A new decision support technology for authentication and geographic traceability of extra virgin olive oil
Enhancement of extra virgin olive oil through the expansion of knowledge in this sector, both in terms of geographical traceability and product characterization through the development and implementation of a strategic tool for the care of the entire production process of the EVO oil up to distribution and hence the need for transparency that guarantees the consumer some fundamental elements such as certainty of origin and high quality standards, being aware that by differentiating themselves from the alternatives available on the market that the actors in the supply chains can find customers willing to pay more.
- Coordination and animation
- Geographical characterization of companies and sampling and analysis
- Sampling and DNA analysis of soil, olives and oil
- Analysis of rare earth elements
- Statistical analysis and modeling
- Development and acquisition of the methodology by the Frantoio del Greve Pesa
- Development and acquisition of the protocol by the Faggeto farm and the Gionni Pruneti farm
- Information, Disclosure, Study Visits, Training and Workshops
The culture linked to food is increasingly connected to the concept of healthiness of the products together with evocative values such as the tradition of the territory that identifies them. Each territory, in fact, has geo-mineralogical characteristics well defined and known to researchers; among these, the chemical elements present in the environment and bioavailable in the soil are particularly important. The project, through a series of analyzes on oil, olives and soil samples, aims to identify the nature of the trace elements in the oil and soils in order to build a database and a mathematical model capable of predicting from which territory a certain oil comes.
Via Provinciale Chiantigiana sulla Greve, 6
50026 San Casciano Val di Pesa FI
Italy
Via Monte Rosa 182
58100 Grosseto GR
Italy
Via dell'Oliveto, 24
50022 San Polo in Chianti FI
Italy
Loc Motina Faggeto, 47
52031 Anghiari AR
Italy
Via Iacopo Nardi, 41
50132 Firenze FI
Italy
Piazzale delle Cascine, 18
50144 Firenze FI
Italy
Via di Limite, 27G
50013 Campi Bisenzio FI
Italy
Via La Pira, 4
50121 Firenze FI
Italy
The innovative protocol on the traceability and geographical characterization of EVO oil was tested in the context of the research project called GeOEVO ""Pilot study of the geographical traceability of EVO oil in the Province of Florence"" funded by the Florence Chamber of Commerce in the 2016-2017 period. by agreement with the DST - UNIFI. This research made use of the geochemical environment of the Tuscan territory, where rocks with specific and contrasting mineralogical and chemical characteristics are represented, and used analyzes of rare earths (REEs) and the isotopic ratio of strontium (87Sr / 86Sr) made in the soil samples, olives and oil produced, defining the link between EVO oil and its ""land of origin"".
These results made it possible to develop an oil characterization procedure, creating an innovative analytical package that olive farms can apply to their business context by making the individual terroir explicit.
Atti del Convegno finale del Progetto GeoEvo App
I Gruppi Operativi, Mercato e sicurezza alimentare, Toscana, PEI-AGRI
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Sul sito spagnolo Mercacei
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Le video interviste agli olivicoltori
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Il frantoio di Leda - Videointervista
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Video - Cultura olivicola. Con GeoEvo App alla scoperta di Americano e Gentile di Anghiari
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Video - È arrivato l’olio del progetto GeoEvo App
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GeoEvo App. Il video completo del webinar del Gruppo Operativo, 8 febbraio 2021
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La relazione finale del Gruppo Operativo GeoEvo App
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