Oleificio Asaro dal 1916 Earns 8 Awards at World Competition

The official olive oil provider of Starbucks has won eight awards at the 2024 NYIOOC World Olive Oil Competition, the world's most prestigious olive oil quality contest.

Olives are our passion. To receive this prestigious recognition, we feel that we are doing something good for our customers, our employees, our community and all the generations who have dedicated their lives to this family business.

Tommaso Asaro, CEO

Oleificio Asaro dal 1916 earned two Gold Awards for its Partanna Robust brand, a medium-intensity Nocellara del Belice, and its Frankies Everyday brand, a medium blend.

The Sicilian producer also earned six Silver Awards, including for its Paesanol, an organic delicate blend; Asaro Organic Farm, an organic delicate Nocellara del Belice; Frankies 457, an organic medium Nocellara del Belice; Oro di Sicilia Green Gold, a delicate blend; Partanna Organic, an organic medium Nocellara del Belice; and Partanna Mild, a delicate blend.

"Olives are our passion," chief executive Tommaso Asaro said. "To receive this prestigious recognition, we feel that we are doing something good for our customers, our employees, our community and all the generations who have dedicated their lives to this family business."

In the 2023/24 crop year, Oleificio Asaro dal 1916 produced 2.6 million liters of extra virgin olive oil.

"The 2022 and 2023 harvests were the most challenging in Sicily in the last two decades," Asaro said. "From the outset, extreme temperature reduced flowering, and the very drier summer contributed to significant yield reduction."

"We are blessed thanks to our large investment in drip irrigation systems, which saved us from a big drop in production," he added.

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.