Olive pomace and olive-pomace oil are not the same product
Olive pomace is the residual material from olive-oil milling; olive-pomace oil is the oil obtained by treating that pomace with permitted solvents or other physical treatments. Codex and the IOC exclude re-esterified oils and mixtures with other kinds of oil from the definition. Atlas therefore keeps the mill, feedstock condition, extraction route, solvent-control evidence, oil yield and residue disposition separate instead of treating wet pomace, dried pomace, crude oil and spent solid residue as one commodity.
Crude, refined and marketed olive-pomace oil are separate categories
The IOC identifies crude olive-pomace oil as an upstream product intended for refining for human consumption or for technical use. Refined olive-pomace oil is produced from crude oil by refining methods that do not alter the initial glyceridic structure. The marketed blend called olive-pomace oil combines refined olive-pomace oil with virgin olive oils fit for consumption as they are; the IOC states that this blend cannot be called olive oil. Atlas retains the exact category, blend declaration and destination-law designation.
Virgin olive oils and refined olive oils remain separate
Virgin olive oils come from olive fruit solely by mechanical or other physical means under defined conditions. Refined olive oil comes from virgin olive oils, while refined olive-pomace oil comes from crude olive-pomace oil. Similar colour, fatty-acid ranges or retail packaging do not erase those different feedstocks and processing histories. Atlas does not transfer an extra-virgin, virgin or refined-olive-oil grade, sensory claim, price or origin claim to a pomace-oil lot.
Extraction and refining history require auditable evidence
A specification should identify the originating mills and pomace, drying and storage conditions, extraction technology and solvent controls, crude-oil tank and lot, refining site and stages, processing dates, mass balance, blend components and traceability through packing. The IOC permits alpha-tocopherol in refined and blended categories only to restore natural tocopherol lost during refining under good manufacturing practice; that provision is not evidence that a particular lot contains or needs an additive.
Identity constants and contaminants belong to the tested lot
Free acidity, peroxide value, ultraviolet absorbency, trans-fatty-acid profile, sterols, erythrodiol and uvaol, waxes, ECN42, 2-glyceryl monopalmitate, moisture, insoluble impurities and trace metals answer different identity and condition questions. A category threshold is not a certificate. Atlas keeps the sampling plan, laboratory, method, result, uncertainty, test date and lot attached, and also requires destination-specific evidence for solvent residues, processing contaminants, pesticide residues and other applicable food-safety limits.
Food and technical uses require destination-specific evidence
Crude olive-pomace oil may be destined for refining for food use or for technical use, but the intended lane must be declared and controlled. Refined oil may be sold directly to consumers only where the retail country permits it, while the blended consumer category may require a more specific local designation. Atlas records intended use, food status, destination rules, labelling, pack, importer evidence and any technical-use restriction rather than inferring marketability from the generic product name.
A category limit does not establish a delivered olive-pomace oil price
Free-acidity, peroxide, sterol and composition criteria define or test product categories; they do not establish current availability, conformity, transaction value or delivered cost. A physical estimate still needs permitted current observations for the exact crude, refined or blended product, composition and laboratory evidence, origin, pack and lot, quantity, currency, Incoterm, destination, delivery window, freight, duties and information vintage. Atlas withholds a physical estimate when those observations or usage rights are missing.