TRIPLE AWARD AT OLYMPIA HEALTH & NUTRITION AWARDS 2019

On May 12 2019, at the Old Parliament, the Olympia Health & Nutrition Awards 2019 took place.

The National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, with the help of the nonprofit organization World Olive Center for Health, awarded the producers that have managed to produce olive oils that satisfy the requirements of the European Reg. 432/2012, thus acquiring Health Claim.

This European Regulation mentions that more than 5 mg of tyrosol and hydroxytyrosol derivatives, consumed daily via olive oils that are in this specific category, can protect from the oxidation of blood lipids. It is also important to mention that the compounds oleocanthal and oleacin that exist in health beneficial olive oils, have been attributed with anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, cardio protective and neuroprotective properties. These substances are called polyphenols and these olive oils are called high phenolic olive oils or health beneficiary olive oils.

The producers that were awarded at the Olympia Health and Nutrition awards, managed to produce at least one sample with health claim in the 2018 - 2019 production season, while the olive oil samples were sent from all around the world.

 Sakellaropoulos Organic Farms, due to the high concentration of phenolic ingredients in their organic olive oils, were honored for the 4th year in a row with the

3 BRONZE AWARDS AT OLYMPIA HEALTH & NUTRITION AWARDS 2019

The organic olive oils from Sakellaropoulos organic Farms contain 7,1 - 7,9 mg of phenoliccompounds and just a small quantity of 20 grams of olive oil daily, contains more phenolic substances than the European Regulation 432/2012 suggests.

The awarded olive oils are Fyllikon First Harvest, cold extracted Agourelaio and Armonia, while all of them belong to the category of organic extra virgin olive oils.

In the award ceremony, important scientists from Greece and abroad were present (Harvard, University of California, Cambridge, Northeaster etc) while important announcements about the ongoing studies in olive oil and health benefits were made.

It is a great honor for us to receive this scientific community’s confirmation on the benefits of our organic olive oils to the human health, while this particular award leads Sakellaropoulos Organic Farming to 99 international awards.