Olive oil from Crete, Messara PDO, MANI, organic, 0.5 litre

♥ 100% organic & vegan
✓ PDO (protected designation of origin) from Messara, Crete
✪ multiple awards (2024 - 2nd place in the Gault&Millau olive oil test)
☀ 100% pure variety - Koroneiki
Best before: 30.01.2025

Olive oil from Crete

Crete is not only a beautiful Greek island, but also the cradle of excellent olive oil. The fertile Messara plain on Crete in particular can look back on a millennia-old olive oil tradition. The extra virgin olive oil MANI, Messara PDO, comes from precisely this region.

This single-variety Greek organic olive oil is made from olives that grow exclusively in the Messara plain (more on this below ⇓) on the Greek island of Crete. Hence the PDO designation of origin.

The organic olive oil is extracted from the Koroneiki olive and gently cold-pressed in oil mills using state-of-the-art technology so that all the valuable ingredients are preserved. The result is an extra virgin olive oil of the highest quality, which impresses with its unmistakable fruity flavour and aroma. The unmistakable flavour and exceptional quality of the organic olive oil were awarded second place in the Gault&Millau olive oil test in 2024. (Gault&Millau olive oil test - comparison of 24 different extra virgin olive oils). This olive oil is ideal for cooking, baking and refining. Whether as a salad dressing, to flavour stews & sauces or to refine grilled or steamed vegetables, the olive oil from Crete, Messara PDO, MANI Bläuel is an excellent choice.

Buy Crete olive oil

Crete loves and lives olive oil. Not only do the inhabitants of Crete have the highest per capita olive oil consumption (31 litres - according to a study from 1996) but also a large part of the island is olive groves (approx. 30% --> 240,000 hectares). As a result, the annual olive oil production on Crete is between 150,000 and 180,000 tonnes. The majority of olive oil from Crete is of the first grade (‘extra virgin’) and is obtained from the Koroneiki olive. Olive oil from Crete is characterised by a unique combination of regional specialities

and rightly makes it one of the island's top exports. The ideal climate, the fertile soil of some parts of the island (e.g. Messara plain on Crete) and a long olive oil culture contribute significantly to the high quality of the olive oil.

Ingredients: extra virgin olive oil*

*From controlled organic cultivation. (GR-BIO-03)

BBD: 30.01.2025

Olive variety: Koroneiki
Cultivation: Crete
Bottling: Pirgos-Lefktrou

Nutrition Facts

per 100 g / ml
Energy 3404kJ / 828 kcal
Fat / Total Fat 91.6 g
thereof: saturated fatty acids / of which: saturated fat

13,7 g

monounsaturated fatty acids / monounsaturated fat 69.2 g

polyunsaturated fatty acids / polyunsaturated fat 8.7 g

Kohlenhydrate / carbohydrates 0.0 g

davon Zucker / of which sugar 0,0 g

Eiweiß / protein 0.0 g

Salz / Salt 0.0 g

Vitamin E 24 mg°

Messara olive oil

As the name suggests, Messara olive oil comes from the Messara plain in Crete.
The Messara plain is a geographical area with a unique climate, a special geology and centuries of olive oil production experience. Here, farmers cultivate the olive trees using traditional methods and harvest them mostly by hand. This meticulous manual labour guarantees the outstanding quality of the olives. The fertile Messara plain, through which the river Geropotamos flows, enables intensive agriculture in this otherwise rainless region. Olive growing is the main source of income in the region and the olive trees are irrigated by local wells. With an area of over 150 square kilometres, the Messara plain is an impressive and fertile region. It is bordered to the north by the majestic Ida Mountains and to the south by the picturesque Asterousia Mountains. The proximity to the Mediterranean and the unique terroir give the local olive oil a unique character.