Table olive cooperatives and industries in Andalusia usually get underway with harvesting in September. However, this year we have started earlier. The verdeo campaign has been brought forward to the end of August with the harvesting of the gordal variety, followed by the manzanilla variety at the beginning of September in the plots with more mature fruit.
What is the reason for this advance? The olive sector points out that the ripening of the olives has been quite similar to last year, together with the decrease in stocks from the previous season, especially in the gordal variety.
Harvest estimates. This year’s forecast is for a total crop of 492,000 tons according to the second harvest estimate of Interaceituna (Table Olive Interprofessional Organization). It is estimated that 192,000 tons will be of the manzanilla fina variety and 25,000 tons of the gordal variety.
Quality production. The spring rains have been a key factor in the good forecasts for this 2024 season. They allow the fruit to be of high quality with an excellent pulp to stone ratio. At the same time, it helps to recover the olive trees for future seasons.
At the Goya Spain factory, during green seasons we receive olives until the end of October. After cooking, fermentation, selection and sizing, they will be ready for packaging next year.
We continue working to offer our consumers in the five continents the best table olives from Spain!
Goya Spain is back at the Americas Food and Beverage Show in Miami
At the 2024 edition (September 16-18), we will join Goya Foods at the “Goya Foods of Miami Goya España” booth to showcase our extra virgin olive oils, table olives and capers, recognized with more than 500 international awards.
A product of a collaboration between the National Association of State Departments of Agriculture (NASDA) and the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), the fair offers an excellent opportunity for companies to interact with retailers and consumers from the United States and Latin America and the Caribbean.
The 2024 edition has 700 exhibiting brands and buyers from more than 90 international markets.
For Goya España, the participation in the Americas Food and Beverage Show and Conference in Miami has a special value, as it is part of our 50th anniversary promotional events.
If you are at the show you can visit us at the Spanish Pavilion to discover and enjoy the most traditional flavor of our products.
Date: September 16-18, 2024
Location: Goya Foods of Miami Goya España. Both #507
Spanish Pavilion. Miami Beach Convention Center
As confirmed by the Business Agency for the Transformation and Economic Development – Andalucía TRADE, agrifood exports from Andalusia have reached a new record since there are homologable data (1995). Thus, they amount to 8.903 million euros in the first half of 2024, thanks to a year-on-year growth of 14%, which makes the community a leader in international sales, with almost one out of every four euros exported by Spain (23.7%).
Olive oil is the main drive of this growth, with 68.3% of total sales, reaching a historical record of 2.441 million euros.
Andalusian agribusiness has contributed from January to June 2024 a total of 5,249 million euros of positive balance to Andalusia’s foreign trade balance, also with record figures, thanks to a coverage rate of 243.6%, up to 104 points above the rate of Spain (139%).
Andalusia continues to lead exports of food and beverages in Spain, by concentrating almost one in four euros (23.7%) of the total (37,534 million), 3.4 points ahead of Catalonia (20.3%) and 10.7 points above the Valencian Community (13%).
As for the , the Top 3 is formed by the United States , with sales worth 397 million euros, followed by Italy with 371 million euros and France , in third place with 218 million euros.
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We close the month of August highlighting the awards won by Goya olive oils at the Global Olive Oil Awards in Berlin (Berlin GOOA). In this edition, our virgin olive oil Goya Truffle, a condiment flavored with black truffle, won a well-deserved platinum medal.
Goya Garlic also won a gold medal in the infused olive oil category. Unico, Organics and Robusto were also awarded gold medals, while Goya extra virgin olive oil won a silver medal.
Berlin GOOA is an international benchmark in olive oil competitions, with two editions for the northern and southern hemisphere, and the last edition was attended by more than 800 samples from 32 countries.
At Goya España we are very proud that our extra virgin olive oils and flavored oils have the recognition of competitions such as Berlin GOOA, especially this year, when our factory in Seville celebrates its 50th anniversary.
Congratulations to all the awarded winners.
In Goya España we continue reviewing the awards obtained by our extra virgin olive oils in international contests and competitions throughout 2024.
In the Athena IOOC competition Goya gourmet EVOOs have won three medals.
GOYA® Unico. The double gold medal recognizes it as one of the best AOVEs worldwide.
GOYA® Organics. Gold medal.
GOYA® Robusto. Bronze medal.
The 2024 edition of the Athena IOOC was held in the historic city of Sparta, in the Peloponnese region of Greece, an area known for its rich olive-growing tradition. This competition is the only international event dedicated to olive oil held in Greece. Throughout its nine editions, the Athena IOOC has established itself as one of the three most important international olive oil competitions in the world.
These three awards confirm the quality of our oils in international markets and Goya España’s firm commitment to excellence in its production.
Congratulations to all the award winners
We continue to receive awards and recognitions for the quality of our olive oils. Today we review the awards won in Japan, one of the main markets for Goya olive oils, specifically in the JOOP Prize and Olive Japan, both of which count towards the EVOO world ranking.
In the 12th edition of the Japan Olive Oil Prize (Tokyo), GOYA® Unico has become the main protagonist by being recognized with a double award. Organics, Robusto and Garlic were also awarded with the following prizes:
- GOYA® Unico. Best in Class Blend Category & Best of Spain.
- GOYA® Organics. Best in Class Organic.
- GOYA® Robusto. Gold-Blend.
- GOYA® Garlic. Gold-Flavored.
To present the award winners, the organization held the Joop Open Day last July, where almost a hundred Japanese importers were able to taste the oils recognized in the contest.
On the otherhand, Olive Japan 2024 have awarded a total of four medals to Goya olive oils. Once again, the contest directed by Toshiya Tada awarded gold medals to GOYA® Unico and Organics, and silver medals to Robusto and Garlic.
Olive Japan is considered a benchmark of quality in Japan. In the 2024 edition the contest has counted with the participation of 766 extra virgin olive oils and infused olive oils from 28 countries.
Tasters Association
In addition to these two competitions, Goya olive oils are also recognized by Japanese tasters, as confirmed by the awards received at the JOOTA Awards, organized by the Japanese Olive Oil Tasters Association in Tokyo.
- GOYA® Unico. Gold Medal Medium Fruity.
- GOYA® Organics. Diamond Medal Medium Fruity.
- GOYA® Robusto. Gold Medal Intense Fruity.
- GOYA® EVOO. Medium Fruity Silver Medal.
Check out the more than 300 awards won by our oils in the last 10 years.
Once again, Goya olive oils have triumphed at the EVO IOOC contest. The 9th edition of this contest, held in the city of Palmi (Italy), awarded a total of five gold medals to Goya extra virgin olive oils.
• GOYA® Unico, Organics and Robusto, gold medals
• GOYA® Garlic and Truffle, gold medals flavoured
In the 2024 edition of the contest presided over by Antonio G. Lauro, a total of 25 experienced olive oil tasters from 11 countries evaluated 671 samples from 28 countries, including 592 extra virgin olive oils and 79 flavored olive oils. Spain participated with a total of 56 firms and won 38 medals.
About the competition
Since its first edition in 2016, EVOIOOC has been included in EVOOwr as one of the top five international extra virgin olive oil competitions and first in Italy.
The contest is committed to promoting quality EVOO and EVO oil-based condiments. For this reason, only producers who can guarantee the traceability and origin of their products can participate in the competition.
Congratulations to all the award winners.
We close the month of July by sharing the activity of the Goya Antonio Unanue Chair.
On July 3 and 4, the Goya Antonio Unanue Chair participated in the XXVIII International Congress on Project Management and Engineering, with the presentation of 6 communications.
In this edition, the communications presented have focused on improving productivity in companies in the food sector through Lean methodology, digitalization or product design through Artificial Intelligence techniques in the food industry.
The AEIPRO Congress is an international forum for debate and exchange of ideas for professionals and companies related to Project Management and Engineering. The conference proceedings will be indexed in SCOPUS and all publications will also have a DOI.
New publications
Likewise, the Chair continues to promote the dissemination of studies on engineering in the agri-food industry. Thus, it has published a study on the characterization of the agri-food sector to design alternative strategies for the management of food sustainability.
This study carried out by Luvis Paola Leon Romero, Francisco Zamora Polo, Amalia Luque Sendra, Misaela Francisco-Márquez and Mario Aguilar-Fernández, shows tools such as the viable system model, to analyze the dynamics and generate the balanced scorecard, to which the items of learning and continuous improvement are added.
In Goya España we continue celebrating our 50th anniversary showing the essence of our olive oils and olives. So, after the anniversary Gala we have met again with our suppliers, inviting them on this occasion to a tasting course in our factory, braving the heat of Seville in the middle of July.
The response on their part was, as it could not be otherwise, positive, and thus, we had more than 50 participants from about twenty companies.
After the presentation by our general manager, Antonio Carrasco, and the export manager, Philippe Parouty, our quality assurance manager, Antonio Martín, showed the guests the keys to become “professional oil tasters”.
Thank you all for your participation and for joining us in our journey through these 50 years.
On Tuesday, July 23, the Chamber of Commerce of Seville hosted the presentation of the special on exports and the XIV Ranking of Exporting Companies of Andalusia edited by the magazine Andalucía Económica.
The event, chaired by the Regional Councilor for Economy, Finance and European Funds of Andalusia, Carolina España, allowed to highlight the weight that Andalusian exports represent to the regional and national economic context. “Our companies are our best ambassadors: architects of economic transformation, they cross borders taking the name of Andalusia around the world,” said the Minister of Economy.
As confirmed by the Observatory for the Internationalization of the Andalusian Economy of Andalusia TRADE, Andalusia has reached in the first five months of the year 18,035 million euros in exports thanks to a year-on-year growth of 5.4%, compared to the 2.3% drop in exports of Spain as a whole (162,137 million). Moreover, it is the only region among the five largest exporters to show growth.
This trend has allowed the region to position as the third community in exports, although it is the one that contributes the most to the development of the export sector in Spain as a whole, representing 11.2% of national sales and presenting a growth of 5.4%, compared to the decline of the other four major exporters in the ranking. Andalusia’s position in relation to the bulk of the Spanish export sector is based on the diversification of the products exported. Thus, the two main export pillars correspond to the aeronautical industry, with an increase of 84%, and olive oil, which rose by 75%, both with record sales.
Goya España, a leading exporter of extra virgin olive oil and olives from the province of Seville to more than 20 international markets, was also present at the event. Our general manager, Antonio Carrasco, accompanied by the export director, Philippe Parouty, had the opportunity to exchange impressions with other leading companies in the region.