Oleicola Jaén Wins Gold at World Competition

Oleicola Jaén from Spain has won a Gold Award at the 2024 NYIOOC World Olive Oil Competition, the world's largest olive oil quality contest.

It is a great honor and amazing how NYIOOC awards our effort, investment and resilience every year.

Clara Parejas, marketing manager

Situated in Baeza, in the Jaén Protected Geographical Indication region, the producer earned its fourth World Competition award for a medium-intensity blend.

"It is a great honor and amazing how NYIOOC awards our effort, investment and resilience every year," said Clara Parejas, the company's marketing manager. "AOVEland offers visitors a unique experience in which olive tradition, technological innovation and contemporary art come together around extra virgin olive oil."

In the 203/24 crop year, Oleicola Jaén produced 5,000 tons of extra virgin olive oil using mechanical methods.

"The group currently has operations throughout the olive oil value chain, including state-of-the-art visiting facilities, AOVEland, where extra virgin olive oils are produced in real-time in an avant-garde mill surrounded by a beautiful landscape of olive trees," Parejas said.

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.