Who We Are
History
Our history dates back to the past, with a dedication that has been passed down from generation to generation, preserving the authenticity of our Apulian extra virgin olive oil.
Oleificio Sciroppo was established in 1996 out of the love and passion that the Sciroppo family has always had for the cultivation and production of the finest indigenous olive varieties.
The high quality of our extra virgin olive oil results from experience and the use of perfected production techniques. Our product has allowed us to establish a presence in both the national and international markets.
The Mill
Three processing lines
Our mill boasts three continuous processing lines, differing in processing capacity and technology (the most recent one inaugurated in 2023).
How Is Olive Oil Made?
After being stripped of their leaves and washed, the olives are crushed using hammer mills.
How Do Hammer Mills Work?
Next Stage: Malaxation
The next stage is malaxation, where the paste is worked to break the emulsion between water and oil, forming large oil droplets that will subsequently separate from the water.
What Are Malaxers?
After malaxation, the oil moves to a true centrifuge drum called a decanter, from which crude oil and pomace are obtained. The pomace will follow its processing path from which the husk will be extracted.
What Is Husk?
The crude oil, on the other hand, goes to the separator, a vertical centrifuge that exploits the differing densities between water and oil to obtain the supreme extra virgin oil.
Pomace Husk
Mechanical processing of olives, particularly during crushing, results in a waste product that can be used as fuel: pomace husk.
Pomace husk is a natural granular fuel that can be used for heating in place of pellets, for water heating, for thermocamini, stoves, ovens, and all types of multi-fuel boilers with a feed system.
This allows not only to obtain electrical energy and heat from a waste product but also to make the most of the waste from the processing of a natural product, produced without the use of chemicals.
According to the latest Legislative Decree no. 152 of 3/04/06 and Ministerial Decree 8/10/04, olive pomace husk, as woody fuel, is considered combustible biomass as a vegetative material produced exclusively through the mechanical processing of agricultural products.
We package the husk in 15 kg bags. Are you interested in purchasing the husk? Contact us now o fill out the form below.