Extra Virgin Olive oil is a liquid fat obtained from olives , a traditional tree crop of the Mediterranean Basin, produced by pressing whole olives and extracting the oil. It is commonly used in cooking, for frying foods or as a salad dressing. It is also used in cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, and soaps, and as a fuel for traditional oil lamps, and has additional uses in some religions. The olive is one of three core food plants in Mediterranean cuisine; the other two are wheat and grapes. Olive trees have been grown around the Mediterranean since the 8th millennium BC.
Extra virgin olive oil is generally obtained from the mesocarp of the olive fruits by mechanical pressing. Its health-promoting and protective effects may be due to the presence of phenolic compounds that possess antimicrobial, antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties.[9] Oleocanthal, a component of newly pressed extra-virgin olive
Extra Virgin Olive Oil -750 ML –
Extra Virgin Olive Oil : is made simply by crushing olives and extracting the juice it is the only cooking oil that is made without the use of chemicals and industrial refining .
this Extra Virgin Olive Oil coming from the south of Lebanon(Marjeayoun area) which the best area in Lebanon produce oil