{"id":2689,"date":"2017-02-05T17:10:46","date_gmt":"2017-02-05T15:10:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/astirbrand.gr\/2017\/02\/05\/table-table-in-kalamata\/"},"modified":"2025-05-22T15:58:23","modified_gmt":"2025-05-22T12:58:23","slug":"table-table-in-kalamata","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/astirbrand.gr\/en\/2017\/02\/05\/table-table-in-kalamata\/","title":{"rendered":"TABLE TABLE IN KALAMATA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The &#8220;Kalamata olive&#8221; is the world&#8217;s most famous variety of table olive, which contains a number of nutrients valuable for human health.<\/p>\n<p>The Kalamata olive, which is cultivated throughout the prefecture of Messinia, has been recognized as a product of Protected Designation of Origin.<\/p>\n<p>Its fruits are deep black, shiny in colour, cylindrical-conical in shape, crispy flesh and ripen from the beginning of November until the end of December.<\/p>\n<p>Their excellent taste and excellent quality is due, apart from the way they are grown and harvested, to the traditional way of processing and packaging.<\/p>\n<p>The &#8220;Kalamata olive&#8221; is a completely natural product without preservatives and artificial means of processing and preservation. Preserved with vinegar, salt , water , and olive oil.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>PRODUCTION PROCESS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Kalamata olives, after harvesting, are divided into categories according to their size. There are the following categories:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div  class='avia-table av-7926o0-cec1a9708b5673783da4af04ffbc0aba main_color avia-pricing-table-container avia_pricing_default  avia-builder-el-0  avia-builder-el-no-sibling  avia-table-1'  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Table\" ><div class=\"pricing-table-wrap\"><ul class='pricing-table '><li class=''><div class='first-table-item'>NAME<\/div><span class='pricing-extra'><\/span><\/li><li class=''>BULLETS<\/li><li class=''>FINE<\/li><li class=''>BRILLIANT<\/li><li class=''>SUPERIOR<\/li><li class=''>LARGE<\/li><li class=''>X-LARGE<\/li><li class=''>JUMBO<\/li><li class=''>X-JUMBO<\/li><li class=''>GIANTS<\/li><li class=''>COLOSSAL<\/li><li class=''>SUPER COLOSSAL<\/li><li class=''>MAMMOTH<\/li><li class=''>SUPER MAMMOTH<\/li><\/ul><\/div><div class=\"pricing-table-wrap\"><ul class='pricing-table '><li class=''><div class='first-table-item'>HUNDREDS\/KILO<\/div><span class='pricing-extra'><\/span><\/li><li class=''>351-380<\/li><li class=''>321-350<\/li><li class=''>291-320<\/li><li class=''>261-290<\/li><li class=''>231-260<\/li><li class=''>201-230<\/li><li class=''>181-200<\/li><li class=''>161-180<\/li><li class=''>141-160<\/li><li class=''>121-140<\/li><li class=''>111-120<\/li><li class=''>101-110<\/li><li class=''>91-100<\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>After being washed, they are placed in tanks with water and salt. They remain there for at least 60 days to undergo the appropriate fermentations and to sprout.<\/p>\n<p>They are then taken to the various production lines for final processing and standardisation. The olives may be slashed, pitted or sliced.<\/p>\n<p>The final product can be preserved in oxalm (water &#8211; vinegar &#8211; salt &#8211; olive oil), extra virgin olive oil or in vacuum.<\/p>\n<p>The shelf life is 2 years from the date of packaging.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The &#8220;Kalamata olive&#8221; is the world&#8217;s most famous variety of table olive, which contains a number of nutrients valuable for human health. The Kalamata olive, which is cultivated throughout the prefecture of Messinia, has been recognized as a product of Protected Designation of Origin. Its fruits are deep black, shiny in colour, cylindrical-conical in shape, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2245,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[42],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2689","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-traditional-products"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/astirbrand.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2689","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/astirbrand.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/astirbrand.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/astirbrand.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/astirbrand.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2689"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/astirbrand.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2689\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2815,"href":"https:\/\/astirbrand.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2689\/revisions\/2815"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/astirbrand.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2245"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/astirbrand.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2689"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/astirbrand.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2689"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/astirbrand.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2689"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}