Bioassoberg - Organic Bergamot Oil

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Bergamot Organic Crop

The Organic Bergamot crop is began and is expected in addition to a good quality even a decent amount of product.From the analysis of the first batches of the product we noticed a very good optical rotation and a good balance of the principal components...

Gastronomy and Pharmacology

In discussing the nutritional characteristics of bergamot juice, with the aim of arriving at some helpful suggestions, let us start with the passage already quoted from Brillat-Savarin, as it is the perfect expression of a well-entrenched prejudice which is so rooted in popular (and not...

Extraction technology

The extraction of bergamot oil in Calabria started around the middle of the 17th century and for much of its history, it was carried out manually; the technique, known as the “sponge” method consisted in cutting the fruit in half, extracting the pulp and then...

Production

World production is mostly (at least 90%) concentrated in Italy, in the province of Reggio Calabria. However the quantity of essential oil produced has been decreasing in the last decades. The bergamot is cultivated along the Ionian coast of the Province of Reggio Calabria, specifically between...