Victor Guedes Extra Virgin Olive Oil 16.9fl.oz

Once tasted will be kept in your memory beyond the end of your meal. The production of olive oil is an ancestral artisan tradition in the Mediterranean basin, its mastery dates back to 3000 BC. In Portugal, the olive tree plantations can be traced back to the Visigothic Code of 506 AD, that has conquered over time other continents and all cooking styles. Olive oil is often referred to as the golden liquid, having in the distant past served as a means of exchange between people from the Mediterranean region and the Middle East Olive oil is also a vegetable fat, but the only one mainly composed of monounsaturated fatty acids (principally oleic acid). Not only is the fat composition unique, but olive oil is also rich in polyphenol that contribute to the protection of blood lipids from oxidative stress.