Olive Oil is a product rooted in our food culture for thousands ofyears. It was the Phoenicians who introduced it to the inhabitantsof the Iberian Peninsula in the eleventh century AC. During Romantimes, the consumption of olive oil quickly spread, with the“Betica Province”, Andalucia today, the main producing area of thewhole empire. Spain treasures the largest olive-tree plantation ofthe world. Over 300 million olive trees, which occupy more than 2.5million hectares, spread over 34 provinces over the country,taking preponderance its presence in the southern and eastern halfof the peninsula. This makes Spain the largest producer andexporter 3 of olive oil, representing more than half of EUproduction and 40% of the world’s production. This gives anenormous economic asset and a great social, environmental, culturaland public health value.
