{"id":2589,"date":"2025-11-19T10:21:45","date_gmt":"2025-11-19T10:21:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/frantoiocongedi.com\/italian-extra-virgin-olive-oil\/"},"modified":"2026-02-04T11:45:56","modified_gmt":"2026-02-04T11:45:56","slug":"italian-extra-virgin-olive-oil","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/frantoiocongedi.com\/en\/italian-extra-virgin-olive-oil\/","title":{"rendered":"Italian extra virgin olive oil"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1125\" height=\"348\" src=\"https:\/\/frantoiocongedi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/gambero-rosso.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1648\" srcset=\"https:\/\/frantoiocongedi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/gambero-rosso.jpg 1125w, https:\/\/frantoiocongedi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/gambero-rosso-150x46.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1125px) 100vw, 1125px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<p>With pride, the Congedi oil mill shares its Italian extra virgin olive oil, made with passion and love, with all of you, all over the world&#8230;<\/p>\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n<p>From olive harvesting to milling, our main goal is to produce for our customers, <strong>100% Italian Extra Virgin Olive Oil<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p>Since 1917, in the sunny and lush <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oliocongedi.com\/salento\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>land of Salento<\/strong><\/a>, in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oliocongedi.com\/puglia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Puglia<\/strong><\/a>, the Congedi family, combining genuineness and sacrifice, combining tradition and innovation, proudly produces purest <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oliocongedi.com\/olio-del-salento\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>premium Italian extra-virgin olive oil .<\/strong><\/a>.<br\/><br\/>For more than a century, the Congedi family has been cultivating and processing the main fruit of the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oliocongedi.com\/salento\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Salento<\/a><\/strong>, now exported all over the world: the<strong>olive<\/strong>, the prime result of the symbolic tree of the magnificent land of Salento, the<strong>olive<\/strong> tree.<br\/><br\/>Olio Congedi is credited with making the extra virgin olive oil processing process already modern in the last century by combining <strong>quality<\/strong>, <strong>tradition<\/strong> and<strong> technological innovation<\/strong>.<br\/><br\/>Extra virgin olive oil is a <strong>staple<\/strong> of the <strong>&#8220;Mediterranean diet,&#8221;<\/strong> recognized not only for its taste, capable of enhancing the flavor of any dish, but also for its health and body benefits.<br\/><br\/>What makes<strong>extra virgin olive oil<\/strong> unique from any other oil is that it is the only one that is obtained by simply pressing the<strong>olive<\/strong>, without the help of chemical solvents or other industrial interventions, as is the case with other vegetable oils or fats. In addition, at the <strong>Congedi oil mill<\/strong> the olive harvest is still done by hand, so as not to damage the olive trees by striking the branches, in an effort to always put the preservation of such a unique and wonderful environment as the Salento one first. <br\/><br\/>The entire production cycle is taken care of down to the smallest detail with dedication and passion by the <strong>Congedi family<\/strong>, in order to guarantee our customers the constant and progressive improvement of the final result. To our consumer we guarantee <strong>attention, innovation, environmental protection<\/strong>, as well as <strong>food safety<\/strong> and <strong>very high quality<\/strong>, recognized by the numerous certifications obtained. Our customer takes home an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oliocongedi.com\/qualita-olio-extravergine-pugliese\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>product of excellent quality<\/strong><\/a>, <strong>100% Italian<\/strong>, an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oliocongedi.com\/olio-pugliese\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Apulian oil<\/strong><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oliocongedi.com\/coltivato-nel-salento\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">grown in Salento<\/a>.  <\/p>\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With pride, the Congedi oil mill shares its Italian extra virgin olive oil, made with passion and love, with all<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2589","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/frantoiocongedi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2589","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/frantoiocongedi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/frantoiocongedi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/frantoiocongedi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/frantoiocongedi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2589"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/frantoiocongedi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2589\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2592,"href":"https:\/\/frantoiocongedi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2589\/revisions\/2592"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/frantoiocongedi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2589"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}