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The quality of any food product can be evaluated as per its typical ch
aracteristics, and for virgin olive oil, in particular, these are rela
ted to agronomic factors and technological production processes which
modify and influence the sensory and chemical characteristics. This pa
per reviews these aspects in relation to virgin olive oil quality and
emphasizes the trials carried out, using multivariate statistical meth
odology, to specify instrumental and sensorial parameters for defining
virgin olive oil characteristics.