ELIDIA Heart Project

 H - High phenolic content

 E – Early harvest

 A – Antioxidant protection

 R – Robust flavor & aroma

 T – Tsounati cultivar

This is a monocultivar, high phenolic extra virgin olive oil produced from olive fruits of the Tsounati cultivar. Tsounati is endemic to Western Crete and therefore can be seen as the vessel of an olive oil producing tradition that is older than 2000 years old. The Heart Project is our humble attempt to celebrate the deep bond between the Tsounati olive tree and the local community of Western Crete.

With an impressively high content of polyphenols and other natural antioxidants, ELIDIA Heart Project qualifies for the Health claim EU 432/2012 which states that

“Olive oil polyphenols contribute to the protection of blood lipids from oxidative stress. The claim may be used only for olive oil which contains at least 5 mg of hydroxytyrosol and its derivatives (e.g. oleuropein complex and tyrosol) per 20 g of olive oil”