Frantoi Cutrera: oil, products, prices, online sale

For several generations, the Cutrera family has been dedicated to the cultivation of olives and the production of extra virgin olive oil, a profession carried on for decades with the passion and love that ties this family to its land. The origins of the company date back more than a century, and documents show that in 1906, the Cutrera family was already engaged in the cultivation and care of olive trees in Chiaramonte Gulfi, a small village in the southeastern part of Sicily.

Giovanni Cutrera, the head of the family, founded the first oil mill in 1979, with the help of his wife Maria, after growing up working in an old mill with stone grinders where mules and presses were still used.

Over the years, Giovanni's children - Maria the eldest, followed by Giusy, the second, and finally Salvatore, the youngest - joined their father in his business. In 1999, an important year for the future of Frantoi Cutrera, Giovanni, with the support of the whole family, decided to open a second mill.

Frantoi Cutrera: from the local market to the United States

But that wasn't enough! The whole family and local producers were aware of the quality of the oil produced in the Iblei Mountains, so they decided to find a way to market it beyond the local market. It was a gamble that current results show to have been won.

Since 2000, Cutrera has been run by the three children Maria, Giusy, and Salvatore with their spouses, and for a few years now, the third generation has also begun to join the management of the family business. Looking forward to the future, never forgetting the past, a good mix of tradition and innovation, this is the mission that has allowed the family to achieve significant results.

Frantoi Cutrera: tradition and future of extra virgin oil

Frantoi Cutrera currently has two plants with three extraction lines, a warehouse for the storage of oil, a modern bottling plant, manages more than 50 hectares of olive groves in the Iblei Mountains, and exports the precious olive oil to more than 30 countries worldwide.

All processing stages are meticulously followed. The harvesting is done strictly by hand to ensure that the very delicate fruit of the olive tree is not damaged before being pressed.

These operations have been carried out in the same way for centuries, passed down from father to son.

A strong point of Frantoi Cutrera is the diversity of the three extraction lines, which allows for adapting the extraction technique based on the variety and ripeness of the olives, always managing to obtain intense and balanced fruity oils. The olives are processed in the company mills within 6 hours of harvesting. All processing operations are performed with meticulous attention, with strictly cold extraction.

Frantoi Cutrera exclusively uses machinery from the Pieralisi group, a world leader in the construction of oil machines. All by-products obtained from processing are used as organic fertilization for organic farming.