- 736 samples between EVO oils (676) and Condiments based on EVO oil (60) have arrived at the Campi Flegrei of Naples.
The international judges evaluated the products in competition, presented by 32 nations and coming from as many as 26 different producing countries. The contest has shown how in recent years the quality of the oils produced has generally improved. This highlights how the competitions have also helped to move the bar of quality higher and higher, contributing strongly to give the decisive push to producers towards excellence, making them increasingly willing to get involved and perfect themselves.
A preponderant number of products arriving from Italy (188 samples equal to 25.5% of the total), followed by Greece (16%), Turkey (15%), Spain (8.7%) and Brazil (8%), just to mention the most represented nations in the competition.
DOP and PGI oils contributed 15% of the total (110 samples), while organic oils reached over 23%. To represent the purest expression of the territories the almost 400 monovarietal oils (54% of the total), with the blends representing the remaining 46%.
Nine Years of EVO IOOC Italy
- The world of olive oil, wherever you look at it and whatever hemisphere you refer to, is more and more mature