Our Olive Oil Intake is Increasing!

UK consumers are purchasing more olive oil now than at any time previously. Foreign travel, cookery programmes and health benefits have all driven up the amount of olive oil we consume.  Annual sales have reached £150 million a year, with a steady increase over the last twenty years.

However for me the amazing statistic is that half our households in the UK don't use any olive oil! For me extra virgin olive oil is my 'can't live without' culinary item (along with sea salt and fresh black pepper).