Nutraceutical comes from the intersection between nutritional and pharmaceutical and stands for the capacity of some aliments to bring benefits to human health.

Among the latter, extra-virgin olive oil can be considered an excellent nutraceutical since the strong presence of oleic acid that characterizes it, is able to induce several beneficial effects, such as easing gastrointestinal functions, strengthening immune defense system and anti-inflammatory mechanisms, and prolonging blood coagulation average time.

The extra-virgin olive oil contains a remarkable quantity of polyphenols, whose antioxidant action is useful to prevent the insurgence of free radicals and slow down cellular aging.

Furthermore, thanks to a reduct content in polyunsaturates, the extra-virgin olive oil boasts a better grade of digestibility if compared to any other food oil and surrogates, which makes of it our best alleate when sitting at the table.