The HEART project

This is a monocultivar, early harvest extra virgin olive oil produced from olive fruits of the Tsounati cultivar. Tsounati is endemic to Western Crete and therefore can be seen as the vessel of an olive oil producing tradition older than 2000 years old. The olive fruits are carefully selected and milled within 6 hours from harvest (strictly), to ensure that all the aromas and nutrients are passed intact from the fruits to the oil. The Heart Project is our humble attempt to celebrate the deep bond between the Tsounati olive tree and the local community of Western Crete.

With an impressively high content of polyphenols and other natural antioxidants, ELIDIA Heart Project qualifies for the Health claim EU 432/2012 which states that

“Olive oil polyphenols contribute to the protection of blood lipids from oxidative stress. The claim may be used only for olive oil which contains at least 5 mg of hydroxytyrosol and its derivatives (e.g. oleuropein complex and tyrosol) per 20 g of olive oil”