Top Olive Oil Producing Countries

Still no updates about that ...

Yeah they used to be the biggest producer of olive oil but due to war and terrorism, they starting to go down.

Well, as far as I know, they haven't been misplaced. They are both still bordering the Mediterranean.

I've seen a lot of Spanish olive oil where I live. I guess they export it to some places and not to others.

I've had Spanish olive oil, as well.

If by chance you ever go around Jaén in Andalusia, you could see the scale of the Spanish production. I think it's by far the biggest olive field in the world, it's really mind blowing. If you want quality, buy French of Greek oil, Spain is more about mass production, even if you can also find some totally respectable oils right there. Drawbacks, French and quality Greek olive oils are expensive as hell.

Goya is one brand of Spanish olive oil that is common in my area.

Italy buys a lot of olive oil from Spain and labels it as it was produced there.

Also I'm surprised you havent heard about Spanish oil, as it is usually said as one of the best.

I've been to Andalusia a few years ago and we took the Bus from Malaga to Granada. When I looked out of the window all I could see were olive trees as far as the eye could see.

Chances are you have purchased Spanish olive oil, but branded as Italian or Greek. In fact, Italy is the one of the main importers of olive oil in the world... from Spain. They just bottle it and put their sticker, and they are just obliged to state that it is oil from "the European Union".

Not trying to be patriotic or anything, but Spanish olive oil production is unmatched, and in Andalusia, my region, olive oil is a central part of the culture. The thing is that our international marketing was not the best and probably Spanish cuisine is not as popular as Italian or Greek (internationally), so these two countries are more often associated with the product. But Spain has some of the best olive oil brands in the world and a lot of experts in this field.

I tried Saudi Arabia and almost threw my computer because I KNOW SAUDI ARABIA PRODUCES OIL and then I read the title again...

Not really, it is rather common knowledge that olive oil comes from the Mediterranean . (If anything the clue made people forget about chile and argentina)

It looks like they were added. Large parts have Mediterranean climate there.

Must have something to do with the Mediterranean climate (sarcasm btw)

Almost as if that is where the olive is native to.

Olive branches are a sign of peace, not olive oil production.

The problem with American food is not that we lack healthy and nutritious options. The problem is that, in addition to those, we have lots and lots of unhealthy options, which in addition to obviously unhealthy sugary snacks, includes lots of foods that are healthy in their natural form but are pumped full of processing agents and unnatural additives that changes their nutritional content, and never for the better. The processed versions are always much cheaper too.

I'm pretty sure processed food being cheaper than natural/healthy food is a myth. At least, that's what I've learned from my Nutrition class (which is incidentally where I am typing this comment!). Fast food companies just marketed it that way so people would buy their products, and then the media spread the myth and the public ate it all up. Unfortunately, it's so entrenched in US society today that it'll be hard to change these attitudes. Here's a source.

It is 100% a Mediterranean climate thing. Every one of these countries has that type of climate somewhere. And there are no significant Mediterranean climate zones not represented here.

It's mass scale production, which reflects on quality (trees closer together, less care how they're picked etc)

The most notable Mediterranean country misssing is France.

France, Malta, Cyprus, Bosnia, Montenegro, Slovenia, Monaco

You need also a Mediterranean-like climate.

Not much ;)

It's looong and west-oriented, you just need to go further north or south to find the right climate

Australia forgives you.