The Handbook of Olive Oil presents an up-to-date view of all aspects of olive oil. It is written from an inter-disciplinary point of view and will be of use in research and development as well as in routine laboratory and process operations. This second edition includes new chapters devoted to genetic studies and agronomic aspects of new orchards and cultivars, which, in combination with the most recent biochemical studies and technological developments, explain the unique chemical composition of olive oil. The analytical aspects of the first edition are now described in six new chapters focused on the chemical compounds responsible for olive oil traceability and sensory perceptions (odor, color, and taste) utilizing chromatographic, spectroscopic, and in-tandem techniques.

Introduction.- Growing Olives for Oil.- Technical Aspects.- Lipid metabolism in olive: biosynthesis of triacylglycerols and aroma components.- Genetics and Molecular Biology of Olives.- Chromatographic Methodologies: Compounds for Olive Oil Traceability Issues.- Chromatographic Methodologies: Compounds For Olive Oil Color Issues.- Chromatographic Methodologies: Compounds for Olive Oil Odor Issues.- Analytical methodologies: Phenolic compounds related to olive oil taste issues.- Infrared, Raman and fluorescence spectroscopies: Methodologies and applications.- Nuclear Magnetic Resonance: Methodologies and Applications.- Olive Oil Characterization and Traceability.- Olive Oil Oxidation.- Sensory quality: Methodologies and Applications.- Olive oil consumer research: Methods and key learnings.- Olive Oil Authentication.- Role of Lipids in Human Nutrition.- Olive Oil as a Functional Food: Nutritional and Health Benefits.- Olive Oil Refining Process.- Tables of olive oil chemical data.