A specific and carefully chosen method of production, which takes into account organic guidelines, timely hand-picking and pressing of olives under low temperatures in an advanced oil mill, ensure a high level of antioxidants − biophenols. These give the extra virgin olive oil Istrska belica its distinctive spicy and bitter taste, for which it has been so highly valued not only by epicures but in the Mediterranean cuisine as well. A taste of balanced fusion of fruitiness, bitterness and piquancy.