Our company decided to launch the production of edible olives, not because we wanted to throw another product code in the market, but in order to meet the needs of people whose diet contains edible olives as well.

Preservation of edible olives is done by using a high amount of cooking salt. As a result, edible olives are excluded by doctor’s advice from the diet of some people for health reasons. Thassos olive belongs to the Throumboelies variety and for this reason it enjoys a PDO (Protected Designation of Origin) status. The fruit of the Thassos olive tree loses its bitterness while maturing on the tree. As a result it becomes sweet and can be consumed without processing.

We also produce olive pate from the same olive fruit, suggesting therefore a new taste sensation related to the Thassian diet habits.
 

Ever since the time of Hippocrates, a blend of olive oil and balsamic herb was used for treating skin diseases and skin wounds in general. Balsamic herb is also known in Greek as spathochorto.

Common name in English language: ST. JOHN’S WORT OIL
Common name in German language:  JOHANNISKRAUT OEL

FAMILY: Hypericaceae
SCIENTIFIC NAME: Hypericum perforatum L.
COMMON NAME (in Greek): Balm, balsamic herb, Leichenochorto, Perike, Chelonochorto, Kopsovotano, Pseirovotano, Spathochorto, the Baptist’s herb.

Thassos is an island rich in aromatic plants with many different uses related to good health and taste needs. For this reason, we have decided to create products containing Chrysolado and aromatic plants. For now, we have used Fennel and Rosemary. There are more to follow, such as Basil, Mint, Oregano, Louisa and more.

A common practice in the olive oil market is to industrially process olive oils with high acidity levels or beyond expired date and turn them once again edible, under the name “olive oil”, “refined olive oil” and recently “classic olive oil”. We believe that the divine gift which is called olive oil must remain a pure oil-juice and people should consume it in this form. For this reason we have decided to make soaps out of the problematic oils by using the standard manner of soap manufacture which is mixing olive oil with caustic soda. This product is enriched with various herbal substances and essential oils from plants. The soap varieties we produce and their properties are described below.