Ingrediente Mourisco, Lda. (IM), a company recently created by three partners, 2 from Alvados and another with family ties to this parish of Porto de Mós, took upon themselves the responsibility of rebuilding and recovering the former Lagar Cooperativo, founded in the decades of the 40s and 50s of the past century, that had been closed and abandoned for over a decade.
IM was created with 2 purposes:
1) to bring to light what is perhaps the best kept secret of the PNSAC, that up until recently was only known by the families and friends of Alvados – the production of a fruity olive oil of rare and fine quality;
2) as this is a region where smallholdings predominate, there is an increased desire to preserve, save from neglect and abandonment, and to reinstate the value of the small traditional olive groves, an integral part of the landscape classified by the PNSAC.