Aristoleo® Awards “Tasted, Tested & True” Winners

We are very happy to present the 2017 winners of the
Aristoleo Awards 2017
“Tasted Tested & True“
First of all a BIG thank you to all the participants. The response has been almost double the entries of last year. A total of 48 high phenolic EVOOs & Olives took part. TOGETHER we make a difference.
Extra Virgin Olive Oils
EVOOs made from 17 single varieties and blends were honored for their high phenolic content from 5 countries. Greece, Cyprus, USA Italy and Croatia
One olive oil was found to have a slight defect and it was disqualified. Its phenolic concentration was 252mg per kg. which proves, once again, that high phenolic EVOOs generally have a much lower incidence of defects than low phenolic EVOOs. In other International EVOO competitions, such as the NYIOOC the percentage of EVOOs found to have defects can go as high as 50%.
The truth about EVOO:
“The health benefits of olive oil are 99 percent related to the presence of the phenolic compounds, not the oil itself,” says Nasir Malik, research plant physiologist at the U.S. Agriculture Department’s Agricultural Research Service.
Testing by variety, type and category:
EVOOs were awarded by variety according 3 high phenolic types: Organic, Traditional, & Wild and based on the concentration of polyphenols in the 3 categories: TOTAL PHENOLS, OLEOCANTHAL & OLEACEIN, and OLEOCANTHAL
The categories that had only one entry of each variety or one blend of olive oil and were above 500mg of total phenolic content received an honorary GOLD award. In the coming years these categories will attract more entries.
Table Olives
We also received a number of varieties of olives to be tested for their phenolic content. Greek olive varieties are a rich source of hydroxytyrosol and tyrosol. Most of the Greek olives tested would provide at least 1mg per gram of olive (without the pit) of the combined concentration of hydroxytyrosol and tyrosol per olive. Consuming 6 high phenolic olives a day may provide a nutritious and health protective and health promoting nutritional snack or with your meal.
According to Dr. Mercola:
“Several studies have shown that the incidence of coronary heart disease and cancers is lowest in the Mediterranean basin as compared to other parts of the world because of the diet, rich in olives and olive products.”
The objective of the Aristoleo Awards is threefold:
1. To support olive growers who are changing methods to produce a superior product;
2. To raise public awareness in the global marketplace of the value of olives and olive oils that measure these significant health protective compounds and where to find them,
3. To encourage other olive producing countries to increase the value of their products by increasing their health promoting phenolic potency.
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ARISTOLEO AWARDS 2017 “TASTED TESTED & TRUE” Winners
High Phenolic Extra Virgin Olive Oils
Double Gold Medals are given to the highest concentration of total phenolic compounds in the Organic & Traditional EVOO categories.
Double Gold Medals
KALAMON Organic
ATSAS ORGANIC Cyprus
3325mg per kg of total phenols
KORONEIKI Traditional
LIMNIOTIS, Greece
1650mg per kg of total phenols,
Gold, Silver Bronze Medals
KORONEIKI Organic
Total Phenols
GOLD – Κ & Κ Garden of olives Cyprus, Cyprus – 1412mg per kg
SILVER – ELEGIA – 940mg per kg
BRONZE – MELISSINOS ESTATE – 747mg per kg
Oleocanthal & Oleacein
GOLD – Κ & Κ Garden of olives Cyprus – 489mg per kg
SILVER – MELISSINOS ESTATE – 475mg per kg
BRONZE – STRAKKA LTD Cyprus – 412mg per kg
Oleocanthal
GOLD – MELISSINOS ESTATE – 323mg per kg
SILVER –Olive grove Κ & Κ Garden of olives Cyprus – 309mg per kg
BRONZE – STRAKKA LTD Cyprus – 272mg per kg
KORONEIKI Traditional
Total phenols
GOLD – LIMNIOTIS – 1650mg per kg
SILVER – ARIS BOTSAS – 1459mg per kg
BRONZE – FANOURGAKIS FAMILY, P.D.O. MESSARA – 1348mg per kg
Oleocanthal & Oleacein
GOLD – LIMNIOTIS – 1310mg per kg
SILVER – E-LA-WON – 1135mg per kg
BRONZE – FANOURGAKIS FAMILY, P.D.O. MESSARA – 911mg per kg
Oleocanthal
GOLD – LIMNIOTIS 842mg per kg
SILVER –FANOURGAKIS FAMILY, P.D.O. MESSARA – 561mg per kg
BRONZE – ELIAMA DAILY VALUE GOLD – 312mg per kg
The Honorary Awards
Honorary GOLD or SILVER are given to high phenolic EVOOs varieties that are represented by less than 3 entries. As you can see by their phenolic content they are well deserved. There is a wide variety of olive trees and our aim is to encourage the diversity by awarding these high phenolic varieties for their unique phenolic content.
KALAMON Organic
ATSAS ORGANIC, Cyprus
3325mg per kg of total phenols
3053mg per kg of oleocanthal & oleacein
2624mg per kg of oleocanthal
MISSION Organic
BERKELEY OLIVE GROVE California
1840mg per kg of total phenols
288mg per kg of oleocanthal & oleacein
80mg per kg of oleocanthal
KYPRIAKI ORGANIC
ATSAS ORGANIC, Cyprus
1772mg per kg of total phenols
189mg per kg of oleocanthal & oleacein
107mg per kg of oleocanthal
LIANOLIA Traditional
THE GOVERNOR, Corfu
1210mg per kg of total phenols
1109mg per kg of oleocanthal & oleacein
647mg per kg of oleocanthal
DOPIA ORGANIC ZAKYNTHOU
THERIANOS FAMILY THETA, GOLD
1163mg per kg of total phenols
835mg per kg of oleocanthal & oleacein
574mg per kg of oleocanthal
OLEA TRUE SILVER
1144mg per kg of total phenols
832mg per kg of oleocanthal & oleacein
569mg per kg of oleocanthal
CHALKIDIKIS Organic
GOLDEN TREE WILD ATHOS P.D.O. AGOURELAIO CHALKIDIKIS
1073mg per kg of total phenols
580mg per kg of oleocanthal & oleacein
361mg per kg of oleocanthal
LADOLIA OLYMPIA
OLEO
952mg per kg of total phenols
628mg per kg of oleocanthal & oleacein
434mg per kg of oleocanthal
OBLICA
DANICA MILICIC, WILLIAM WESSLING, Croatia
934mg per kg of total phenols
490mg per kg of oleocanthal & oleacein
299mg per kg of oleocanthal
LIANOLIA Organic
881mg per kg of total phenols
840mg per kg of oleocanthal & oleacein
601mg per kg of oleocanthal
ATHINOLIA Organic
Sotirale bio Elea’s Poema ode1 Greece
637mg per kg of total phenols
275mg per kg of oleocanthal & oleacein
209mg per kg of oleocanthal
BREZZA TIRRENA
OLIO PRESTO, Italy
544mg per kg of total phenols
452mg per kg of oleocanthal & oleacein
166mg per kg of oleocanthal
Wild Olive Oil
The olive tree originated from the wild olive tree varieties common in the Mediterranean region. Olive leaves from over 50,000 years have been discovered on the island of Santorini and elsewhere. They were not brought there by human hands but they were slowly decimated by grafting or replacing with other varieties to increase the yield. But these mighty trees have survived and are reborn after a fire sweeps across an olive grove. There in the charred remains a wild olive branch bursts forth. If it is allowed to continue growing the olive tree reverts to its original wild natural state. Perhaps this is where the phoenix rising out of the ashes myth originated. Recently there has been a strong interest to find the remaining wild olive trees and taste their fruit and olive oil they produce once again. We still have a great deal to learn about the wild olive trees…
WILD OLIVE OIL
VOLVI ESTATE, Organic Greece
704mg per kg of total phenols
666mg per kg of oleocanthal & oleacein
303mg per kg of oleocanthal
Blended Varieties
Olive groves especially in the Mediterranean region are not always mono varietal. The olive trees are mixed and not economical to separate the olives before milling. Two or three varieties are harvested and milled together. This is how the blending happens naturally. We are honouring these high phenolic EVOOs blended the way nature intended: in the grove.
KORONEIKI/ASKOUDA
MARTINOU IOANNA
1039mg per kg of total phenols
287mg per kg of oleocanthal & oleacein
172mg per kg of oleocanthal
MEGARITIKI/KORONEIKI
IMERA OLIVE OIL agro.imera@gmail.com
Agricultural Coop of Imera Greece
973mg per kg of total phenols
502mg per kg of oleocanthal & oleacein
263mg per kg of oleocanthal
KORONEIKI/PICUAL ORGANIC
KARTALIS CHRISTOS
953mg per kg of total phenols
677mg per kg of oleocanthal & oleacein
393mg per kg of oleocanthal
Aristometro
The Aristometro™ is part of the 3 year 5 country Aristoil Interreg MED project to research and educate olive growers on how to produce, mill, store, analyse and bottle high phenolic EVOO.
Aristometro™ is a new portable spectrometer that is calibrated to analyze the color result of the Aristoleo Test Kit.
This increases the accuracy because you no longer have to rely on one`s ability to discern small variations of the color green between the color chart and the liquid in the vial.
The Aristometro™ measures the combined amount of oleocanthal and oleacein in conjunction with the Aristoleo Test Kit.
The accuracy of the phase 1 prototype was confirmed by NMR (nuclear magnetic resonance). We tested the Aristometro on a variety of the olive oil samples from Aristoleo Awards and found the accuracy to be between 90–99%. All the EVOOs analyzed with the Aristometro were also verified by the NMR.
KOUTSORELIA Organic, Honorary GOLD
ETOLIA Stratos Tsarouchis
359mg per kg of oleocanthal & oleacein
KOUTSORELIA Organic, Honorary SILVER
ELEAGROS Theodoros Zoris
309mg per kg of oleocanthal & oleacein
MANAKI/KORONEIKI Organic, Honorary GOLD
ELEADA Athanasios Rekleitis
342mg per kg of oleocanthal & oleacein
Tasted, Tested & True Awards
In recognition of extra virgin olive oils with total phenolic content greater than 500 mg per kg. They have earned a place in high phenolic competitions for their dedication to this new category of health protective EVOO.
MATALA VALLEY VILLAGE OIL OF VITALITY, Fam. Fasoulakis 1138 mg/kg
TERRA CRETA EXTRA VIRGIN OLIVE OIL 835 mg/kg
EROTOKRITOC P.D.O. SITIA 867 mg/kg
BONUM TERRAE S.A. EVOO PDO MESSARA 817 mg/kg
CRETANTHOS EARLY HARVEST BIO 725 mg/kg
ANAX olive oil (Tsonis – Akritochori Messinias). 708mg/kg anaxoliveoil@gmail.com
ARTEMIOU KOSTAKIS, ATHIENOU CYPRUS 702 mg/kg
RACHI OF MANI 687 mg/kg
LIMNI RESORTS CYPRUS 673 mg/kg
MANI BLAUEL SINGLE VARIETY 630 mg
EllinDor 624 mg/kg
KING OF OLIVES CYPRUS 584 mg/kg
KING OF OLIVES CYRPUS 535 mg/kg
VLACHOS ORGANIC ROGUE OIL 531 mg/kg
ARISTOLEO Awards High Phenolic Table Olives
This is the world’s first high phenolic olive competition. It promises to open a new era in research to better understand the health benefits of high phenolic olives.
These olives can provide significant levels of antioxidant phenolic content. Each olive may contain from 1–3gm of olive flesh. Eating 5 olives a day assures you receive the minimum requirement of 5 mg per day to have a potentially beneficial effect.
Hydroxytyrosol and Tyrosol in olives was analyzed using the NMR (nuclear magnetic resonance). We awarded the olives with the highest combined amounts of hydroxytyrosol and tyrosol and also the highest amount of hydroxytyrosol in 3 varieties of olives.
Combined Hydroxytyrosol and Tyrosol
KALAMON
GOLD – SAKELLAROPOULOS LEMONENIES KALAMON – 2.02mg per gm of olive (without pit)
SILVER – STRAKKA LTD BLACK KALAMON – 1.73mg per gm of olive (without pit)
BRONZE – CONSTANTIN POTOU Group of Companies – 1.60mg per gm of olive (without pit)
CHALKIDIKI
GOLD – IMPERIAL OLIVES KALAMIDAS SYMEON, – 1.64mg per gm of olive (without pit)
SILVER – ORMYLIA – THE HOLY CONVENT OF THE ANNUNCIATION, GREEN OLIVES – 1.54mg per gm of olive (without pit)
KONSERVOLIA
GOLD – AGRICULTURAL COOPERATIVE OF ROVIES NATURAL GREEN ORGANIC PDO OLIVES – 1.15mg per gm of olive (without pit)
SILVER – ACHILLES’ SHIELD, – 1.06mg per gm of olive (without pit)
BRONZE – OREON Aitolian Land– .66mg per gm of olive (without pit)
OLIVES ARE A RICH SOURCE OF HYDROXYTYROSOL. Here we present the highest concentration of hydroxytyrosol found in OLIVES.
Hydroxytyrosol
KALAMON
GOLD – STRAKKA LTD BLACK – 1.34mg per gm of olive (without pit)
SILVER – SAKELLAROPOULOS LEMONENIES KALAMON– 1.26mg per gm of olive (without pit)
BRONZE – IMPERIAL OLIVES KALAMIDAS SYMEON – 1.14mg per gm of olive (without pit)
You are all invited to the conference Beyond Organic Beyond Extra Virgin at the Univ of Cyprus May 6-7. for more info and to register contact: Athan: aristoleo.com@gmail.com
“LET FOOD BE THY MEDICINE AND LET MEDICINE BE THY FOOD” Hippocrates