In Spain, olive oil has numerous uses apart from cooking. It has been used as religious, medical and nutritional purposes. It was used to bless the newborn babies, as a hygiene and beauty products and as a fuel for light and lamps in the temples, as a lubricant for tools and farm equipment, as waterproofing for the textile fibers. Spain is currently the biggest olive oil producing and exporting country in the world.
Richard Lu, president of Akebono Formosa Corp was one of the pioneers to introduce this healthy product, which has not only captured the fantasy of the Taiwan gourmet world but also all the health conscious general public.
Consumption of olive oil in Taiwan has increased considerably over the last decade largely due to medical reports emphasizing the nutritional virtues of the "Mediterranean diet" of which olive oil is the integral part. It was 17 years ago when the Mantien Minerva olive oil was first introduced to Taiwan by Akebono Formosa Corp.
Naturally free in cholesterol, Mantien Minerva olive oil has a privilege because of its quality composition of fatty acid and distinctive antioxidant content which is resistant to oxidative deterioration, and this biological balance lends it a top ranking among all the edible fats and oils.
Mantien Minerva olive oil is 100 percent bottled and imported from Spain with Europe ISO 9002 certified. This distinguishes it from many other brands that are bottled in Taiwan without quality assurance. Lu stresses that, "When the price of olive oil is too low for the olive oil, it is a ransom price for seed oil" this statement is in line with the famous celebrity chef from US Emeril Laggasse who once said "If you buy cheap olive oil than you are not buying olive oil."
Mantien Minerva olive oil is a natural and healthy cooking oil and ideal for vegetarians too. Mantien Minerva supplier uses state of the art technology with ISO 9002 certificate to produce this natural product with 77 percent monounsaturated fat, with natural vitamins A,D,E & K and a very stable oil suitable for all the purposes such as salad dressing, frying etc. According to Lu, this century old brand "Minerva" has recently upgraded its new packaging for its olive oil products.
Mantien Minerva olive oil is available in most of the supermarkets and retail stores throughout Taiwan in two classifications: Pure Olive Oil and Extra virgin. The pure olive oil is oil extracted from its natural olives through mechanical pressing without modifying its basic properties. This results in a completely natural product, which not only maintains its taste and characteristics but also all the healthy benefits.
The Extra virgin olive oil obtained from cold press olives whose fruity taste and acidity levels make it very pleasant for direct consumption such as on bread and salad.
According to Nancy Lu, assistant general manager of Akebono Formosa Corp, there are numerous advantages when you use olive oil. Fats and oils are an essential part of a balanced diet, however olive oil is easily digested by our body system. Lots of people think that olive oil is ideal only for salad dressing. However it has been proven with the fact that olive oil is a healthy and tasty product, which would substitute butter, seed oil and all the vegetable oil in every aspect of cooking giving lots of health benefits.
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