STRAKKA Organic SUPER High Phenolic Extra Virgin Olive Oil, Limited Edition 250ml
Only a small fraction of the Extra Virgin Olive Oils produced in the Mediterranean contain phenolic compounds.
Strakka’s High Phenolic Extra Virgin Organic Olive Oil is a new product that represents an emerging category of early harvest olive oil that is rich in phenolic content and its an EU health claim for enhanced health protective properties.
This category is identi¬ed by the Health Claim (Commission Regulation (EU) 432/2012) and is associated to the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) recognizing olive oil polyphenols, including the compounds oleocanthal and oleacein, as having anti-in ammatory and anti-oxidant properties. This Regulation can be applied only to olive oil containing at least 250mg of polyphenols per 1kg of olive oil.
Strakka’s early harvest organic Extra Virgin Olive Oil its this health claim for polyphenol concentration and is being introduced for the growing market of informed and health-conscious individuals looking for both organic and natural foods with proven health protective properties.
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: CYPRUS
OLIVE VARIETY: KORONEIKI – KALAMON – CYPRIOT
HARVEST TYPE: EARLY HARVEST
TASTE: FRUITY & SPICY
NOTES OF: GREEN APPLE, TOMATO LEAVES, CUT GRASS
HARVEST METHOD: HAND-PICKED
SHELF LIFE: 24 MONTHS
PRESSED: About 1 hour after we hand-pick the olives we carry them to our own oil mill inside the Strakka Estate for milling. Grinding is done by cold pressing without adding water. We store in stainless steel tanks and in the empty part of the tank we add nitrogen. The room temperature is constant and controlled.
100 % Organic Extra Virgin Olive Oil (cold pressed)
The Strakka Estate
Founded during the period of Venetian rule in Cyprus approximately five hundred years ago, it made its debut on Abraham Ortelius’s map of 1573. The Estate has maintained an unbroken tradition of olive oil production ever since.
Situated near the medieval walled city of Nicosia, with views of the Troodos and Kyrenia mountain ranges, the Estate was acquired by its current owners, the Leventis family, in 1942. It covers around 50 hectares (124 acres) of land, with 8,200 olive trees and over 2,000 citrus trees.
The Strakka Estate’s production of olives and citrus fruit is entirely organic and is certified by the Lacon Institute.
Unveiling Olive Oil Artistry
The Strakka Estate has its own two-phase olive mill and bottling facility, meaning the entire production process happens onsite. The olive oil is stored in airtight stainless-steel tanks until it is ready to be bottled.
The process is designed to minimise the time between the harvesting and the cold pressing of the olives (to a few hours), and to reduce unnecessary exposure to external factors such as air, heat, light and water, that can degrade the oil’s natural properties.
This results in an outstanding olive oil, including our early harvest product that is rich in polyphenols.