Olive, pure product of Provence:

Ovo?Æde, round or curved drupe, in mésocarpe muscular or pulp, green, black, the olive of Provence has a different composition according to its colour:

The green olive of Provence: (75 % of water, 1 % of proteins, 14 % of lipids, 8 % of substances extractibles and 1 % of cellulose)

The black olive of Provence: (3 % of proteins, 59 % of lipids, 32 % of substances extractibles, 4 % of cellulose and 2 % of cinder)

This fruit is also source of vitamins: vitamin A and carotene, Vitamins B and C.

Amazing, 100 grammes of olives from Provence, will bring you much than 1,5 litres of milk.

Don’t hesitate and use olives of Provence as well black as green.

Today, principally weared for the traditional holidays, such as St Jean, St Eloi… They differ in reality according to ” the Provence ” . “Arlésienne” is the most famous.

Rich and various, the products of Provence are numerous, culinary, sensory: pastis, herbes, cicadas, costumes, faiences; Christmas crib figures, soaps, lavender, oil of olive, calissons, shuttles they awaken all our senses!!!

1. The culinary:

• Pastis
• The herbes of Provence
• The oil of olive
• Calissons:
• “Navettes:

2. The sensory

• Lavender:
• The Soap of Marseilles!

3. The visual sense

• Cicadas:
• Costumes:
• Faiences:
• Christmas crib figures: