We want to begin 2021 sharing a practical article with all our friends and clients. We want to explain the different types of oils (and olive products) that are currently marketed, to help you distinguish their characteristics. There are basically four types of oils. Sorted from highest to lowest quality they  are the following: 1. Extra Virgin Olive Oil (EVOO). It is the most valuable. It is exactly the juice of olives, pressed physically (manually or mechanically) and has a maximum acidity of 0.8º. It has a fruity aroma and no impurity. 2. Virgin Olive Oil (VOO). It is also...

From Ralda+Friends we want to say goodbye to this complicated year and wish you all the Best for Next Year with this picture we made yesterday Tuesday 23 of December, Alfredo, Nicolas and Pierre at La Plana during the recollection of olives. For a lot of people, it is just another photo in the middle of our olive trees but for us it is very symbolic because it is the first time since August 2019 that the Ralda Family of Barcelona and the Ralda(s) of Geneva meet again in Godall. In general Alfredo uses to come at Godall a minimum...

We are very proud to share with you some of the most recent achievements of Godall’s Cooperative, of which our family forms part and where we produce and bottle our Olive Oils. 1- New Corporate Branding and new Website (www.lacrimaolea.com). With different sections, since a blog until an online shop, available on several languages, this change is a new step to show to the world that the Olive Oil of Godall is becoming a real Premium Brand recognised in and out of our borders. 2- New varieties of Premium Oils, such as the Millenary Olive Oil, Ecological, Aromatic or Single...

At beginning of September, the International Olive Council (IOC) presented   very relevant news on its blog that made us very happy: “The world’s olive population protects us against CO2.” As you know it, the production of olives and oils started during the Classical Antiquity and has helped growing, feeding and beautifying the lives of millions of people throughout the History. But it seems that it has also helped the fields and the atmosphere keeping the conditions for life optimal. Recent surveys have calculated that each liter of olive oil produced removes 10 kg of CO2 from the atmosphere. That means...

The blog Aceites de España just reminded us that it was in 2010 when UNESCO proclaimed the Mediterranean Diet as Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. This recognition has served to give greater international popularity to a diet of which we are a proud and integral part. The Diet refers not only to the food we eat, but also to how it is produced and how it is consumed. Eating with more people (with family or friends) and doing it in a balanced way and from healthy and unprocessed foods such as our Extra Virgin Oilive Oil are basic requirements. In...