Olıve oıl Productıon

At Purelife, we are aware of how lucky we are to be able to dedicate our lives to following our passion: olive growing and olive oil making. Not only that, we work among olive trees in a beautiful landscape surrounded by olive groves.

Every day we work hard and enthusiastically to transfer the beauty and values of our land to our oils. In this way, each bottle of olive oil shares the spirit of our land and takes you to the heart of our estate in Aegean, Turkey.

Like a mirror, our olive oils reflect the astonishing landscape that surrounds us, the spirit of the Aegean region, and decades of a family's passion for olives and olive oil, which live on in their innovative character. Our olive oils are a blend of past, present, and future.

Let’s dıscover how we made ıt!

First Step

Harvesting Olıves

One of the keys of our excellence is choosing the perfect time to harvest the olives by identifying
the right level of maturity with a healthy looking, a good size and color of the fruit.

Traditionally,
picking olives is done by hand. Today, more growers use modern machinery to help them
harvest the crop.

Then delıcate olıves are placed in plastic crates and are transferred directly to
our state of the art olive oil mill approximately within a few hours.

second Step

Cleanıng The Olıves

Itisvery importantto clean theolives properly inorder to guarantee suitable conditions to obtain the best possible product.

The purpose of the washingis to remove leaves, dirt, stones and other heavy extraneous objects before the olives enter the second part of the processing line, the grinding stage.

The leaves and other lightweight items are sucked out by an exhaust fan, while dirt and heavier objects such as stems, leaves, twigs, and any other debris left are removed using water. Once again the olives are well-washed with water to remove pesticides, ensuring the best result with utmost care.
Cleanıng The Olıves
Grındıng

third Step

Grındıng The Olıves ınto a Paste

Paste preparation is one of our critical steps in determining quality of olive oil obtained. The purpose of grinding is to tear the flesh cells to facilitate the release of the oil from the vacuoles.

For this reason we use crushers of the latest technology which do not increase the temperature during grinding and allow us to crush the olives in different ways depending always on the variety of the harvest.

fourth Step

Malaxıng Process

Malaxation is the action of slowly churning or mixing milled olives, typically for 20 to 40 minutes. The churning allows the smaller droplets of oil released by the milling process to aggregate and be more easily separated. Oil yield is proportional to the temperature and mixing time.

It takes place under a controlled atmospheric pressure and temperature that does not exceed the 27 degrees °C per variety (cold pressing) which is necessary for maintaining the highest quality of olive oil. This process let us succeed three goals:

• To ensure that olives are well grounded To guarantee enough time for the olive drops to join to form the largest droplets of olive oil To allow the fruit enzymes to produce some of the oil aromas and tastes

Fifth Step

Separatıng Process

By using a two phases centrifugal machine we manage to separate the olive oil from the rest of the olive components.

The oil coming out of the first centrifuge is further processed to eliminate any remaining water and solids by a second centrifuge that rotates faster.

sixth Step

Storıng, Bottlıng & Packagıng

In our facilities there is a specially organized department for packaging, with all the required certifications. After the olive oil is produced, we conduct chemical analysis to ensure the ultimate quality.

We separate the oil into lots based on olive variety and quality and store them in stainless steel containers, using nitrogen to fill empty space in the tanks so the olive oil is not exposed to the air.

Finally, we use automated bottling equipment to fill our glass/pet bottles or tins with the delicious extra virgin olive oil. The final product is sealed, labeled, and marked with batch number and its expiration date, and it is ready to be shipped all over the world in order to be enjoyed by our customers.