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Home / Blog / Turkey holds awards for the best extra virgin olive oils
izmir 2019
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Turkey holds awards for the best extra virgin olive oils

19.03.2019

Izmir (Turkey) - The award ceremony for the 3rd National Extra Virgin Olive Oil of Turkey, organised by National Olive and Table Olive Council of Turkey under institutional patronage of the International Olive Council, was held on 8 March 2019 in Izmir, Turkey, alongside the 9th Olivtech Olive, Olive Oil and Technologies Fair.

 

Mr. Mustafa SEPETCI, Deputy Executive Director of the IOC, took part in the award ceremony and the panel on olive oil. Mr. Sezai UÇARMAK, Deputy Minister of Trade, also took part in the ceremony and visited the fair.

The winners were chosen by a group of international judges who rated candidates on their complexity, harmony and persistence as well as their olfactory, gustatory and retro nasal sensations.

A certificate and gold, silver and bronze medals were awarded for "intense fruitiness", "medium fruitiness", "mild fruitiness" and "ripe fruitiness" categories.

Companies were selected based on the following four categories:

 

FIRST PRIZE – GOLD MEDAL

 

Intense Fruitiness                  Nova-Vera Gida ve Tarim San. Tic. Ltd. Şti.

Medium Fruitiness                Poyraz Zeytinyaği Tarim San. ve Tic. A.Ş.

Mild Fruitiness                      Gökduman Tarim Gida Turizm. Tic.Ltd.Şti

Ripe Fruitiness                      Ahmet Çakiroğlu Eka Zeytinyaği Ve Gida

 

 SECOND PRIZE – SILVER MEDAL

 

Intense Fruitiness                 Biofarm Organik Tarim Ce Gida Ürünleri San.Tic.Ltd.Şti

Medium Fruitiness                Uysallar Yağ San. A.Ş.

Mild Fruitiness                      Özgün Zeytin Zeytinyaği A.Ş

Ripe Fruitiness                      Dino Uluslararasi Dan. Rek.Tan. Hiz. Turizm San. T.A.Ş. 

 

THIRD PRIZE – BRONZE MEDAL

 

Medium Fruitiness                Caymaz Tarim Ürünleri Tic. San. Ltd. Şti.

Mild Fruitiness                      İbrahim Mustafa Cömert

Ripe Fruitiness                      Ayazbey Gida Ltd.Şti.

 

HONORABLE MENTION

Intense Fruitiness                 Erpa Turizm Kimya San. Tic.Ltd.Şti.

Intense Fruitiness                 Savola Gida San. A.Ş.

 

 

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