Category comprising high quality olives endowed to the maximum extent with the characteristics specific to the variety and trade preparation. However, providing the overall favourable aspect or organoleptic characteristics of each fruit is not affected, they may have very slight colour, shape, flesh-firmness or skin defects.
This week on OHIS
Madrid, Spain / 22.06.2026
This week on the Olive Health Information System website The newsletter of the University of Navarra and the IOC dedicated to health The Mediterranean diet, with olive oil as its main source of fat, remains one of the most...
The IOC celebrates the excellence of the world’s finest extra virgin olive oils at the Mario Solinas Quality Awards 2026
The International Olive Council (IOC) held the awards ceremony for the 26th edition of the Mario Solinas Quality Award for the Northern Hemisphere at its headquarters in Madrid on Thursday 18 November 2026. The event brought...

