SPAIN : Genotype Plays Significant Role in Fatty Acid Content of Virgin OLIVE OIL | CIHEAM Press Review | Scoop.it

Researchers from Córdoba and Madrid, in Spain, have iden­ti­fied and mea­sured the main causes of vari­abil­ity in the fatty acid con­tent of vir­gin olive oils.
The study pub­lished in Food Chemistry shows that most dif­fer­ences in vir­gin olive oil fatty acids pro­files are due to the geno­type of the olive cul­ti­vars. Lesser but sig­nif­i­cant vari­abil­ity also comes from the impact of the dif­fer­ent cli­mate con­di­tions.