Santos-picual-EXTRA VIRGIN OLIVE OIL

We are a family business that was created from a hobby of growing olive trees. Today we are passionately and sustainably dedicated to the production of extra virgin oil in Alicante. Our province is a privileged place with more than 300 days of sunshine a year, a Mediterranean climate that makes the cultivation of olive trees ideal, it has olive varieties that are not found in other provinces or regions with more, which allows us to produce EVOO. with unique characteristics.

At EVOO La llar de Santos we grow five different varieties of olive: Arbequina, Picual, Hojiblanca, Cornicabra and Blanqueta.

In the oil mill we extract and beat the paste cold, at less than 27 degrees, to maintain all the properties and characteristics of each variety of olive, color, flavor and specific aroma, creating from each of them an extra virgin olive oil of exceptional quality to season your meals and delight your palate.

We pick the early olive, we harvest it when it is still on the tree combing its branches, and we press it green. With this procedure we create a smaller amount of oil, but of great value, since we obtain an oil with less acidity, more antioxidants and a high content of polyphenols, appreciated by the most demanding markets and restaurants, which is why we like to call it liquid gold.

Thanks to our limited own harvest of about 3,600 trees, our family is able to dedicate strict control to all processes.

We are committed to the environment

At EVOO La llar de Santos we have a great awareness of the environment. We know that our quality initially comes from the tree and the earth, we feel respect and devotion. A product of the highest quality is an indicator of the wealth and care of the earth, as well as its fauna and flora, since it is the natural way of provide our olives with exceptional quality.

Our farms are biodynamic, we do not use heavy machinery, when we work by hand we take much better care of the tree. We are a sustainable company that uses traditional methods from collection to extraction without using artificial insecticides or pesticides.

According to the EFSA statement, 20 grams of extra virgin olive oil is the indicated amount that provides protection of blood lipids against oxidation.