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Whole Olive;
Whole olive is a product which is offered to market stemless and with seed in it and whose outer surface is wizened according to process technique and which preserve its natural shape.
Olive without Seed; Olive without seed is a product of which seed is taken out by maintaining its natural shape.
Filled Olive; Filled olive is a product which is filled with filling material (carrot, red pepper, kernel of almond, celery, anchovies, orange or lemon skin, kernel of nut, capers, etc.) after its seed is taken.
Olive Sliced in Halves: Olive cut in half, seedless or with stuffing is the product of olive prepared by slicing olive approximately in two equal pieces lengthwise.
Olive Sliced in Quarters: It is the Product obtained by slicing olive approximately in four equal pieces lengthwise in same direction around the seedless olives’ own axis.
Divided Olive: Divided olive is the Product obtained by slicing the olive in more than four approximately equal pieces in the lengthwise and same direction.
Sliced Olive: Sliced olive is the Product of olive obtained by slicing the seedless or olive with stuffing in approximately in equal thickness and as parallel to one another.
Shredded Olive: Shredded olive is the product obtained by slicing the seedless olive in pieces those are in different sizes.
Split Olive: Split olive is the product of olive obtained by seedless olive while splitting in order to take out the seed or olive with goods of stuffing inside or without while stuffing.
d) According to the other forms of introducing it to the Market;
Olive in Basket: this is the product of olive obtained by processing of the harvested olives, right before their black maturity period or right at their black maturity period, in a low concentrated alkali solution for a short period of time and placing them in suitable containers after rinsing thoroughly and tossing and turning them upside down once every other day after dry salting or product that has a wrinkled outer surface and came to the phase of maturity after harvesting at the black maturity period where it can be consumed without the use of alkali and just by the addition of layers of salt according to the processing technique.
Date Olive: Product of olive obtained as the result of reaching the stage of consumption maturity on its own while still on tree depending on the kind of the olive and the ecological conditions.
Kalamata style olives: It is the product introduced to the market in salt solution prepared as mixture of vinegar-acid or with the addition of olive oil and different aromatic substances or without making those extra additions mentioned above after the bitterness of the green, black or color changing olives are eliminated by making traces of cuts or using water, acid water, and salt solution without making traces of small cuts.
Cracked olive: it is obtained by eliminating the bitterness of the unripe green or pink-red colored olive with water and salt or salt solution after cracking the olive without damaging its natural structure or product obtained by cracking the whole olive after eliminating its bitterness with the agency of alkali and prepare to eat by adding olive oil herbal oils and aromatic substances if desired.
Olive with Traces of Cuts: it is obtained by eliminating the bitterness of the black, green or color turning olive with water and salt or salt solution after making traces of cuts on the outer surface of the or product obtained by making traces of cuts on the outer surface of the whole olive after eliminating its bitterness with the agency of alkali and prepare to eat by adding olive oil herbal oils and aromatic substances if desired.
Mixed Olive: Product prepared to be introduced to the market in different forms and varieties of olives such as with or without stuffing or with or without aroma as mixed all in one package.
Salad Olive: Product is prepared by mixing pieced, sliced, with stuffing or whole olives all in one package for the market and adding products such as peppers, capers, almonds, carrots etc and in form of with or without aroma.
| Olive Calibers |
| Lux |
140-160 |
| Duble |
180-200 |
| Special big-sized |
220-250 |
| Jumbo |
250-300 |
| Selection |
300-350 |
| Super |
350-400 |
| Ekstra |
400-450 |
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