Top Olive Oil Producing Countries

very interesting! God knows where Syria (or Libya) is now ...

Still no updates about that ...

Italian and Greek olive oil are rather famous but Spanish olive oil? They produce more metric tons than both Italy and Greece combined yet I can't recall that I ever purchased Spanish olive oil. They probably sell it where I shop since they have tons of different types of cooking oil there but it never stood out to me.

I've seen a lot of Spanish olive oil where I live. I guess they export it to some places and not to others.

I've had Spanish olive oil, as well.

If by chance you ever go around Jaén in Andalusia, you could see the scale of the Spanish production. I think it's by far the biggest olive field in the world, it's really mind blowing. If you want quality, buy French of Greek oil, Spain is more about mass production, even if you can also find some totally respectable oils right there. Drawbacks, French and quality Greek olive oils are expensive as hell.

Goya is one brand of Spanish olive oil that is common in my area.

My mother bought her olive oil by the gallon and it was always Spanish. Huge metal tins of the stuff.

Italy buys a lot of olive oil from Spain and labels it as it was produced there. Also I'm surprised you havent heard about Spanish oil, as it is usually said as one of the best.

The hint gave it away

Very surprised just based off geography that Chile, Mexico and Australia aren't on the list. Not that they are known producers but because of size, climate and propensity to grow a lot of high dollar crops.

It looks like they were added. Large parts have Mediterranean climate there.

I live in Jaen (Andalusia, Spain), the main place in the world in production of olive oil. In most villages and towns from this province olive oil is almost the only economic base and way of life. But much of this oil is sold to Italy where they label and commercialise it, although the raw material is spanish.

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