olive oil (evoo) in Australia is to make refined oils subject to GST.
Fresh foods are generally exempt from GST while processed foods attract the tax. Refined oils undergo further processing. EVOO would be exempt as it is not processed and can be classed as a fresh food. Infused and oils in cans with propellant would also be subject to GST.
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Bag the Can |
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Why pay a premium price for extra virgin olive oil delivered to your food with the help of a hydrocarbon gas such as propane or butane? The same sort of gas that drives your car - LPG.
At a leading supermarket one can buy an Australian extra virgin olive oil in a spray can for $2.33/100g, in a bottle the same brand will cost $1.29/100ml – around $1.04 less. The difference between buying the oil in a can or bottle varies, but if you buy it in a can you will be paying substantially more.
So we can argue that if we ‘ban the can’, and customers spend as much on olive oil, we will sell more oil and more of the income will come back to the producer and less to the canner and gas supplier!
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Savantes Europe 2012 |
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Tasting the World’s Leading Olive Oils
Seville, Spain, 7th - 9th March 2012
In 12 years Extra Virgin Olive Oil Savantes has been held over 25 olive oil tasting programmes in many countries – Spain, Italy, United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa.
During this time the three-day programme has evolved into one of the world’s leading independent forums for the commercially important attributes of extra virgin olive oil.
- Taste the wide range of styles and flavour of extra virgin olive oils from many regions around the world
- Taste international award winners from the northern and southern hemispheres
- Evaluate your own new season extra virgin olive oil by comparison
- Discuss market trends in producing and importing countries
- Explore the culinary and health selling points of extra virgin olive oil
- Make friends and expand your networks worldwide
- Practice your blending skill
- Achieve recognition of your own tasting ability and knowledge by becoming an Associate Savante or Member of the Register of Extra Virgin Olive Oil Savantes
Programme Leader
The format of Savantes has changed. While retaining the guidance given to relatively inexperienced tasters, we have recognised that more experienced tasters are participating to experience the range of oils uniquely brought together. So we have shifted the emphasis from formal presentations to moderated discussion of relevant data provided and greater participation in taste and flavour description.
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Australian Olive Oil Sales in Recession |
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According to the Retail World Annual Report for 2011, candy sales, including chocolate, have grown 5.4% in value, as have chewing gum and other ‘refresher’ sales – up 3.1%. Herbs and spices are up 4.9%.
Not so with olive oil where sales have dropped 10% in value and 1.8% in volume during 2011.
The annual report summarises the sales through Coles, Woolworths and Metcash.
The olive oil sales totalled $247.4million. Extra virgin olive oil made up 58.4% of this total with extra light at 21.3% and pure olive oil at 20%.
Imported olive oil totalled 77.1% of sales, with Australian produced olive oil making up the balance of 22.9%.
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Dock Them |
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Monitoring imports of olive oil by Customs to ensure they comply with trade standards (whichever is enacted) makes good sense. The testing can be undertaken on every batch by an Australian independent internationally accredited laboratory – and paid for by the importer as part of the clearance process.
Removal of the non-compliant olive oils prior to distribution for sale to consumers would ensure that supermarkets stock shelves with the genuine products. The importer will also ensure that the imported product complies with the standard to avoid being left with no product for sale.
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