An absolute and exceptionally great distinction for a Greek olive producer was noted in Canada, with 15 out of 15 and the ultimate 100% success rate for Sakellaropoulos Organic Farms, in the international olive oil competition CANADA International Olive Oil Competition 2022.
Simultaneously, these 15 awards constitute a new record number. The 529 international awards that the organic olive products of Sakellaropoulos Organic Farms have now acquired, are a world record of awards for a Greek olive producer of Single Estate - Terroir. This event reflects the dynamic of Greek olive growing, placing Greece and Sparta Laconia in the most important places on the global olive map, while being a great honor for Sakellaropoulos Organic Farms.
More specifically, these fifteen awards come from the second edition of the international competition CANADA IOOC held in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, from 9 to 20 June 2022. This international competition applies strict evaluation standards, based on tasting defined by the International Olive Oil Council, exclusively by the method of blind tasting.
The tasting of olive oils at CANADA IOOC 2022, is carried out by expert tasters (expert panel tasters) of international prestige, coming from different countries of the world.
For 2022, hundreds of olive oils from many olive producing countries participated with a very high level of quality, while the international olive oil competition CANADA IOOC is a competition of special interest for the American continent, especially North America but also in many countries worldwide.
Sakellaropoulos Organic Farms were honored with 15 exceptional awards in an equal number of participating olive oils with, at the same time, very high scores, exceeding 98%. Specifically, the awarded organic and gourmet olive oils by Sakellaropoulos Organic Farms at Canada IOOC 2022 are:
TREASURE Blend evoo - Platinum Award
MASTERPIECE Blend evoo - Platinum Award
Flavored Gourmet Enigma - Platinum Award
OLEOASTRON Gourmet Evoo - Platinum Award
SYLLEKTIKON Gourmet evoo - Platinum Award
MAJESTIC Blend evoo - Gold Award
GEMSTONE Blend evoo - Gold Award
FYLLIKON First Harvest - Gold Award
ENSTAGMA Gourmet evoo - Gold Award
PLUS HEALTH Multivarietal Green evoo - Gold Award
ENSTAGMA Saffron & Rosemary evoo - Silver Award
AGOURELAIO Early Harvest - Silver Award
PLUS HEALTH Multivarietal Blue evoo - Silver Award
ENSTAGMA Saffron & Sage evoo - Silver Award
ARMONIA Monovarietal - Silver Award
All these major awards in Montreal, Canada for 2022 are a special honor for Sakellaropoulos Organic Farms, with the most important one being the emergence of 5 gourmet olive oils at the top of the competition, awarded with platinum awards from the international judges and with absolute scores, exceeding 98%.
These fifteen (15) major international awards at the CANADA International Olive Oil Competition 2022 are of particular importance for Sakellaropoulos Organic Farms, as they complete the unique number of 529 international awards worldwide, a record number for a Greek olive producer exclusively of their own olive products.