Beyond Organic Beyond Extra Virgin

High Phenolic EVOOs Go Global

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Beyond Organic, Beyond Extra Virgin

4 min readMay 10, 2017

There was no high phenolic EVOO on the market just 4 years ago. It was a little known and savoured treat reserved for the very few and knowledgeable. Today it is on everyone’s lips and is being successfully marketed and researched by the people that were the first to honor the olive tree and make it the epicenter of their civilization. Now more than 3,000 years later it is happening again thanks to the EU 432/2012 health claim labelling regulation for polyphenols.

For the full list of Aristoleo Awards 2017 winners please visit: http://aristoleo.com/aristoleo-awards/aristoleo-awards-2017/tasted-tested-true-winners/

Video and more pics to be added soon!

Something extraordinary is happening in Greece and Cyprus these days. I have been witnessing this “extraordinary” phenomenon for 4 years and now it‘s growth is accelerating. This is not a fad or a new fashion it is a real and very deep revival of the very best our ancient ancestors had to offer.

Dr. Prokopios Magiatis Introduces ARISTOIL

We gathered at the Univ. of Cyprus to introduce the ARISTOIL Interreg MED programme. The main objective of ARISTOIL is the reinforcement of Mediterranean olive oil sector competitiveness through development and application of innovative production and quality control methodologies leading to olive oil with enhanced health protecting properties (as recognized by EU 432/2012 regulation).

We also gathered to celebrate the Aristoleo Award 2017 winning high phenolic EVOOs and to honour the work of Nicolas and Maria Netien who have shown the world there maybe a better way to make the best medicine than in the laboratory; by growing it using agroecology principles.

The Atsas Organic Farm tour

Nicolas leading a field trip to the Atsas Organic Farm

At the Aristoleo Awards 2017 we had a special presentation of the double gold award for overall high phenolic organic EVOO made to Nicolas and Maria Netien and the owner of Atsas Organic Farm George David for achieving the highest phenolic content ever in olive oil. HRH Princess Basma Bint Ali sent a video because she could not attend congratulating them not only on the achievement but more importantly that they achieved it by employing agroecology principles. These principles are the key to healing the planet

HRH Princess Basma, Jordan, founder of the Royal Botanical Gardens gives the Double Gold award for the highest phenolic EVOO ever recorded to Atsas Organic Farm in Cyprus.