The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-06-28
TRICKS IN OLIVE OIL
TRADE, SAYS CONSUL
More Sold Here Under Certain
Brands Than Is Pro-
duced for Export.

WAsHINGToN. June 27--Morr oil is
being sent TO the United States ns Tucca
or Tuscan olive Or than the district pro-
duces for export" says United States
Consul Benjamin r. Chase OF Leghorn.
Italy. in a recent report to tho Depart
ment of Commerce Treated inferior
olive oil is produced in italy at Porto
Maurizio. The oil sells at sls77 per 100
pounds. OIL prepared at Nice sells at
sl4.54: at Marsellles, from s11.si TO
san.
Some of this oil 70 received at tho free
port in Leghorn and pays no duty. 1t is
there alleged to be mixed with Lucca oil
and the whole sold as pure Lucca olive
oil. Some Is said TO he taken direct to
Lucca and other places In this district and
mixed with genuine Lucca oil and the
whole put out as grown in Tuscany and
manufactu In Lucca.
"rhe Tuscan olive oil crop for 19l3-Iol4
IL reported by growers TO be not to exceed
one-third OF a normal crop. The average
annual production for the years 1909
1919 was 1868. 900 pounds.
IAN authority on oil production here
says that 100 pounds Of olives will pro-
duce no to $50 pounds OF oil on the
first and second DRESSINGS. These have
been the only oils heretofore considered
NJ for human consumption. This would
Indicate n production OF about IL, 900 900
pounds OF oil, Al least one-third of tho
production is consumed in Italy. lcsv-
ing 100000 pounds Of pure Lucca oil
for export The exports 10 the United
States during 1913 were | e92, 600 pounds,
Of which one-thlrd was In tho last quarter
OF the year and from the 1913-1914 crop
THE treated oil II difficult TO detect,
but expert tasters allege that they can
recognize the mixed oil from the flavor
and the effect on the throat" /
Although he does not claim that II II
nrndnrfiya NJ franH tat Al
Robert Frazer. Jr,, OF Malaga, spain, tells
in a report OF the discovery OF new
process by which inferior oils. heretofore
available only for mechanical purposes.
may he rendered desirable for food He
says:
Merchants state that a revolution IL
being worked In the Malaga oil industry
by the institution of the modern processes
OF deodorizing. decooring and neutraliz-
ing the acdity OF inferior or too highly
favored oils. These processes have been
practised on n commercial scale for only
very few years The industry directly
affects the Malaga trade IN two ways: II
not only renders inferior oils salable as
edible products hut II can be applied 10
removing some of the taste and odor OF
really first class virgin oil destined for
In markets that prefer very
mild oils.
Most southern Spanish oils, while Of
NS' in'H'NI nave heretofore na0 100 !
much taste and odor 70 appeal TO the /
average consumer In the United States
as compared n the mifder italian and |
French oils. But IL II is desired, these 4
strong oils can now be rendered mild !
without injury or adulteration Another |
indirect and perhaps the most mpor- .
tant effect of the process Is the demand .
for high favored Spanish oils for mixing .
with seed oils and low grade olive oils !
from other countries that have been
deodorissd and treated in southcrn
France"