ASCOLANA TENERA

Sensory profile and fatty acid composition defined by 153 EVOO samples of ASCOLANA TENERA in 19 years and come from 6 region.

Data of variety ASCOLANA TENERA are related to years (in brackets the number of samples in each year): [2006 (1)] [2007 (4)] [2008 (2)] [2009 (3)] [2010 (7)] [2011 (12)] [2012 (7)] [2013 (13)] [2014 (15)] [2015 (6)] [2016 (10)] [2017 (6)] [2018 (14)] [2019 (7)] [2020 (7)] [2021 (7)] [2022 (12)] [2023 (11)] [2024 (9)] .

From region ABRUZZO (11 samples) in years: [2009 (1 samples)] [2010 (1 samples)] [2011 (1 samples)] [2013 (2 samples)] [2014 (1 samples)] [2019 (1 samples)] [2022 (1 samples)] [2023 (1 samples)] [2024 (2 samples)]

From region EMILIA-ROMAGNA (1 samples) in years: [2009 (1 samples)]

From region FRIULI (5 samples) in years: [2010 (1 samples)] [2011 (1 samples)] [2012 (1 samples)] [2013 (1 samples)] [2014 (1 samples)]

From region MARCHE (126 samples) in years: [2006 (1 samples)] [2007 (4 samples)] [2008 (2 samples)] [2009 (1 samples)] [2010 (5 samples)] [2011 (9 samples)] [2012 (5 samples)] [2013 (9 samples)] [2014 (13 samples)] [2015 (6 samples)] [2016 (10 samples)] [2017 (6 samples)] [2018 (12 samples)] [2019 (6 samples)] [2020 (6 samples)] [2021 (6 samples)] [2022 (9 samples)] [2023 (9 samples)] [2024 (7 samples)]

From region MOLISE (2 samples) in years: [2018 (1 samples)] [2022 (1 samples)]

From region UMBRIA (8 samples) in years: [2011 (1 samples)] [2012 (1 samples)] [2013 (1 samples)] [2018 (1 samples)] [2020 (1 samples)] [2021 (1 samples)] [2022 (1 samples)] [2023 (1 samples)]

Sensory profile

Sensory profile description
Oils characterized by medium/high olive fruity with grassy notes, tomato scent and light flavour of fresh almond and artichoke; pungency and bitter taste of medium intensity.

Belong to this typology: [ASCOLANA TENERA] [BORGIONA] [FARASANA] [GENTILE DELL AQUILA] [GENTILE DI MAFALDA] [GHIACCIOLO] [GIARRAFFA] [GRIGNANO] [GROSSA DI CASSANO] [ITRANA] [NERA DI OLIENA] [NERA DI VILLACIDRO] [NOCELLARA DEL BELICE] [NOCELLARA ETNEA] [ORFANA] [ORTICE] [RAVECE] [SPERONE DI GALLO] [TONDA IBLEA]

Sensory profile and confidence limit of the mean (95%)

Fatty acids composition

Statistical moments of fatty acids composition (n=153)

	Mean	Min	Max	Standard deviation
Eicosenoic acid (%)	0.33	0.24	0.50	0.05
Eicosanoic acid (%)	0.39	0.15	0.61	0.06
Heptadecenoic acid (%)	0.22	0.05	0.51	0.08
Heptadecanoic acid (%)	0.11	0.01	0.33	0.05
Linoleic acid (%)	6.74	3.96	11.73	1.30
Linolenic acid (%)	0.73	0.50	1.04	0.10
Oleic acid (%)	73.99	69.29	80.94	2.30
Palmitic acid (%)	14.11	10.60	17.32	1.34
Palmitoleic acid (%)	1.17	0.48	1.95	0.27
Stearic acid (%)	2.12	1.34	4.16	0.41
Total phenols (mg/kg) The total phenolic content was determined using the spectrophotometric Folin–Ciocalteu method. Data were expressed as mg of caffeic acid equivalent per kg of EVOO (from 2022).	395	201	575	91
Total phenols (mg/kg) The total phenolic content was determined using the spectrophotometric Folin–Ciocalteu method. Data were expressed as mg of gallic acid equivalent per kg of EVOO (until 2021).	492	87	1,050	188

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