- 694 products in competition, presented by 30 nations and coming from 26 different producing countries.
Standing out, in this eighth edition, were the high quality of the products in the competition and the beauties of an unusual Calabria Region, which hosted and pampered the international judges, each of whom brought back home a piece of Calabria, made of faces, places and flavors.
694 products (623 Oli EVO and 71 Condiments), presented by 30 nations and from 26 different producing countries.
It was the very high number of EVO oils to tell the high quality awarded by the judges. 61 EVO and Flavoured Oils in total that have achieved a score of at least 95 points out of 100. The highest number of samples comes from Italy (24.4% of the total), followed by Turkey (17%) and Greece (12.7%). To complete the picture Brazil (9.4%), which closes the list of the most represented nations in competition. All present the Italian olive regions, with Calabria and Sicily each with 21% of Italian products in competition. Then Puglia with 13% and gradually all the others.
PDO and PGI oils contributed 11.4% of the total, while organic oils exceeded 20%. To tell the enormous olive biodiversity the 318 monovarietal oils (51% of the total), purest expression of the individual territories.
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