How Is Olive Oil Made?

Do you know how to make Olive OIl? If not here is an essay which will explain how to make Olive Oil.

 Do you know what olive oil is? Olive oil is an oil extracted from olives. It is used in gourmet or regular kitchens. It comes in a variety of types like: Extra Virgin, Virgin and Refined.

Firstly, the olives are hand or machine picked from their trees. The machine is called an automated harvester and it shakes the olives off the branches. They get washed to take away the twigs and leaves. Then they get shipped away into a factory to be processed.

When they arrive in the factory, the olives are grinded. They have to be grinded slowly because when there's too much friction the grinded olives are heated. When the olives get over 27° the oil loses value as it should be cold pressed.

Next the grinded olives get spun in a machine called a centrafuge. This machine spins the pulp quickly to separate the oil from the fruit and water. It works because the liquids are different densities. The pulp gets recycled as it is used for fertilizer or animal feed.

Then that oil gets stored into steel tanks and it is siphoned into bottles. The bottles are dark green to block out UV light which would damage the oil. The bottles then get labeled.

Finally the oil is sent to supermarkets to be sold. Now you know what the life of an olive is as it is turned into olive oil!