Los Angeles International Extra Virgin Olive Oil Competition 2024 (LAIOOC), has announced the awards for its 25th Edition, awarding Goya extra virgin olive oils a total of 5 medals.

• Gold Medal to GOYA® Unico and GOYA® Organics.
• Silver Medal to GOYA® Robusto and GOYA® Garlic.
• Bronze medal for GOYA® Extra Virgin Olive Oil.

With these awards, Goya España reinforces its commitment to bring the best 100% Spanish extra virgin olive oil, recognized with more than 300 international awards, to consumers worldwide.

The 2024 edition of the Los Angeles International Extra Virgin Olive Oil Competition, one of the most recognized competitions worldwide, is the first to be held at an international level. This year, a total of 485 samples were submitted from Algeria, Argentina, Australia, Chile, China, Croatia, Cyprus, France, Greece, Israel, Italy, Japan, Morocco, Portugal, South Africa, Spain, Tunisia, Turkey and the United States.

Congratulations to all the participants.

Complete list of awards

The permanent seminar of the Goya Chair in the agri-food industry continues with its programming. Thus, after the first presentation by Miguel Angel Sánchez Ramírez, founding CEO of Lean Beast Group on “Productivity and Digitization in Agri-Food Industrial Environments”, the Chair delves into electronic engineering.

In this way, the professor of the Department of Electrical, Electronic and Automatic Engineering of the University of Extremadura, Jesús Lozano Rogado will give a lecture on “Digitization of smell and its application to engineering projects in the agri-food industry”.

The session will take place on April 9 at 12.15 p.m. in Classroom 1.4 of the Polytechnic School. Access is free with previous registration at the e-mail catedragoya@us.es

Commitment to R&D&I and knowledge transfer

In addition to the training sessions, the director of the Chair, Amalia Luque, will attend “Transfiere, European Forum for Science, Technology and Innovation”, which will be held in Malaga from March 20 to 22.

Considered the largest European event on R&D&I and knowledge transfer, the Transfiere forum connects the entire Spanish innovation system and boosts its international projection. In short, talent, scientific-technological development, access to investment and business come together in a meeting of high potential to generate global alliances and synergies.

The 2024 edition of this forum renews its staging to enhance the visibility of the business fabric as a pillar of innovation from the private sector and with the support of public administrations. The Goya Chair is present along with entities from the national and international academic sphere, one of the main actors of Transfiere, which, in addition to convening a wide representation of universities, spinoffs and research groups, is the core of research and transfer of results to the business fabric. “A participation driven by the collaboration with CRUE Spanish Universities, which annually convenes the research groups of Spanish universities through Red OTRI to enable the transfer of knowledge,” as highlighted by the organization.

• From March 18 to 21, Goya Extra Virgin Olive Oils participated in “The Olive Oil Bar”, a guided tasting space with more than a hundred international references.

• Recognized with more than 300 awards, Goya olive oils are at the top of national and international olive oil rankings.

Goya España showcased its four Extra Virgin Olive Oils at Alimentaria Barcelona 2024 Fair. Our EVOOs (GOYA® Extra Virgin Olive Oil, Unico, Organics and Robusto), are characterized by their high quality and unique flavor, preserving the tradition and know-how of the company since its origins.  

Goya extra virgin olive oils have their own organoleptic characteristics: GOYA® Extra Virgin Olive Oil is dominated by ripe fruitiness, while in the group of green fruity GOYA® Robusto is an intense green fruity oil, and GOYA® Unico and Organics, the company’s Premium EVOOs stand out, among other qualities, for their great complexity of aromatic nuances.   

Recognized with more than 300 international awards, Goya olive oils are at the top of the main national and international guides and rankings. In “The Olive Oil Bar”, Goya EVOOs can be tasted in three tasting areas:    

• Conventional Production EVOOs: with GOYA® Unico, GOYA® Robusto and GOYA® Extra Virgin Olive Oil.  
• Organic EVOOs, with the presence of GOYA® Organics.  
• Specialty EVOOs, with GOYA® Garlic and GOYA® Truffle.    

Under the claim “Taste & Discover”, “The Olive Oil Bar” at the Alimentaria Fair has established itself as a space with flavor and variety, highly appreciated by national and international buyers, representatives of specialized distribution, retail, gastronomy and the Horeca channel interested in extra virgin olive oil.  

New products and innovations  

As in previous editions, Goya España will be present at the Goya stand (Hall 2 – D524), where it will showcase its latest innovations for the 2022 edition:   

• The new flavored EVOO, GOYA® Truffle, Extra Virgin Olive Oil with black truffle aroma, which joins GOYA® Garlic, the garlic flavored EVOO.   

• New format for Extra Virgin Olive Oil in a non-stick spray, adapting to the demands of consumers and cooking uses, without losing the authenticity of its flavor.   

Products with spanish origin

Goya España showcased at Alimentaria 2024 its olives, capers, gazpacho and vinegars. Thus, each day of the fair, it will offer tastings of manzanilla and gordal olives stuffed with pimiento, the range of reduced sodium olives and the special stuffed olives, which will also form part of the recipes that Goya’s executive chef, Fernando Desa, prepared in different show cooking sessions at the Goya stand.  

This was our participation at Alimentaria 2024

From February 14th to 16th, Goya España products have been present at the Supermarket Trade Show (SMTS 2024) held at Makuhari Messe, Chiba (Japan).

With the help of our distributor in Japan, IMAI, we have shown our formats in olive oils, olives and capers adapted to the Japanese market.

The Supermarket Trade Show is considered the most important trade fair in Asia in terms of supermarket supply. It was held for the first time in 1966, and since 2006 it has taken on an international dimension.

Thank you, IMAI, for your support to bring the most traditional flavors from Spain to consumers in our Japanese market.

• GOYA® Organics and GOYA® Unico are in the Top 5 EVOOs of the Year 2023.

• GOYA® Garlic, Best Flavored EVOO 2023

• Goya’s factory in Seville ranks in the Top 10 oil companies and flavored oil companies worldwide.

The year 2023 has been very special for Goya premium oils. We have started 2024 with GOYA® Organics and GOYA® Unico as the best blends of 2023 according to the EVOO World Ranking, a ranking that gathers the most awarded extra virgin olive oils worldwide, evaluating their participation in more than 30 international awards and competitions considered by the EVOOWR.

Likewise, Goya premium EVOOs made it into the Top 5 EVOOs of the year. GOYA® Organics ranks 3rd place, while GOYA® Unico ranks 4th position.

GOYA® Robusto is also in the Top 25 of the world ranking of oils, and GOYA® Extra Virgin also enters the premium category, ranking 207th out of a total of 550 extra virgin olive oils.

Thanks to its participation in a total of 35 competitions throughout 2023, with a total of 102 awards, the Goya Spain factory located in Seville is positioned in the Top 10 of the best extra virgin olive oil companies in the world.

GOYA® Garlic, Best Flavored EVOO 2023

In the category of flavored EVOOs, the EVOO World Ranking 2023 places GOYA® Garlic in 1st place in the ranking of the 25 best flavored oils, competing with other EVOOs from Greece, USA, Portugal or Israel.

In the ranking of flavored oil companies, Goya España’s factory located in Seville is also positioned in the Top 10 of the best flavored oil companies.

As confirmed by Antonio Carrasco, General Manager of Goya Spain, “The presence of Goya oils at the EVOOWR is the culmination of a year of hard work by Goya promoting the quality of our olive oils worldwide, with important recognitions such as the 1st Mario Solinas award in the packers category for GOYA® Unico”. “By 2024, our olive oils will once again be present in the main international awards and competitions valued by the EVOOWR with which we are confident of consolidating our presence in this ranking”, says Antonio Carrasco.

We are part of a big family, the Goya Family.

From all of us at Goya Spain, we wish you Happy Holidays.

Christmas 2023

2023 has been full of international recognitions for Goya olive oils. Today, we highlight the medals won at the Master International Olive Oil Contest (MIOOC).

Organized by Aldo Mazzini, the 2023 edition of the Master of Olive Oil Contest awarded a total of four prizes to Goya extra virgin olive oils:

• GOYA® Unico, gold medal and absolute first prize in the blend category.
• GOYA® Organics gold medal.
• GOYA® Garlic, gold medal.
• GOYA® Robusto, bronze medal.
• GOYA® Extra Virgin, participation diploma.

About the MIOOC competition

With the aim of promoting the quality, culture and consumption of extra virgin olive oil and recognizing the work of the best producers and processors, the Master of Olive Oil Contest is divided into several categories, according to the type and intensity of fruitiness of the oils, as well as their geographic origin. There are also special categories for flavored oils and for design and packaging. The olive oils are evaluated by an international jury composed of panel leaders, professional tasters and prestigious consultants.

Typical Christmas pastries are an important part of Spanish gastronomy. Each region or province has its own sweet specialties, which are made with ingredients such as almonds, honey, sugar, butter, flour, eggs, fruits and spices. These are some of the most popular:

Turrones:

They are a sweet mass of honey and almonds that can be soft or hard. The most famous are those of Jijona and Alicante. There are also other varieties such as chocolate, yolk, fruit or coconut.

Marzipan:

It is an almond and sugar paste that is molded into different shapes, such as figures, fruits or animals. The best known is the Toledo marzipan. Other sweets derived from marzipan are the Pastel de Gloria or the “Pan de Cadiz”.

Polvorones:

These are pastries made of flour, butter and sugar that melt in the mouth. They are typical of Andalusia, especially Estepa, in the province of Seville. They can be found in different flavors, such as lemon, cinnamon, chocolate or almond.

Mantecados:

They are similar to polvorones, but more compact and with a greater variety of ingredients. They originated in Antequera, but have spread throughout Spain. Some of the most popular are coconut, wine or anise. But the recipe we like best is the olive oil mantecado. In this recipe, the lard is replaced by extra virgin olive oil, providing natural antioxidants to the traditional mantecados. The pieces are presented with a maximum weight of 35 g per unit, except those with olive oil and the so-called “caseros” or “artesanos” (with a greater amount of almonds), which can reach up to 50 gr.

Roscón de Reyes:

It is a sweet dough bun decorated with slices of candied fruit, which is eaten on January 6, the day of the Three Kings. Inside the roscón are hidden a figurine and a bean, which bring luck or bad luck to the one who finds them. Some roscones are also filled with cream, cream, chocolate or truffle.

Peladillas:

These are candied almonds with sugar, which are used as decoration or as an accompaniment to other sweets. They are originally from Valencia, where they have been made since the 18th century. They can be found in different colors and flavors, such as vanilla, lemon or cinnamon.

These are just some examples of the typical Christmas pastries that can be tasted in Spain. There are many more, such as yemas de Santa Teresa, puff pastries, neules (similar to wafers), pestiños, alfajores, buñuelos or huesos de santo.

Picture: Mantecados El Santo