The incidence of cardiovascular diseases in modern societies is becoming more and more significant. To a large extent, this phenomenon relates to dietary factors. Diets rich in saturated animal fats and poor in vegetable fats and vitamins prevailing today in urban areas have an additional effect with respect to the one caused by sedentary life and other unhealthy habits which has rocketed the cardiovascular mortality. Medical care expenditure linked to those diseases has hugely grown up throughout recent decades. It is therefore a problem not only of public health but an economic one too.

Faced with this situation, health authorities and the medical community in general insist on advise modifying dietary habits and to adopt the Mediterranean diet as an efficient preventive measure to reverse this worrisome problem.

Oleum Olea Mare Nostrum® products are entirely handmade in accordance with ancient traditions. Atenea JRS Catalunya has launched its range of olive derivative products intended to allow worldwide consumers to benefit from the extraordinary health-giving properties of olives, virgin olive oil and olive paste. Since several years ago, olive oil has been acknowledged by numerous scientific studies as a key item in the Mediterranean diet, considered as the most appropriate to prevent cardiovascular, digestive and degenerative disease, to mention just a few of them.

Our Extra Virgin olive oils, with the lowest acidity on the market and a high content in monounsaturated fatty acids, polyphenols and vitamins A, D, E and K condense the healthy essence of the best Mediterranean olive varieties. Delicate aromas and fruity flavours characterize these oils.

Oleum Olea Mare Nostrum® also offers you its olive paste. This handmade innovative product possesses a unique flavour and texture. Its creaminess and lightness allow consumers to enjoy the product as an appetizer as well as a main ingredient, a seasoning or a garnish for any kind of dish. Its health-giving properties are strengthened by olives and olive oil, which are its main ingredients.