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Title: for Helen (think this is in the wrong place)!
Post by: JANE on January 12, 2009, 07:53:53 PM


Is there a chance that you may eventually start selling Olive Pomace?
I now realise I can get almost everything I need re. my recipe apart from this, and as it plays a big part in my soap making I thought it better to purchase from you rather than anyone else.

was just wondering...... 


Title: Re: for Helen (think this is in the wrong place)!
Post by: Helen on January 12, 2009, 09:56:37 PM
Hi Jane,

I can indeed get pomace however, I am not sure that, at smaller quantities, I can be as competitive as what is sold in supermarkets  :'(  The thing is, if you can get it local it would save you the shipping costs  :-\  Can you get this in your supermarket do you know? 


Title: Re: for Helen (think this is in the wrong place)!
Post by: JANE on January 13, 2009, 12:39:41 PM

Thanks Helen, I've just been into A*di. They are selling 500ml for £1.79. This is much cheaper than what I am paying at the moment. My usual supplier prices it at £2.67 for 500ml. What I have tended to do in the past is get everything from one supplier but I now realise it's not as cost effective as I thought because the heavier the weight the more expensive carriage is. 



Title: Re: for Helen (think this is in the wrong place)!
Post by: madpiano on February 12, 2009, 07:24:47 PM
Jane - check the ingredients and make sure it is just olive oil, most pomace ones are blends.

The cheapest place I found it at was Asda - 3 litres pure pomace (their own brand) £7.59



Title: Re: for Helen (think this is in the wrong place)!
Post by: JGorse on February 12, 2009, 10:09:36 PM
I spotted pomace in Tesco today - pomace oil written all over the tin in huge letters.  It was actually 55% pomace, 45% blended veg oils and an anti foaming agent.  :-\


Title: Re: for Helen (think this is in the wrong place)!
Post by: madpiano on February 13, 2009, 12:25:22 AM
JoJo was that the one from KTC ?

I went to ASDA to buy that one and then realized it is a blend. Look for the own brand stuff. I found it on a bottom shelf near the other olive oils


Title: Re: for Helen (think this is in the wrong place)!
Post by: abigailbalfour on February 13, 2009, 01:45:06 AM
OH got all excited when he saw this, too - called me to ask if I wanted some. I made him check the ingredients and was sadly disappointed.

Then went to a different supermarket, saw this myself and got all excited. I checked the ingredients and was sadly disappointed. OH said that it was the same one he had seen, and I realised why he had got excited himself.

I used to get my pomace from Booth's, which was lovely and cheap, but the branch which used to do it has stopped. The Asda stuff is more expensive, alas.  :'(