Al-Maida Wins 3 Awards at 4th Straight World Competition

Jordanian producer Al-Maida Agricultural has won three awards at the 2024 NYIOOC World Olive Oil Competition, the world's largest olive oil quality contest.

We are always proud to win awards from the NYIOOC.

Amelia Bilbeisi, co-owner

The company earned a Gold Award for a medium-intensity Arbequina and two Silver Awards for a medium Arbosana and medium Koroneiki.

"We are always proud to win awards from the NYIOOC," said co-owner Amelia Bilbeisi. Al-Maida previously earned three World Competition awards in 2021, 2022 and 2023.

The company produced 120 tons of extra virgin olive oil using machine methods in the 2023/24 crop year. While climate change poses the most significant challenge to producers in Jordan, Bilbeisi said Al-Maida is rising to the challenge.

"Rises in temperatures and the unpredictability of the changing weather have led us to rely on data analysis and climate-adaptive irrigation more this year than ever before, which has led us to a greater yield while still being able to produce high quality," she confirmed.

The NYIOOC World Olive Oil Competition is the world's preeminent olive oil quality contest. Its annual list of award winners is the authoritative guide to the world's best olive oils and the dedicated producers who craft them.

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