Four gold medals, 4 silver medals and 4 bronze medals were awarded, on Wednesday, to the best producers and exporters of extra virgin olive oil, during the award ceremony of the 6th edition of the National Oil Office (ONH) Prize for the “Best Tunisian extra virgin olive oil”.
The prizes are distributed according to four categories of olive oil namely:
Ripe fruity
-Gold Medal: Domaine Ben Smail (Tuckabeur-blend of varieties)
-Silver medal: Seitounis (Megrine-blend of varieties)
– Bronze medal: Ralikis international (Ariana – blend of varieties)
-4th finalist: Huilerie RTIBA (TAkelsa – Cheibi variety).
-5th finalist: Frères Bouachir (Nabeul – Cheibi variety)
Light fruity
-Gold medal: La Perla (Kalaa Kébira – Chemlali variety)
-Silver medal: TAOOC (Le Kef – Chetoui variety)
-Bronze medal: Olea Kotti (Sousse- Chemlali variety)
– 4th finalist: Ben Safta (Bouarada – Chetoui variety)
-5th finalist: Saraya Natural Products Tunisia (Mornaguia – Chetoui variety)
Medium fruity
-Gold Medal: A and S (amateur blend of varieties)
-Silver medal: CHO (Sfax-Chemlali variety)
-Bronze medal: Rivière d’or (Moknine-Chetoui variety)
-4th finalist: CRDA (Siliana – Chetoui variety)
-5th finalist: STE Jaballah Zitouna (Kalaa Kebira – Chemlali variety)
Intense green fruity
– Gold Medal: Domaine Adonis (Testour – Sayali variety)
-Silver medal: Sangaris (Jedaïda – Chetoui variety)
– Bronze medal: Domaine UM El Janna (Mateur variety)
-4th finalist 2023: Domaine Boubaker (Oued Ellil – blend of varieties)
-5th finalist: Farid JEBABLI (Sousse – Sehli variety).
Speaking at the ceremony, Minister of Agriculture, Water and Fisheries, Abdelmonem Belati, called on all those involved in the olive oil sector to continue their efforts to distinguish themselves in national and international competitions and to promote the sector.
On this occasion, he highlighted the efforts made to improve the quality of olive oil and to increase the value and quantity of exports.
Source: Agence Tunis Afrique Presse