Di Molfetta Pantaleo Wins Gold at 2022 NYIOOC

Di Molfetta Pantaleo from Italy has won gold at the 2022 NYIOOC World Olive Oil Competition, the world's most prestigious olive oil quality contest.

The company produces extra virgin olive oil in Puglia (Italy) from Coratina olives using traditional harvesting methods.

This is an award that celebrates an important competitive path and underlines the strong ties of our family with the oil in Puglia.

Lucia Di Molfetta, Co-owner

The company won a Gold Award for its Di Molfetta Frantoiani, a robust Coratina produced in Puglia, Italy.

"We must meet the changing needs of our planet and the expectations of regulators, consumers, and food processors and retailers. But we try to do our best every year, through knowledge of, and respect for, our family history and regional values. we invest in new technology in order to maintain the quality and preserve the healthy part of oil," Lucia Di Molfetta said upon receiving the news. "I am very honored to receive this award. As we have said, the history of our oil mill is a family history. It is also an everyday life story. The everyday life that guides all of our work. Everyday life is habit, family, and simplicity.

The NYIOOC World Olive Oil Competition, held each spring in New York, is the world's largest and most prestigious olive oil contest and its annual listing of award winners is considered the authoritative guide to the year’s best extra virgin olive oils.

The complete list of winners can be viewed on the Official Guide to the World's Best Olive Oils