Impact of Emerging Technologies on Virgin Olive Oil Processing, Consumer Acceptance, and the Valorization of Olive Mill Wastes

The Microbiology of Olive Mill Wastes

Olive mill wastes (OMWs) are high-strength organic effluents, which upon disposal can degrade soil and water quality, negatively affecting aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems. The main purpose of this review paper is to provide an up-to-date knowledge concerning the microbial communities identified over the past 20 years in olive mill wastes using both culture-dependent and independent approache...

Solar Dryer Application for Olive Oil Mill Wastes

Global waste production has raised recently due to numerous agricultural and industrial activities. Among other actions devoted to waste reduction, revaluation seems to be the most advantageous one from an environmental and economic point of view. In the olive oil sector, by-product management (namely olive pomace, olive mill wastewater, and sludge residue) poses serious problems for companies,...

Virgin olive oil and nutrition

Numerous medical studies (a study in seven countries, Monika study, Dart studies, etc. ) have shown that olive oil is one of the most important ingredient of "Mediterranean diet" associated with a reduction in cardiovascular disease and certain types of cancerous diseases. Nutritional and health value of virgin olive oil is attributed to the large proportion of monounsaturated fatty acids (main...

Existing and emerging technologies for the treatment of olive oil mill wastewaters

Olive oil mill wastewaters (OOMW) represent a significant environmental problem especially in the Mediterranean, the main olive oil production region in the world. Characterization of OOMW is carried out by determination of various parameters, such as BOD5, COD and content of total phenols. The aim of this paper is to evaluate existing (physical, biological etc.) and emerging technologies for a...

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