This image provides information about how olive oil is made step by step.
From an overall perspective, it is apparent that harvested olives undergo 5 stages before virgin oils are made, and to make the final product, virgin oil can be processed by 2 different methods.
Initially, when farmers pick olives from the trees, they put them in collection vats. In the second stage, olive leaves are removed, and olives are washed to prepare them for the rest of the process. Subsequently, the olives are crushed in olive mills to create an olive paste. In the next level, The olive paste will be mixed in malaxer in 27 centigrade, and virgin oil is then produced in centrifugal press. Also, an unprocessed substance, called Pomace, can be separated for future processing in refining factories.
Conversion of virgin oil into the final product can be achieved either through the separation process or the decantation; both of which involve extraction of water from the oil. Ultimately, oils will be stored in storage tanks before being packaged