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<pre>P. Caird wrote:

> Alonso, in todays notes, states that the per capita consumption of olive oil
> is a massive 20kgs/annum/person for Greeks

Incredibly, this does appear to be true, even perhaps a slight underestimate.
As I wrote for my thesis back in 1997:

"Greece has the highest consumption of olive oil in the world, at 20.8 kg per
person per year (Kiritsakis & Markakis, 1991), or 57g a day (at 500 calories,
around 20-25% of the energy requirement of an adult)."

This is quite an astonishing quantity!

The source is:

Kiritsakis, A. & Markakis, P. (1991) Olive Oil Analysis, in H.E. Linskens &
J.F. Jackson (Ed), Essential Oils and Waxes. Springer-Verlag, Berlin, pp.
1-20.

Adrian
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Adrian.Shaw@aber.ac.uk
Sefydliad Y Gwyddorau Biolegol, Prifysgol Cymru,
Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, Cymru
http://pcjagg.dbs.aber.ac.uk/mynegai.html
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