What is Olive Pomace Oil?

In most of the time, we consider olive oil as one grade type liquid fat. However, it is not true. What olive oil is a range of liquid fat products produced from olives with difference characteristics. This means that olive oil is the category name of a wide range of product portfolio in world. The main two categories are virigin and pomace. Virgin olive oils are the olive oils that are produced with mechanical pressing method of olives. On the other hand, pomace is the physical residue that is left from the virgin olive oil production.

Pomace oil is contained within half solid pomace residue left. This residue is produced from the production(extraction) of virgin olive oils. Once olives are pressed, there are three types of outputs. Two of these are liquid and one is solid. The liquid residues are vegetation water and olive oil. The third one is the pomace.

Since pomace contains a portion of olive oil, this oil can be extracted. However, it is not easy to extract this oil with the mechanical ways. Therefore, olive oil companies such as Artem Oliva that is in Turkey, needs to use some natural solvents to extract this oil. Artem Oliva, olive oil company in Turkey, is producing this oil type.

The oil that is extracted from pomace with solvents is called Pomace Oil. Pomace oil is not edible and cannot be exported or sold domestically. Therefore, pomace oil must be refined for further purification to make it edible and better. Once it is refined, it is called as Refined Pomace Oil.

Now, refined pomace oil must be blended with virgin olive oils in order to make it edible and ready for the use of consumers. The final product that is composed of refined pomace oil and virgin olive oil is called as Olive Pomace Oil. In Turkey, this type of olive oil is produced and exported by the biggest exporter of olive oil.

Olive Pomace Oil is a great olive oil that has two main advantages. First one is that it is the most economical olive oil type out there in market. This means that this olive oil has high demand. The second advantage is that it has very high tolerance against high temperature cooking needs. This means that this is a great type of olive oil that is best for cooking and frying needs.