{"title":"Olives","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe olive is the Mediterranean's most defining ingredient — and there is no other product where the difference between the industrial and the traditional is so immediately obvious. A properly cured olive is dense, meaty, and complex; a mass-market one is soft, briny, and tastes only of salt.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOur Olives collection focuses on producers who still cure the traditional way — with salt, water, and time — never with the caustic soda shortcuts that strip flavour and character. From the dark, wine-like Kalamatas of the Peloponnese to the vivid green Nocellaras of Sicily, the meltingly buttery Throuba olives of Cyprus, and the crisp, herbal Halkidiki greens of northern Greece, each variety carries the flavour of its landscape.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYou'll find whole olives packed in brine, olives marinated with garlic and herbs, sun-dried wrinkled black olives, and pitted olives ready for cooking. All from small-batch Mediterranean producers, all naturally preserved without artificial additives.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhether they're going into a Greek salad, a slow-cooked stew, a tapenade, or straight onto the meze plate with a glass of wine, a great olive elevates whatever it touches. Start with a jar of proper Kalamatas and see what you've been missing.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1021\/0643\/1830\/collections\/greek-olives.jpg?v=1776595682","url":"https:\/\/checkout.backtonatureorganicfoods.co.uk\/collections\/olives.oembed","provider":"Back to Nature Co","version":"1.0","type":"link"}