Milling Operations
Olives should be brought to our mill as soon as possible to ensure the best quality. We prefer to mill our olives within hours of harvest.
First the olives are run through the washing compartment. The cleaned olives are then crushed into a paste and pumped to the malaxing tanks. As the paste is pumped to the centrifuge where the oil is separated from the solids.
Filtration of the olive oil will ensure that the product is as fresh and pure as possible.
FAQ
What is olive milling?
Olive milling is the process of making olive oil from the crushed olives. First, the olives need to be crushed, the oil is extracted using and certrifuge. At this point, the pulp can be put back into the earth or used for other things like fertilizer or livestock feed.
How do you extract olive oil from an olive tree?
There are two ways to extract olive oil from olives. The most common way is through the cold press method. Modern techniques use machine grinders to crush the olives and oil is extracted by way of centrifuge. Prior to this method olive where crushed using a granite stone, paste was spread on to mats and pressed using hydraulic force.