We all have read in the media these days the news saying that "Extra Virgin Oil may not be sold in plastic packaging to the consumer", according to the future regulation of the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food.
OCTOBRIS is very happy with this initiative since we are very aware of the reduction in the use of plastic to save our planet. We must know that thousands of plastics, wipes, papers... threaten marine life every day and cause multiple damage to ecosystems.
It is no longer about situations that happen thousands of kilometers from our homes and that we think they do not affect us. Recently, we have been able to see the video recorded by a biologist from Alicante (IG: @thewildpassport) on the social networks. What it was going to be a video about the marine life in the area of La Cala de Alí (Alicante) became almost an horror video. Instead of fish he found a very different reality: remains of wipes, papers, plastics, fish hooks… etc.
We can and we must change this situation together!
Muntanya family and the OCTOBRIS project want to seek this respect for the environment and this sustainability in each of the phases.
Pioneers in the farming of organic olive groves since the 90’s, now we have wanted to go further with a global sustainability project which also contributes to maintain the crops of La Canyada neighbors —the town where OCTOBRIS is made— by making the production of ECOLOGICAL EVOO PREMIUM profitable, allowing the farming way of life and defending the small fields that surround our town and that are part of our environment and ecosystem.
Returning to the news of the regulation of the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food on the elimination of plastic packaging in the marketing of Extra Virgin Olive Oils, OCTOBRIS has always been clear about this. All our EVOOs are packaged in glass and the 3,5 and 15liter formats in the so-called Bag in Box, a revolutionary packaging system that helps us to take care of our environment.
Thanks to the Bag In Box we get:
Minimal impact
Sustainable product
Maintains quality
Packaging reduction
Highly recyclable
Transport optimization
Better CO2 footprint
OCTOBRIS is committed to sustainability and ecological products! Taste our Organic Extra Virgin Olive Oil and enjoy an incomparable flavor and aroma.
Extra Virgin Olive Oil, fruits, vegetables, white meat and nuts are the recommended foods for consumption during confinement and convalescence due to COVID-19.
Once again, the Mediterranean diet with the consumption of the food groups that characterize it (Extra Virgin Olive Oil,fruit, vegetables and legumes, less consumption of foods of animal origin, no pre-cooked and fast food) is one of the fundamental pillars to face the confinement due to COVID-19.
The Preventive Medicine Department of the Universitat de València propose a series of recommendations within the PredimedPlus research program.
These recommendations are addressed both to all citizens who remain at home and are forced to lead more sedentary lives, as well as to those who have been affected by the coronavirus.
Among the recommendations to be carried out in our diet to face the inactivity periods due to COVID-19 or the disease itself, it is important to follow a Mediterranean eating pattern (The most common among the Spanish people) which is based on the following guidelines:
- Good hydration. Daily consumption of 3 pieces of fruit together with 2 Drink a lot of water.
- Dairy products must be low fat or semi-cured
- Consumption of white meat before red meat
- Eat fish 2 or 3 times a week and eggs 3 to 4 times
- Restrict the alcohol consumption
- Use Extra Virgin Olive Oil, both for dressing and for cooking.
It should be said that Extra Virgin Olive Oil has been the protagonist of numerous studies in recent years that have revealed the anti-cancer, anti-inflammatory, cardio-protective and bactericidal benefits of its consumption. This way, it is not surprising that Extra Virgin Olive Oil is highly recommended for cooking, dressing, or in any other culinary technique before the pandemic of COVID-19.
Among all types of olive oil that we can find on the market, Bio Premium OCTOBRIS Extra Virgin Olive Oil is a first class oil produced in the interior of Alicante by the Muntanya family. A finest Extra Virgin Olive Oil directly obtained from olives grown in their own olive groves in the traditional or organic way. Small production but with a higher quality achieved by very own oils.
A 100% Mediterranean, 100% natural, 100% organic product that will give our dishes an extra flavor and will allow us to benefit from all its properties and benefits.
The Olive Oil High School (ESAO), has awarded OCTOBRIS as one of the 10 best Extra Virgin Olive Oils in the world at the ESAO AWARDS 2019/2020. OCTOBRIS has also won the 3rd prize in the EVOO category made by a producer in the Valencian Community (Spain), and the 1st prize in the Organic Production category.
BEST EVOO VALENCIAN COMMUNITY - MADE BY A PRODUCER:
- 1st prize for the best EVOO Valencian Community– made by a producer- Finca Varona La Vella de Organic Oleum S.L., Picual type.
- 2nd prize for the best EVOO Valencian Community– made by a producer - Mil.lenaries of Almàssera de Millena SAT - Castell de la Costurera, coupage Villalonga.
- 3rd prize for the best EVOO Valencian Community– made by a producer - OCTOBRIS of Aceites Montaña S.L, Organic Picual type.
This EVOO from Alicante becomes part of the exclusive list of the best oils in Spain and in the world in its organic Picual type, thus recognizing the quality of the oils of the Valencian Community, in general, and that of those made inland Alicante in particular.
OCTOBRIS oil is produced by a small family business in La Canyada (Aceites Montaña, SL), in a small oil mill in this small town of Alicante. They launched a limited production of its oil in 2020 under the “OCTOBRIS” brand with 2 modalities (Organic and Traditional), 5 flavors (Green, Ripe, Orange, Lemon and Rosemary) and an original process of sustainable packaging that reduces the carbon footprint and contributes to preserve nature.
Certified by the Organic Committee of the Valencian Community (CAECV), OCTOBRIS has managed to position itself as one of the best 10 oils in the world thanks to its traditional process of olives’ collection in October, when the olive reaches the most intense greening and the optimal nuances of freshness, aroma and flavor. An extra virgin oil (EVOO) which is committed to quality rather than quantity.
OCTOBRIS is a romantic and, at the beginning, utopian project rooted in the centuries-old family tradition of the Muntanya familiy. OCTOBRIS oils is a project with the aim to recover the origins of oil production, taking it to the 21st Century.
OCTOBRIS oils rest on 3 fundamental pillars:
- Tradition: Maintaining family farming and helping small local neighbors, having a collaborative relationship with the local oil mill with the aim to give an added value to everything rural. Creating wealth so that olive groves are not abandoned while respecting the philosophy of our ancestors, who already produced oil for centuries; prioritizing quality over quantity.
- Technology: Using advanced technology and pioneering processes to offer a product with the quality, food safety and respect for the environment required by the Organic Farming Committee of the Valencian Community and by the the most demanding customers.
- Sustainability: Putting special interest in the whole project. From the care of the olive trees, the environmental and sustainable management of the resources, the elaboration process up to its packaging, storage and consumption. Betting on the incorporation of the Bag In Box; a revolutionary packaging and logistics system that improves oil quality, food safety while reducing the carbon footprint and environmentally improving both the process and the final product.
Find out OCTOBRIS and discover the Green and Ripe Organic EVOOs in and the oils flavored with Organic Orange, Organic Lemon and Organic Rosemary.
Organic Premium OCTOBRIS Extra Virgin Olive Oil (pure freshly picked olive juice), with an exquisite aroma and flavor. Try them, it will never be like before.
EVOO; cornerstone of “Mens Sana in Corpore Sano”
New studies support the benefits of Extra Virgin Olive Oil EVOO for physical and mental health, and the need to incorporate it into the daily diet.
After hundreds, thousands of researches on EVOO, the study promoted by Spanish universities and research centers (PREDIMED) confirmed the health benefits of the so-called Mediterranean Diet and its main food, the Extra Virgin Olive Oil.
If anyone still has doubts about the benefits of this source of dietary fat, it has just been published in 2020 a new study in the 'Journal of the American College of Cardiology' under the title 'Olive Oil Consumption and Cardiovascular Risk in U.S. Adults'. The work ratifies all the PREDIDEM’s conclusions while incorporating the benefits of EVOO for people's mental health.
Experts recommend the consumption of 40 to 50 grams a day of EVOO as the only source of dietary fat.
Another of the conclusions of this study coinciding with those of PROMIDED is the lack of knowledge about the different types of oil by the population and, consequently, the widespread consumption of cheap oils such as olive-pomace, refined or the so popular olive oil (from refined and chemically cooked oils). All this to the detriment of EVOO (made only with pure oil juice by a physical process of extraction by shaking and centrifuging at low temperature) which is obviously more expensive but is the only one recommended to reduce the risk of cardiovascular diseases.
Daily consumption of more than 7 grams of EVOO reduces the risk of cardiovascular disease by 14% and coronary heart disease by 18%.
In this sense, we recall the different types of oil according to their properties and qualities:
- Extra virgin olive oil (EVOO). Pure olive oil juice that is considered “extra” as it has no defects in the tasting panel (taste or smell), is not mixed with other oils and does not exceed 0.8% of oleic acid (0.8º of acidity).
- Virgin olive oil (AOV). Oil with a maximum degree of acidity of 2º and with defects in tasting, but always below the average of 3.5.
- Lampante oil. Oil with a degree of acidity greater than 2 and with an average of tasting defects greater than 3.5.
- Refined olive oil. Oil that is treated with chemical processes to correct its taste, smell or excessive acidity.
- Olive pomace oil. The one obtained by chemical processes with the pulp of the olive that only has 2% of oil juice.
- Olive Oil: These are oils from refined or pomace oils to which a minimum percentage —between 5-10% of EVOO or AOV— is added. They are oils made in the laboratory, generally sweet for the palate of the average consumer.
In addition to confirm the benefits of EVOO for our physical health, the study also highlights the mental benefits of EVOO due to the effect of the oil’s properties on our brain molecules;.For example, the antioxidants contribute to maintain an adequate blood flow.
BIO Octobris EVOO, the secret of the Muntanya family
This year, the Muntanya family llaunches a limited production of the “OCTOBRIS” EVOO, with two modalities (Organic and Traditional), 5 flavors (Green, Ripe, Orange, Lemon and Rosemary) and an original process of sustainable packaging, the Bag in Box, which reduces the carbon footprint, improves logistics and contributes to preserve nature..
The Organic type, BIO OCTOBRIS oil is accredited by the Ecological Agriculture Committee of the Valencian Community, official entity which guarantees that only organic fertilizers have been used in its harvest and that the environment of its fields, the handling of the product and its commercialization complies with the regulations on ecological agri-food production of the EU..
Find out the benefits of Octobris EVOO in some of its flavors:
Organic OCTOBRIS:
- Green - Organic Premium OCTOBRIS Extra Virgin Olive Oil/strong> tastes and smells like olive leaf, freshly cut grass, tomato plant and green artichoke.
- Ripe - Sweet and aromatic oil. Intense and persistent. Oil with a lot of body and personality. Ripe organic Premium OCTOBRIS Extra Virgin Olive Oil tastes and smells like artichoke, almond, ripe tomato and ripe fruit: banana and apple.
- Orange - The Seasoning based on Orange Organic Premium OCTOBRIS Extra Virgin Olive Oil has a citrus aroma, fruitiness and freshness. It tastes and smells like orange blossom, orange, fruit salad.
- Lemon - Lemon is the clear protagonist of this seasoning based on the Organic Premium OCTOBRIS Extra Virgin Olive Oil. Its aroma is citric, fruity and fresh and immediately reminds us of lemons, lime and fresh grass due to its intense lemon aroma.
- Rosemary - The Seasoning based on the Rosemary Organic Premium OCTOBRIS Extra Virgin Olive Oil
has an aroma of herbs and flowers. It tastes and smells like bush and aromatic herbs after raining due to its intense rosemary aroma.
Traditional OCTOBRIS:
- Traditional Green– Aromatic, intense and persistent oil. Oil with great personality, body and high intensity in green olive.
- Traditional Ripe - It is an oil that gives us notes of bitterness and an intense flavor in the mouth.
Buy online OCTOBRIS and find out the true flavor of Premium Organic Extra Virgin Olive Oil from Alicante, its properties, benefits and usefulness in original dishes of the Mediterranean diet thanks to the limited OCTOBRIS production, the secret of the Muntanya family.
Ingredients for 4/6 diners:
- 900gr of pumpkin
- 1 liter of vegetable soup or water.
- 2 carrots
- 1 onion
- 1 leek
- Salt and pepper
- 1 large potato
- GREEN BIO OCTOBRIS Extra Virgin Olive Oil
- RIPE BIO OCTOBRIS Extra Virgin Olive Oil
Cooking
Dice the vegetables (carrots, onion, leek, pumpkin and potatoes) and boil them (for 1 hour over medium heat) in a cooking pot with a little of RIPE BIO OCTOBRIS Extra Virgin Olive Oil, salt and pepper.
Finally, remove the soup and beat the vegetable until turning it into cream. When plating, add a little of GREEN BIO OCTOBRIS Extra Virgin Olive Oil.
PASTA SALAD WITH LEMON BIO OCTOBRIS
Eating healthy was never as fun and healthy as doing it by with the Organic Extra Virgin Olive Oil Seasonings. All the properties of olive oil together with the refreshing flavor and aroma of lemon. 100% natural.
Ingredients for 4/6 diners:
- Lemon Organic Premium OCTOBRIS Extra Virgin Olive Oil OCTOBRIS
- 250 gr of pasta
- 15 cherry tomatoes
- 50 gr of olives
- 400 gr of tuna
- 3 cloves of garlic
- 1 tablespoon of finely chopped parsley
- 150 gr of lamb’s lettuce
- 40 gr of toasted pine nuts
- Salt and pepper
Cooking
Brown the garlic with Lemon Organic Premium OCTOBRIS Extra Virgin Olive Oil OCTOBRIS and put them in a bowl where we will add the pine nuts, olives, tomatoes and tuna. Meanwhile, boil the pasta to the taste of diners.
When the pasta is ready, drain and put it in a container to which we will add the bowl ingredients completing it with salt, pepper and a good splash of LEMON BIO OCTOBRIS.
BIO SPONGE CAKE WITH ORANGE BIO OCTOBRIS
Orange flavor and aroma without artificial products. Thanks to the Orange Organic Premium OCTOBRIS Extra Virgin Olive Oil Seasonings your cakes will have all the flavor of citrus fruits in addition to all properties and benefits of the best extra virgin olive oil. 100% natural.
Ingredients for 4/6 diners:
- A whole orange (skin included)
- 70 ml of Orange Bio OCTOBRIS
- 15 gr of chemical leavening
- 170 gr of pastry flour
- 3 eggs
- Sugar
Cooking
Wash the orange very well and cut it into small pieces without peeling it. Next, sift the flour with a strainer and pour it into a bowl, where it must be mixed with the leavening, the sugar (to taste) and three eggs while adding Orange Bio OCTOBRIS until the dough takes shape. Mix all the ingredients until there are no lumps and they are all together.
Prepare the chosen mold for the sponge cake by painting the walls with butter before pouring the dough, thus preventing it from sticking when unmolding. Preheat in the oven at 180 degrees. Pour the prepared dough into the mold and put in the oven for 35-40 minutes. Check the baking of the sponge cake (not before 30 minutes because the dough may fall) by clicking it with a rod. If the rod comes out clean the sponge cake is already cooked. Remove the mold from the oven and let the sponge cake stand before removing it from the mold. You can sprinkle crushed sugar and orange zest on top when serving the cake.
NATURAL YOGURT WITH ROSEMARY OCTOBRIS
All the properties of a rich and healthy dessert maximized thanks to the Rosemary Organic Premium OCTOBRIS Extra Virgin Olive Oil Seasoning.
Ingredients for 2/3 diners:
- 1 liter of fresh cow, sheep or goat milk -according to taste-
- 1 commercial yogurt or 1 gr of lyophilized ferment.
- 1 tablespoon of Rosemary Organic Premium OCTOBRIS Extra Virgin Olive Oil
Cooking
Pour the milk together with the lyophilized ferment (or the yogurt) in a pot over low heat. Stir well the mixture until the temperature reaches 45ºC. If you want to add flavors, introduce aromatic herbs (mint), spices (cinnamon or vanilla) or even peel and pieces of fruit or cocoa. Ferment for 8 hours and cool 1 hour in the refrigerator. Before serving, just pour Rosemary Organic Premium OCTOBRIS Extra Virgin Olive Oil over the yogurt to taste.
HOME AL PESTO PASTA WITH GREEN OCTOBRIS
Get the most flavor of your pasta with the Green Organic Premium OCTOBRIS Extra Virgin Olive Oil from the Muntanya Family. Enjoy and benefit from the nutritional properties of this unique olive oil.
Ingredients for 2/3 diners:
FOR THE PASTA
- 500 gr of potatoes of equal size
- 250 gr of flour
- 1 egg yolk
- 1/2 tablespoon of salt
- Ground nutmeg to taste
- 2 tablespoons of Green Organic Premium OCTOBRIS Extra Virgin Olive Oil
FOR THE PESTO
- 25 gr of small basil leaves
- 1 clove of garlic
- 50 gr of grated Parmesan cheese
- 5 gr of pine nuts
- Salt and Green Organic Premium OCTOBRIS Extra Virgin Olive Oil
Cooking
Clean the potatoes and cook them in a pot with water and a tablespoon of salt until soft. Take them out to let them temper in order to peel them and make a puree by crushing them with a fork. Make a hole in the center of the puree and add the egg yolk with nutmeg, a tablespoon of salt, the flour and the two tablespoons of Green Organic Premium OCTOBRIS Extra Virgin Olive Oil. Knead it until it is not sticky and we can make a ball that we will let rest for a few minutes before cutting it into the pieces of the chosen pasta (spaghetti, gnocchi, etc …).
Once we have the pasta, let it rest while we make the pesto sauce with the peeled garlic and minced in a mortar with salt, pine nuts, basil leaves and grated Parmesan cheese, mixing everything with Green Organic Premium OCTOBRIS Extra Virgin Olive Oil.
Cook the pasta in a pot with boiling water and remove it when it is al dente. Pour the pasta into a container where we can mix it with the pesto sauce and a last addition of Green Organic Premium OCTOBRIS Extra Virgin Olive Oil.
TUNA WITH TOMATO AND LEMON OCTOBRIS
A first dish full of flavor thanks to the LEMON Organic Octobris Extra Virgin Olive Oil Seasoning.
Ingredients for 2/3 diners:
- LEMON BIO OCTOBRIS Extra Virgin Olive Oil
- 300 grs of tuna in pieces
- 2 tomatoes
- 1 clove of garlic
- ¼ onion
- 60 ml of white wine
- 4/5 chopped black olives
- 1 chopped ñora (sweet pepper)
- Black pepper and salt
Cooking
Peel and crush the garlic and onion while soften the ñora (sweet pepper) in hot water. Fry the tuna pieces with hot LEMON BIO OCTOBRIS just about 15/20 seconds on each side and remove them. Lower the heat and sauté the garlic and onion fry with a little of salt and ground black pepper before adding the chopped tomatoes. Let them cook for about 15/20 minutes. Before removing add the soft and clean ñora (sweet pepper) while putting the tuna pieces again in the frying pan for just a minute.
Remove and let it rest for an hour. Serve the dish cold or with a heat stroke in the microwave and add LEMON BIO OCTOBRIS to taste again.