Which one to choose, glass or plastic? The plastic bottle is one-third larger, providing 500 ml of oil versus the glass slightly tinted 375 ml bottle. Both bottles cost the same $18.50. People who dislike plastic packaging still have the glass option. Those who want a better deal get 125 ml more oil in…
Category: Product Development
Creating the perfect fertilizer
This new fertilizer project has taken a year to perfect. The idea was to combine Seagate Seaweed and Seagate Fish Fertilizer into one tablet, the two perfect fertilizers. A tablet also it would be easy for home and garden applications. These two ingredients are high in protein (nitrogen), minerals, and vitamins. Unlike the mass-produced “miracle”…
New Olive Oil Machinery Operational at Seagate
Seagate’s new olive oil plant that was fabricated in Italy was installed this year in Baja California, and became fully operational. The machinery is mostly automated, requiring just one operator and a helper to maintain the flow. Jose along with his helpers are seen below installing the receiver, the first stage of the machine which…
Olive Leaf Nasal &Throat Sprays
Seagate has been producing and selling Olive Leaf Extract since 1997. Initial customer feedback along with results from our own in-house testing and personal use indicated that this product had amazing properties for helping people stay healthy. In 2002 we decided to produce a nasal spray and a throat spray using Olive Leaf Extract as…
Smell – a function of a person’s expectations, rather than reality
The suggestion that an ingredient is present can trigger a person’s brain to imagine the smell is real even without the smell being present. Several Seagate topical products use fish oil with omega-3’s as an important ingredient. It helps to soften the skin, protect it from rashes and even reduce wrinkles. It is also a…
Freeze-dried whole lemon powder is not Lemonade
Lemonade is really sugar water with some lemon flavor that on average has over 25 grams of sugar in an 8 oz serving. Seagate Lemon Powder is made from whole lemons. It is not lemonade. It contains no sugar. However, it can be a very healthy way for you to make lemonade. Recently, a customer…
Fire at Supplier’s Glass Bottle Factory in China delays Olive Oil project
This is the front view of the Chinese company producing the glass bottles for Seagate’s Olive Oil the day after their fire burned most of their production area one week ago. Unfortunately this occurred on March 6th, the day that the glass bottle production for Seagate was scheduled to begin. The fire destroyed their production…
Olive Oil Production Begins
After comparing the quality to the best olive oils imported from Italy we decided to make the statement that appears on our caps that this is ‘The Best You Ever Had”. This is probably the only facility in the world using vacuum technology to extract olive oil. It took 3 years to perfect. It is…
Olive Oil bottle and a friendly Tijuana cantina
Seagate has been producing olive leaf extract since 1997. Until now, olive oil production has been kept at a minimum, sufficient to supply the requirements for encapsulating and bottling our softgels . The development work for this new product, olive oil in glass bottles, has been taking place for the last two years. The ultimate…
Olives ripening … almost time to begin olive oil production
It is the end of September, the most picturesque time of the year to be wandering around the farmland used by Seagate. After a very hot summer, the olives are finally beginning to ripen. The olives have now reached their full size, though most are still green. At this stage of growth and maturity, green…