Olive oil with basil

Azada Basil Olive Oil, organic olive oil with fresh basil from Tarragona

Azada Basil Olive Oil is an organic olive oil from Tarragona in which fresh basil is cold-pressed together with Arbequina olives. No basil flavoring, but real basil juice in the oil – herbal, spicy, Mediterranean. Gluten-free, vegan, certified organic.

Azada Basil Olive Oil is an extra virgin, organic-quality olive oil from Tarragona, for which fresh basil is pressed together with Arbequina olives in the company's own mill. The Forssmann family founded the brand in Tivissa in 2009. Gluten-free, vegan, lactose-free – the Mediterranean summer olive oil for tomatoes, pizza, and a pesto vibe.

Basil, green grass, peppery notes

Azada Basil Olive Oil has an intense aroma of fresh basil, backed by the typical Arbequina notes of grass and a hint of peppery spice on the palate.

The oil flows elegantly across the tongue with a warm, spicy, herbal note that comes directly from the pressed-in basil. You taste the entire plant, not just the essential oil – a different character than basil flavorings that only strike a single note.

Character compared to jarred pesto oils or flavor mixtures: here you notice the juice of the fresh basil leaf, not a powdered note. The freshness is preserved because the basil is not crushed or preserved with salt, but goes directly into the mill with the olives. A different flavor path.

Where there's tomato, there's basil

Azada Basil Olive Oil is the seasoning for any Mediterranean kitchen – over tomatoes, on pizza, in pasta sauces, and everywhere else fresh basil would usually be used.

Of course, it’s a classic for tomato salad with mozzarella, on pizza and in pasta sauces, drizzled over grilled tomatoes, or stirred into a cold tomato soup. But also try it over burrata with tomato paste, in a vinaigrette for mixed salad, as a marinade for grilled chicken, or simply on a bruschetta with ripe tomatoes.

Once freshly opened, the basil aroma unfolds most intensely. Like all fresh herb oils, it loses its freshness over time – use the bottle up relatively quickly in the summer when tomatoes are in peak season.

For your pantry, it is worth combining it with the pure variety for more neutral dishes and the garlic variety for more intense pasta days.

If you would like to get to know the whole brand, you can find all Azada varieties in our brand overview.

Basil and olives, together in the mill

At Azada, fresh basil goes into the company's own mill together with the Arbequina olives – not into the finished oil, not as a concentrate, but as whole leaves.

Fresh, locally grown basil is pressed with the Arbequina olives – leaves, stems, everything into the mill. This keeps the full scent of the plant in the oil, with the green, spicy notes that you get from a basil leaf rubbed between your fingers. The process works without pasteurization and without preservatives because the olive oil itself protects the freshness.

Behind Azada is the Forssmann family from Tivissa in the province of Tarragona, who founded the brand in 2009 with Josep Maria Mallafre. Kevin Forssmann describes the brand concept as "the taste of Spain on your plate" – this also applies to the basil olive oil, which captures the vibe of pesto in a single bottle.

The basil olive oil comes from the company's own mill in Tarragona in two sizes: a white 100 ml glass bottle for your first try and a 225 ml tin can for your pantry – both with the typical Azada branding.

A Mediterranean summer in a bottle – the pesto that doesn't come from a jar.

Organic control number ES-ECO-019-CT Spanish agriculture