The North African country’s producers won a record-setting number of awards at the competition and achieved their highest success rate.Part of our continuing special coverage of the 2022 NYIOOC World Olive Oil Competition.
Producers from Tunisia triumphed at the 2022 NYIOOC World Olive Oil Competition, winning a record-setting 32 awards and achieving the North African country’s highest-ever success rate of 80 percent.
Tunisian brands earned 21 Gold Awards and 11 Silver Awards at this year’s edition of the world’s largest olive oil quality competition, despite bearing the brunt of climate change in recent months.
Tunisia’s success at the prestigious World Competition in New York constitutes a recognition of the excellent quality of Tunisian olive oil.
– Mahmoud Elias Hamza, Agriculture, Water Resources and Fisheries Minister
“Tunisia’s success at the prestigious World Competition in New York constitutes a recognition of the excellent quality of Tunisian olive oil,” Tunisian Agriculture, Water Resources and Fisheries Minister Mahmoud Elias Hamza told Olive Oil Times.
“It is the confirmation of the efforts of the government and stakeholders in the olive sector of Tunisia for developing the quality [of our olive oil],” he added.
