Goya Spain will be present at Goya Global “A Fusion of Cultures”, the multicultural food and beverage tradeshow that Goya Foods is gearing up.
Goya Global is a four-day event to be held from Tuesday, October 2nd, to Friday, October 5st at The Marriott of Glenpointe Hotel in Teaneck, New Jersey.
As the most comprehensive Global Food and Beverage trade show in the Northeast area, Goya Global attracts over four hundred food and beverage industry buyers and professionals from supermarkets, specialty stores, wholesale food stores and restaurants with the opportunity to:
- Learn about Goya’s extensive production network including our award-winning Olive Oil production and product line from Goya Spain.
- Expand their knowledge and understanding of the unique food product needs of the different Ethnic consumers as well as the General Market.
- Learn about Goya’s extensive portfolio of over 2,400 available products and across more than 10 Food categories.
- Participate in educational seminars on trends in sales, products, consumer spending and more.
- Experience cooking demonstrations with Goya Chef Fernando Desa and sample a variety of Latin cuisines.
- Enhance their knowledge of nutrition at presentations with Goya Nutritionist and Food Scientist Meriterese Racanelli.
The tradeshow is free and open to trade/buyer professionals only. This event is not open to the general public.
For more information: Felix Minaya at felix.minaya@goya.com
Long known as nature’s perfect elixir and healthy additive, Olive Oil is a pantry staple, according to PRNewswire. Most commonly known for rice and beans, Goya Foods, the largest Hispanic owned food company in the United States, ranks as one of the best producers of exceptional quality olive oil in the world, and the only mainstream brand sold in the United States that placed among the top competitors of World’s Best Olive Oils ranking.
One of the most elite olive oil rankings in the world, the World’s Best Olive Oils 2018 recognized Goya® Unico Extra Virgin Olive Oil, as one of the best olives oils worldwide, and “Organics” Extra Virgin Olive Oil as the best organic olive oils worldwide for their premium quality and outstanding flavor. At the same time the reference guide for Spanish olive oils (and the only one), Iberoleum, declared Goya Organic Extra Virgin Olive Oil best “coupage” of Spain
In addition, Goya® “Organics” Extra Virgin Olive Oil was awarded the 2018 Mario Solinas Quality Award, the world’s most prestigious and selective competition by the International Olive Council (IOC) for “the best green medium fruitiness” category of Spain, ranking in the top five worldwide. The “Organics” Extra Virgin Olive Oil boasts a harmonious fruity green aroma, with a touch of herbs and green leaves, and hints of tomato, apple, green almonds and artichokes, creating an elegant balance between a bitter and peppery taste.
“We are extremely honored and proud of our multi-award winning line of premium quality extra virgin olive oils and the recent recognition we have received, especially during a time when the competition is intense and consumers have many choices to select from,” said Joe Perez, Senior Vice President of Goya Foods. “It is a true testament to our mission of producing single-origin premium quality olive oils while making our products accessible to consumers worldwide at an affordable cost.”
The accolades of national and international awards for the Goya® Extra Virgin Olive Oil also include the New York International Olive Oil Competition Gold Award 2018, the Los Angeles International Olive Oil Contest Gold Medal 2018 and Bronze Medal Award 2017, the CINVE Silver Medal 2018 in Spain, the BIOL Extra Gold Medal 2018 in Italy, the Athena International Olive Oil Competition Double Gold Medal Award 2018, and Olive Japan Gold Medal 2018 and 2017. Goya® Unico Extra Virgin Olive Oil was also awarded the NYIOOC Gold Award 2018, the Los Angeles IOOC Silver Medal 2018, the CINVE Silver Medal 2018 and Gold 2017 in Spain, the Leone D’Oro Gold Medal ”Blend Estero”Award 2018 in Italy, the Athena International Olive oil Competition Gold Medal 2018, the Sol D’ Oro 2018 Special Mention “Intense Fruit Olive Oil “ Award 2018 in Italy, Olive Japan 5 Gold Medals 2014-2018.
The olives are harvested in the region of Andalusia, Spain and pressed just before, or in the process of turning color, to preserve the full flavor and health properties. The olive oil is bottled at Goya’s factory, ranked as one of the top ecological EVOO companies in the world, located in Alcala de Guadaíra, Seville. Suggested retail price ranges from $5.99 to $11.99 for a 17-ounce bottle of the Goya Extra Virgin Olive Oil, Goya “Organic”, and Unico and are available in supermarkets nationwide.
Goya Spain adds new recognitions and awards to the quality of its premium extra virgin olive oils. Terra Olivo 2018, Mediterranean International Olive Oil Competition held in the city of Jerusalem (Israel), has awarded two “Grand Prestige Gold” to Goya Unico and “Organics” premium EVOOs.
With more than 550 oils from 20 countries, Terra Olivo stands out both for the number of samples received and the quality of its judges, recognized EVOO specialists. Terra Olivo integrates EVOO competitions ibecoming a reference for the award-winning participating companies.
With these two medals, Goya Spain closes the first six months of the year with more than 20 international awards to the quality of its premium EVOOs.
The quality of Goya premium extra virgin olive oils continues to receive international awards. Thus, Goya Organics and Único extra virgin olive oils have been included in the “The World’s Best Olive Oils 2017-2018” ranking, one of the most prestigious olive oil quality rankings with the best EVOOs in the world.
Goya “Organics”, with 66 points, ranks as the 4th best organic extra virgin in the world. Along with this award, Goya Unico extra virgin olive oil, with 57 points, ranks the Top 20 of WBOO. On the other hand, the Goya Spain factory in Seville is ranked 5th in the organic EVOO companies and 7th in the general classification of extra virgin olive oil companies.
The WBOO ranking was created in 2012 by the German taster Heiko Schmidt. It is based on the results of the main international competitions of extra virgin olive oil in both hemispheres. Nowadays, it has become a reference of quality when collecting and classifying the results obtained in the most important competitions worldwide.
The FIAB, Federation representing the Spanish food and beverage industry, has launched the third edition of the guide “Spain’s food manufacturers”, where, as in previous editions, Goya olive oils, olives and gazpacho have a prominent place. This report, prepared in collaboration with #alimentosdespaña, carries out a complete analysis of the national agri-food industry.
“Spanish cuisine’s growing strength, currently at the top of the international scene, along with the millions of tourists who visit our country every year – discovering a rich and varied food culture -, have contributed to creating a very positive image of the Spanish Food and Drink Industry”, highlights the FIAB.
From Goya Spain, we thank FIAB for the promotion opportunity it offers to our products as leaders in the Spanish agri-food industry.
Goya Premium Extra Virgin Olive Oils continue to win international awards. Thus, Goya Unico and Organics extra virgin olive oils have been the unique EVOOs from Spain awarded in the second edition of Sanremo Masters of Olive Oils International Contest 2018 (Italy).
With the participation of a total of 80 olive oils from 11 countries, Goya Unico Extra Virgin Olive Oil has obtained two gold medals in “Blend” and “Intense Fruity” categories and a bronze one corresponding to the “general prize of the jury”.
Goya Organics has achieved a silver medal in the “Organics” category and a bronze one within the “Intense Fruity”. “These awards are the highlight of the awards obtained by our olive oils in the first half of the year, a reward for our commitment to offer extra virgin olive oils of the highest quality to our consumers”, highlight from the Management of the factory located in Seville.
Organized for the first time in 2016, the Sanremo Masters of Olive Oils International Contest 2018 seeks to promote the knowledge and use of extra virgin olive oil in a correct, healthy and positive way, extending its culture and informing consumers about its benefits for the health.
During the recent visit of Goya Foods to the factory of Goya Spain, the workers of the Sevillian factory have posed along with the members of the Unanue family dressed with the equipment of the Spanish National Football Team, to give them all their support in the World Cup of Russia 2018.
“The great Goya family want to send all our support to the Spanish Football Team in their next matches in Russia and we hope that our players will repeat the same success as eight years ago, when Spain was crowned world champion”, has highlighted the Goya Foods´s CEO, Bob Unanue.
In the visit to Goya Spain on June 19th and 20th, the Goya Foods´s CEO was accompanied by the Goya Europe´s CEO, William Unanue, the Goya Foods´s vice president, Joseph Perez, and the Goya Foods´s finance vice president, Miguel Lugo.
The Goyeneche Auditorium of the Spanish Olympic Committee has recently hosted the VIII Symposium on Prevention in Football and Sports, an event for sports health where Elías Picado Fernández, general manager of Goya Europa, collected the Corazones Solidarios 2018 awarded to Goya by the contribution of the company in nutrition and good nutrition with products such as “Organics” Extra Virgin Olive Oil and Coconut Water for a healthy diet.
The Symposium was inaugurated by the president of the COE, 
Alejandro Blanco, who emphasized in his speech intervention “an unquestionable fact as it is the success of Spanish sport thanks, also, to symposiums like this one, where different postures of prevention are exposed that immediately result in the health of the athletes, thanks to the conclusions that are drawn from all of them”.
Before the end of the day, Dr. Bartolomé Beltrán presented the Corazón de Oro awards to more than twenty entities and personalities from the media, education, sports and healthcare world: Alejandro Blanco, president of the Spanish Olympic Committee, received the Special Prize. They also received it; the director of TVE, José Antonio Sánchez; the founder and president of the Restalia Group, José María Fernández-Capitán; the director of the Civil Guard, José Manuel Holgado; and the CEO of A3Media Televisión, Javier Bardají.
On the other hand, the Corazones Solidarios 2018 awards went to Fernando Torres, Emilio Butragueño, José Luis Álvarez-Sala Walther, José Ángel de la Casa, Juan Blanco, Emilio de Andrés, Joaquín Poch Brotos, Jesús Manuel Peraza Casajús, José María Villalón , Enrique Ruiz Escudero, Antonio Fructuoso López Gómez and the general director of Goya Europe, Elías Picado.
During the day, speakers and attendees tasted Goya products and received a gift box of our “Organics” Extra Virgin Olive Oil.
Together with our distributor in Japan Imai Limited, we have been present at the “Olive Japan Show 2018”, an event organized by Olive Japan and The Olive Oil Sommelier Association of Japan.
From the 8th to the 10th of June, we have had a stand in this exhibition located in front of the Tokyo Futako-Tamagawa station, where visitors have been able to see the range of Goya Spain products, as well as our “Organics” premium oils and “Único”, awarded with two gold medals at the Olive Japan 2018 International Competition among more than 600 oil brands. These awards are in addition to the recognitions achieved by the two Goya gourmet oils in different national and international competitions.
Goya Spain products consolidate its presence Australia.
Thus, along with distributor Alpina Fine Food & Beverages, attendees at the event “Sabores Spanish Festival” organized by the Hispano-Australian Chamber of Commerce in Sydney, could taste products such as Gazpacho, olives and olive oils.
