How Cool is Your Olive Oil?

Athan Gadanidis
7 min readAug 23, 2023

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The Cooler the Better!

60 years ago everyone in Greece knew that olive oil needed to be stored in a cold room. In villages it was in the wine cellar where temperatures hovered around 12–15°C all year round. This is where they stored the early harvest olive oil.

I remember it when I was a child. We used it as our medicine. Toothaches, stomach problems and even cuts, bruises and achy muscles were all treated with this prized early harvest olive oil. They knew by traditonal knowledge this eary harvest olive oil was superior and needed to be protected from high temperatures and light. It was never sold or used as salad dressing. It was priceless. It was our medicine.

But in the last 50 years this traditional knowledge has been overwhelmed by the olive oil industry’s obsession with mono unsaturated fat. Changing lifestyles and the move to the big cities had a devastating effect on the “traditional” medicinal practices in the Greek countryside.

How Healthy is Healthy?

The 432/2012 health claim for polyphenols in olive oil accepted by the EU commission was a big surprise for the olive oil industry. It blindsided them. These titans of of the olive oil industry dismissed it as meaningless. After 50 years of marketing olive oil for its health benefits for its mono-unsaturated fat content, along comes the EU health claim for polyphenols to upend it literally overnight. The health benefits are derived from the polyphenols it contains and the health effect is dose dependent. The higher the concentration of polyphenols the more the positive effect.

How High is High?

We have created the first end to end solution to maintain extra virgin olive oil fresh & alive until it reaches our customers hands. We track & trace, random test and store and display our High Phenolic Extra Virgin Olive Oils (HP EVOOs) in the Aristoleo Cooler set at 12° — 15°C. This is the perfect temperature to protect the High Phenolic content of EVOO as it chills it without freezing or coagulating. The health benefits of these olive oils can only be maintained if you are able to control the temperature all along the supply chain.

Certain early harvest EVOOs have been discovered to contain a high concentration of polyphenols. These polyphenols are proving to have medicinal properties and are becoming highly prized and sought after. Positive results from initial Clinical trials have thrust these olive oils to international media attention. https://www.today.com/video/the-benefits-of-olive-oil-according-to-a-nutritional-psychiatrist-1195929667556

Phenolic compounds found only in Early Harvest EVOO have astounded scientists in clinical trials conducted with human volunteers. The positive effect on a variety of conditions can be measured in a very short time after consumption of high concentration of phenolic compounds found in HP-EVOO. https://aristoleo.com/research-links/

How Cool is Cool?

However polyphenols are very sensitive to heat. Even when bottled and stored at an average temperature of 25° they lose on average 46% of their phenolic concentrations in 12 months.

The first Aristoleo Certified HP EVOO available in the USA are```; LACONIKO OLIO NUOVO and Laconiko ZOI. A seamless combination of Award Winning taste and High Phenolic content.

https://aristoleo.com/aristoleo-north-america/

Aristoleo Cooler at Laconiko Headquarters in Manassas Virginia

“When I vacationed in Greece in 2012 and tasted fresh and alive early harvest olive oil, I made it my mission for everyone to have access to it. It took a lot longer than I expected because we had to literally reinvent the olive oil business. Aristoleo Cooler and Data-Lok Protocol is a major step in ensuring the fresh & alive early harvest olive oil, is maintained up to the point of purchase and beyond. Whether at retail, or online, health conscious individuals are increasingly dependent on regular consumption of increased concentrations of polyphenols found in early harvest olive oils to maintain health or in some cases even alleviate symptoms of illness. They deserve to know they are getting what they pay for. ”Marilyn Harding, CEO Artemis Alliance Inc.

Research has revealed the health benefits of olive oil are primarily derived from the phenolic compounds, or polyphenols as they are more commonly known. These polyphenols need to be protected from unregulated temperature fluctuations after the EVOO is bottled. More recent research has shown they lose on average 46% of these valuable polyphenols in 12 months if the average storage or display temperature is 25°C.

“The health benefits of olive oil are 99% related to the presence of thephenolic compounds and not the oil itself” Nasir Malik, USDA.

Phenolic compounds found only in Early Harvest EVOO have astounded scientists in clinical trials conducted with human volunteers. The positive effect can be measured in a very short time after consumption of high concentration of phenolic compounds found in HPEVOO. https://aristoleo.com/research-links/

ARISTOLEO COOLER Placing these olive oils in a temperature controlled Aristoleo cooler is the idea whose time has come. Throughout history these early harvest olive oils were considered to be medicinal and stored in underground cellars along with wines to protect them against temperature fluctuations.

Aristoleo Cooler in Athens Greece at the World Olive Center for Health, Olive Lab & Shop

“Wine industry to this day store their wines at lower temperatures (12°-15°C), but the olive oil industry became obsessed with lowering costs and increasing production. It was inevitable adulteration and fraud would follow. However most damage is caused from the lack of temperature control once the bottles leave the producers hands. This is what makes the Aristoleo Cooler the best way to control the quality right up until the point of purchase and beyond. Do a google search, can you find any olive oil coolers? We have not only reinvented the olive oil industry but we have also created the newest search term for google –“Olive Oil Cooler” Athan Gadanidis creator of the Aristoleo Cooler

MEDIA CONTACTS:

Marilyn Harding: marilyn@artemisallianceinc.com

Athan Gadanidis: athan@aristoleo.com

Tel: +30 694 728–7828 on WhatsApp & Viber

How Cool is Your Olive Oil?

EVOO in a Cooler? What Took us so Long?

We have created the first end to end solution to maintain extra virgin olive oil fresh & alive until it reaches our customers hands. We track & trace, random test and store and display our High Phenolic Extra Virgin Olive Oils (HP EVOOs) in the Aristoleo Cooler set at 12° — 15°C. This is the perfect temperature to protect the phenolic content of HP EVOO) as it chills it without freezing or coagulating. The health benefits of these olive oils can only be maintained if you are able to control the temperature all along the supply chain.

Certain early harvest EVOOs have been discovered to contain a high concentration of polyphenols. These polyphenols are proving to be medicinal in nature and highly prized and sought after. Positive results from initial Clinical trials have thrust these olive oils to international media attention. https://www.today.com/video/the-benefits-of-olive-oil-according-to-a-nutritional-psychiatrist-1195929667556

Phenolic compounds found only in Early Harvest EVOO have astounded scientists in clinical trials conducted with human volunteers. The positive effect on a variety of conditions can be measured in a very short time after consumption of high concentration of phenolic compounds found in HPEVOO. https://aristoleo.com/research-links/

However polyphenols are very sensitive to heat. Even when bottled and stored at an average temperature of 25° they lose on average 46% of their phenolic concentrations in 12 months.

The first Certified HP EVOO available in the USA LACONIKO OLIO NUOVO. Combines Award Winning taste and High Phenolic content. https://aristoleonorthamerica.com/pages/laconiko-olio-nuovo

“When I first came to Greece in 2012 and tasted fresh and alive early harvest olive oil, I made it my mission for everyone to have access to it. It took a lot longer than I expected because we had to literally reinvent the olive oil business. Aristoleo Cooler and Data-Locked Protocol is a major step in ensuring the fresh & alive early harvest olive oil, is maintained up to the point of purchase and beyond. Whether at retail, or online health conscious individuals are increasingly dependent on regular consumption of increased concentrations of polyphenols found in early harvest olive oils to maintain health or alleviate symptoms of illness. They deserve to know they are getting what they pay for. ”Marilyn Harding, CEO Artemis Alliance Inc.

https://aristoleo.com/when-a-child-stops-playing-autism-and-high-phenolic-olive-oil/

Research has revealed the health benefits of olive oil are primarily derived from the phenolic compounds, or polyphenols as they are more commonly known. These polyphenols need to be protected from unregulated temperature fluctuations after the EVOO is bottled. Research has shown they lose on average 46% of these valuable polyphenols in 12 months if the average storage or display temperature is 25°C.

“The health benefits of olive oil are 99% related to the presence of the

phenolic compounds and not the oil itself”

Nasir Malik, USDA.

Phenolic compounds found only in Early Harvest EVOO have astounded scientists in clinical trials conducted with human volunteers. The positive effect can be measured in a very short time after consumption of high concentration of phenolic compounds found in HPEVOO. https://aristoleo.com/research-links/

Placing these olive oils in a temperature controlled Aristoleo cooler is the idea whose time has come. Throughout history these early harvest olive oils were considered to be medicinal and stored in underground cellars along with wines to protect them against temperature fluctuations.

“Wine industry to this day store their wines at lower temperatures (12°-15°C), but the olive oil industry became obsessed with lowering costs and increasing production. It was inevitable adulteration and fraud would follow. However most damage is caused from the lack of temperature control once the bottles leave the producers hands. This is what makes the Aristoleo Cooler the best way to control the quality right up until the point of purchase and beyond. Do a google search, can you find any olive oil coolers? We have not only reinvented the olive oil industry but we have also created the newest search term for google –“Olive Oil Cooler” Athan Gadanidis creator of the Aristoleo Cooler

MEDIA CONTACTS:

Marilyn Harding: marilyn@artemisallianceinc.com

Athan Gadanidis: athan@aristoleo.com

Tel: +30 694 728–7828 (WhatsApp)

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Athan Gadanidis

Writer obsessed with discovering and reviving the ancient Olympian EVOO. Founder of Aristoleo Awards.