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In tra­di­tional mills, olive oil was extracted using presses. There are still some around in tra­di­tional setups, but most pro­duc­ers use cen­trifuges to draw oil from crushed olives. Centrifuges spin the oil from the fruit, just like the final cycle of your clothes wash­ing machine when it spins fast to release the water.

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