This particular international competition is considered one of the most professional olive oil competitions in the world because it applies very strict evaluation standards
Fifteen (15) major distinctions were noted in Italy, for Sakellaropoulos Organic Farms, in the prestigious international olive oil competition, EVO International Olive Oil Competition 2025.
The 10th edition of the competition took place in the city of Palmi, in the province of Calabria in Italy, from 12 to 15 May 2025. The EVOO World Ranking (EVOOWR), based on strict international standards, has ranked the EVOIOOC competition with the highest rating worldwide, 10/10, elevating it to one of the highest positions in the world for its great degree of difficulty, validity, integrity and methodology.
This particular international competition is considered one of the most professional olive oil competitions in the world because it applies very strict evaluation standards, based on the tasting methods set by the International Olive Council (IOC), exclusively with the method of blind tasting.
The tasting of olive oils at EVOIOOC 2025, as in any international competition of this level, is carried out by expert panel tasters of international prestige, coming from different countries of the world.
For 2025 there was a new record of participation in the Italian competition, with 707 olive oils from 28 olive-producing countries such as Italy, Turkey, Croatia, Greece, Spain, Brazil, Chile, Slovenia, Tunisia, USA, Portugal, Israel and more, with a very high level of quality.
Sakellaropoulos Organic Farms were honored with extremely high awards and specifically:
• With 1 Finalist, 5 gold and 9 silver awards, garnering very high scores, from the experts and judges at EVOIOOC 2025 in Calabria, Italy.
In particular, these 15 major awards for the organic and gourmet olive oils by Sakellaropoulos Organic Farms in Italy for 2025 are:
FYLLIKON First Harvest - Finalist Best of Greece
FYLLIKON First Harvest - Gold Award
TREASURE Blend evoo - Gold Award
ENSTAGMA Saffron evoo - Gold Award
GEMSTONE Gourmet evoo - Gold Award
OLEOASTRON Gourmet Evoo - Gold Award
AGOURELAIO Early Harvest - Silver Award
PLUS HEALTH Green evoo - Silver Award
PLUS HEALTH Blue evoo - Silver Award
SYLLEKTIKON Gourmet evoo - Silver Award
MASTERPIECE Blend evoo - Silver Award
Flavored Gourmet Enigma - Silver Award
MAJESTIC Blend evoo - Silver Award
ENSTAGMA Saffron & Sage - Silver Award
ENSTAGMA Saffron & Rosemary - Silver Award
These very high and honorable awards for Sakellaropoulos Organic Farms in Italy constitute a unique Greek and Spartan achievement, in one of the most difficult competitions in the world with the rare ranking score of 10 / 10, which is observed by the international olive sector every year, with special attention.
It should be noted that Sakellaropoulos Organic Farms are the only producers in the history of the Italian competition that have achieved such a large number of distinctions in the EVO International Olive Oil Competition for five consecutive years, in 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025.
These 15 exceptional awards complete the unique number of 1.102 international awards for Sakellaropoulos Organic Farms, a record number for a Single Estate olive producer that produces and packages exclusively their own olive products.
Source: protothema.gr
