Türkiye · Nizip, Gaziantep, southeastern Anatolia Oil Intensity not published

Nizip Yağlık

also called No verified synonyms

The oil variety of southeastern Anatolia, and one of a group there that stands out for oleic acid above 75% — high by Turkish standards. Its harvest window is unusually long, running from November into the first week of February.

Oilprimary use of the fruit
Not publishedtypical polyphenol band
Fills when the library holds an oilcomputed, not authored
Olive grove in Nizip, Gaziantep, southeastern Anatolia — a generated illustration, not a photograph of a specific grove
Reference card
Also calledNo verified synonyms
Main regionsGaziantep, Kilis, Adıyaman
PurposeOil
Oleic acidAbove 75%
PolyphenolsNot published
HarvestNovember into the first week of February
DesignationsNizip Zeytinyağı (Turkish PGI no. 158)
Shelf stability is the published Rancimat induction time where one exists. It is measured per variety; smoke point is not, so it is not listed.

In the grove

Grove — placeholder
Fruit at harvest — placeholder

Aroma and flavour descriptors

No descriptors are published for Nizip Yağlık oil. Nizip Yağlık was included in a published aroma-profile study of ten Turkish cultivars, but the accessible text gives no cultivar-specific descriptors. No panel medians published. We do not infer them from the fruit or from related varieties — 40 of the 40 varieties here are in the same position.

Oils in the library No Nizip Yağlık oils reviewed yet

This shelf fills when the panel scores an oil made from this variety. 19 of the 40 varieties here are in the same state today.

Nizip Yağlık against the other Türkiye varieties

Open in compare
VarietyOrigin region Used forPolyphenols Shelf stability
AyvalıkEdremit Gulf, BalıkesirOilNot publishedNot published
MemecikMuğla, southern AegeanDual-purpose296–407 mg/kgNot published
GemlikGemlik, Bursa, southern MarmaraDual-purpose244–491 mg/kgNot published
DomatAkhisar, ManisaTable~351 mg/kg (single study)Not published
UsluAkhisar, ManisaTable~163 mg/kg (single study)Not published
Nizip YağlıkNizip, Gaziantep, southeastern AnatoliaOilNot publishedNot published
SarıulakTarsus, MersinDual-purpose602–836 mg/kgNot published
Erkenceİzmir — Karaburun, Urla, SeferihisarDual-purpose~87 mg/kgNot published

Sources

  1. Turkish olive varieties of southeastern Anatolia, Applied Fruit Science 2023
  2. Nizip Zeytinyağı geographical indication specification

Every figure on this page carries a source. Where we could not find one we say so rather than estimating. Corrections are welcome and credited.

Map · Nizip, Gaziantep
Nizip, Gaziantep · 37.0° N, 37.8° E