Laconiko High Phenolic Zoi Olive Oil

375 ml bottle - Sparta, Greece

This is a very rare olive oil. Packed with phenolic compounds that is rarely found at these levels in olive oils in the world.

ZOI is made from a specially selected, early harvest of Kalamon variety olives, known for their very high phenolic concentration – in particular the phenolic compounds oleocanthal and oleacein.

Only 51 olive growers out of thousands of submissions produced over 1,250 mg/kg of polyphenols. ZOI measures 1799 mg/kg of polyphenols with 946 mg/kg of oleocanthal. Less than a handful of olive growers produced olive oil that contained over 700 oleocanthal.

“The health benefits of olive oil are 99 percent related to the presence of the phenolic compounds, not the oil itself,” says Nasir Malik, research plant physiologist at the U.S.D.A.

Harvested at just the right time and then immediately milled. The process is meticulously carried out from picking to the pressing at a specific temperature to achieve the highest Phenolic EVOO.

Kalamon is the olive, Kalamata is the region in the southern Peloponnese of Greece. They are among the most famous and prized table olives in the world due to their distinctive flavor and firm texture.

Bottled in small batches as needed to maintain the special quality of the oil. Our first shipment has arrived.