Saurani olive: characteristics, oil content and growing areas
Hatay's dual-purpose variety: 29% oil with 87% flesh — one of the most balanced combinations on the list.
Saurani is Hatay's own variety, grown along the Altınözü and Kuseyr Plateau belt — ground that has produced olives without interruption since antiquity.
Saurani in numbers
| Oil content | 29% |
| Fruits per kilo | 340 |
| Flesh ratio | 87% |
| Use | Oil and table |
| Main areas | Hatay, Altınözü |
Source: Efe, Soykan, Cürebal and Sönmez (2016), Zeytin Kitabı. Fields the source leaves blank are shown as "—"; nothing has been estimated.
Where does it sit among the 17?
| Oil content | 4. of 17 |
| Fruit size (largest first) | 11. of 14 |
| Flesh ratio | 4. of 14 |
Ranking is computed from the measured values in the same source; varieties the source leaves blank are excluded from that column.
In short
Saurani combines 29% oil with 87% flesh — a rare pairing on this list. Being usable for both oil and the table spreads the grower's risk: whichever price is better that year, the crop can go there.
For Hatay's ancient oil tradition, see the 43 workshops of Antiokheia.
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