Olives (
Olea europaea cv. Blanqueta and Villalonga) used foroil production (130 000 kg for eachvariety) were
stored at two different te
mperatures (a
mbient and 5
mages/entities/deg.gif">C)on an industrial scale.Refrigeration of the olives at 5
mages/entities/deg.gif">C delayed deterioration of thephysical, che
mical, and sensorialpara
meters,
measures of oil quality, allowing an additional 30 days of
storage without changes inthe initial oil quality. The Blanqueta variety does not
maintainoil quality under cold
storage aswell as the Villalonga variety.Keywords:
Olea europaea; postharvest; refrigeration; oilquality