An exceptional distinction for a Greek olive producer, with the absolute record of 100% and 11 awards in equal number of participations was noted in Tunisia for Sakellaropoulos Organic Farms, in the international olive oil competition Carthage International Olive Oil Competition 2026.
Additionally, these 11 international awards at the North African international competition complete a new record number. The olive products of Sakellaropoulos Organic Farms have acquired 1.398 international awards, constituting a global record of awards for a Greek Single Estate olive producer. This reflects the dynamic of Greek olive growing, placing Greece and Sparta Laconia in the most prominent places on the global olive growing map, while constituting a great and special honor for Sakellaropoulos Organic Farms.
More specifically, these eleven (11) awards come from the 3rd edition of the Carthage IOOC international competition held in the historic city of Carthage, known as Tunisian’s "Rome of Africa", from 9 – 11 June 2026. This international competition applies strict evaluation standards, based on tasting methods defined by the International Olive Council, exclusively with the method of blind tasting, while it is included in the EVOOWR global olive oil ranking.
The tasting of olive oils at Carthage IOOC 2026 is carried out by expert olive oil tasters of international prestige (experts, panel leaders and tasters), coming from different countries of the world.
For 2026, hundreds of olive oils from many olive-producing countries participated with a very high level of quality and thus, high degree of difficulty in distinguishing them.
Sakellaropoulos Organic Farms were honored with the absolute success rate of 100% with 11 exceptionally high awards in an equal number of participations. More specifically 4 Double Gold, 3 Gold and 4 Silver awards, therefore are ranked with a new record among the only producers who have achieved the absolute number of 11 awards in an equal number of olive oil participations, at the competition of North Africa.
In particular, the international awards for the organic and gourmet olive oils of Sakellaropoulos Organic Farms at the Carthage IOOC for 2026 are:
FYLLIKON First Harvest - Double Gold Award
ARMONIA Monovarietal – Double Gold Award
PLUS HEALTH Green evoo – Double Gold Award
MASTERPIECE Blend evoo - Double Gold Award
TREASURE Blend evoo - Gold Award
PLUS HEALTH DMB evoo - Gold Award
FLAVORED GOURMET ENIGMA Evoo - Gold Award
AGOURELAIO Early Harvest - Silver Award
GEMSTONE Blend evoo - Silver Award
SYLLEKTIKON Gourmet evoo – Silver Award
ENSTAGMA Saffrοn & Rosemary – Silver Award
All these exceptional awards in the ancient city of Carthage, Tunisia, are a special honor for Sakellaropoulos Organic Farms and prove their efforts in producing very high-quality organic and gourmet olive oils.
A very important element that is extracted from the results of Carthage IOOC 2026 is the absolute percentage of 100% with 11 awards in 11 participations at the international competition of Tunisia, ranking them among the major winners in "Rome of Africa" for 2026.
These international awards at the Carthage International Olive Oil Competition 2026 are of particular importance for Sakellaropoulos Organic Farms, as they complete the unique number of 1.398 international awards worldwide, expanding their world record as producers of specialized and high-quality olive oils and table olives.
