4.1        Olive oil

Olive oil includes:

a) Virgin olive oil, which is divided into:

              1) extra virgin olive oil

              2) medium-grade virgin olive oil

              3) lampante virgin olive oil

       b) Refined olive oil

            c) Blended olive oil

4.2              Olive-pomace oil    

Olive-pomace oil includes   

a) Crude olive-pomace oil    

b) Refined olive-pomace oil

c) Blended olive-pomace oil

5 Quality requirements

5.1Characteristic Indices

5.1.1 The composition of fatty acids is shown in Table 1.

Table 1 Composition of fatty acids in olive oil and olive-pomace oil

5.1.2 Trans fatty acid content is shown in Table 2.

Table 2 Content of trans fatty acids

5.1.3 Unsaponifiable matter content is shown in Table 3.

Table 3 Unsaponifiable matter content in olive oil and olive-pomace oil

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