One of the pillars of the Goya Chair focuses on promoting research in the agri-food industry. Thus, after sponsoring publications on predictive maintenance of equipment (from refrigeration units to conveyor belts) and production in the wine sector, the Goya Chair has sponsored the research “Design of intelligent modular children’s furniture”. From an eco-design perspective, the work, published in the journal DYNA, addresses the design of children’s furniture, an intelligent cradle, which adjusts to the needs of the first stage of life, including sensors and components that improve the baby’s rest, and which, in turn, incorporates modularity in its design to be able to adapt to the following stages of the child up to 12 years of age.
The second publication sponsored by the Goya Chair studies the expected quality of nougat as a function of the shape and color of the package by means of an ANOVA analysis. A survey was carried out among 122 participants from Spain and Mexico. The main conclusion is that a package with a combination of three shapes (rectangle, square and triangle) and colors (yellow, orange and red) increases the emotions of admiration, satisfaction, pleasant surprise, attraction, fascination and joy of consumers.
The Escuela Superior del Aceite de Oliva (ESAO) has announced the winners and finalists of its official awards, the ESAO Awards, which aim to serve as a benchmark for marketers, producers, packers and cooperatives.
In this eighth edition, Goya EVOOs have been recognized a total of 2 awards and 3 mentions as finalists.
In the category of “Best EVOO Packer/Trader”, GOYA® Extra Virgin Olive Oil ranked 1st prize, followed by GOYA® Organics, which ranked 2nd prize. GOYA® Unico was a finalist.
In addition to these awards, GOYA® Garlic and GOYA® Truffle flavored oils are finalists in the “Best Olive Oil Seasoning” category.
Goya Olive Oils
Goya Extra Virgin Olive Oils GOYA® Extra Virgin Olive Oil is made from completely healthy olives that have no defects. At the GOYA Spain factory in Seville, more than 2,000 samples of extra virgin olive oil produced from the best raw material, olives from Andalusia, one of the world’s leading olive oil producing regions, are tasted each year. From these samples, Goya selects the highest quality ones with which the coupages are created, achieving the different personalities of the oils to cover all consumer uses.
Goya España currently exports four extra virgin olive oils: GOYA® Extra Virgin Olive Oil, Unico, Organics and Robusto.
Each of these EVOOs has its own organoleptic characteristics, its personality for different uses, which has led them to obtain more than 300 international awards. GOYA® Extra Virgin Olive Oil is the most versatile oil due to its aromatic complexity between green and ripe fruitiness and its balance between spiciness and bitterness, unlike the other three, which are green fruity. The green fruity group includes GOYA® Robusto (intense green fruitiness) and GOYA® Unico and Organics, Goya’s Premium AOVEs, which stand out, among other qualities, for their great complexity of aromatic nuances.
The 7th edition of the ESAO Awards is characterized by the outstanding quality of the oils presented. This was confirmed by the technical director of ESAO and responsible for the awards, Susana Romera, who thanked the sector for its commitment to the excellence of Extra Virgin Olive Oils.
The ESAO Awards represent an important economic and social boost for the oil industry. As ESAO’s executive director, Marta González, highlights, “these awards provide producers, cooperatives and packers with a platform to promote their products nationally and internationally, which can result in increased sales and commercial opportunities. In addition, by promoting quality and innovation, the ESAO Awards contribute to the sustainable development and global promotion of the olive sector.”
The permanent seminar of the Goya Chair in the agri-food industry continues with its program. Thus, on April 29th it will host a new session by the Director General of Industry, Innovation and Agri-Food Chain of the Andalusian Regional Government, Carmen Cristina De Toro Navero, who will analyze the main aspects of the “Andalusian Strategy for the Agri-Food Industry. Innovation and New Technologies”.
The “Andalusian Strategy for the Agri-Food Industry. Innovation and New Technologies”, approved last February, is presented as a roadmap for the period 2024-2027 through which it seeks to improve the competitiveness of agribusiness in Andalusia, with a view to this key economic sector to consolidate its leadership and be an engine of wealth and employment generation and promote balance in the agri-food chain.
In this sense, the first Andalusian Agri-Food Industry Strategy is a commitment to the value chain of the agri-food industry, with a strong focus on efficiency, balance and transparency, as well as the application of the circular economy in this sector, with investments that guarantee the supply and efficiency in the use of water and energy. Thus, the document will develop instruments for the qualification of personnel and the attraction of talent for a competitive and developed Andalusian agribusiness, with special interest in the promotion of cooperative mergers, intercooperation and alliances for the promotion of an efficient and sustainable sector at social, economic and environmental level.
Another key aspect is the commitment to research, modernization, digitalization and industry 5.0, as well as the promotion of investment and diversification in the agro-industrial sector for greater internationalization. Similarly, it is committed to the commitment of the Junta de Andalucía for administrative simplification, the promotion of obtaining quality certifications and the promotion of Andalusian food abroad.
This document, which will be developed by the Ministry of Agriculture, Water, Fisheries and Rural Development, aims to be a tool to facilitate the adaptation of the Andalusian agroindustrial sector to the current and future market requirements, so its preparation will take into account their needs through close collaboration and dialogue with all economic and social agents affected and with the Ministry of Industry, Energy and Mines.
The new session of the seminar of the Goya Chair will take place at 1 p.m. in Classroom 2.1 of the Polytechnic School.
Access is free with previous registration at the following e-mail address: catedragoya@us.es
On April 10th, the Leading Brands of Spain Forum celebrated the XIII edition of the “Friends of the Brand Spain and Spanish Brands in the USA” awards. For the Goya family it was a very emotional night as Mr. Joseph Perez, Vice President of Goya Foods received the Friend of Spanish Brands in the USA award.
This accreditation is given to institutions or companies from other countries that have stood out for their support and collaboration in promoting the image of Spain or its companies. The award is an initiative of the FMRE in collaboration with the Spain-US Chamber of Commerce, the Spanish Chamber of Commerce and ICEX Spain Export and Investment.
Along with Joseph Pérez, the following were recognized as Friends of Spanish Brands in the United States: Jody Hall, Purchasing Manager of H-E-B: Friends of Spanish Brands in the United States; Nina Magon, friend of the Cosentino Group in the United States; and Chris Pappas, friend of the Osborne Group in the United States.
The awards for Friends of the Spanish Brand in the United States went to the H-E-B supermarket chain; MD Anderson Cancer Center, a reference center in cancer treatment; and Univision, a benchmark in Spanish-language media in the United States.
The event was presided over by Ángeles Moreno Bau, Ambassador of Spain to the United States, and was attended by other authorities and institutional and business representatives such as Carla Arimont, Vice President of the Spain-US Chamber of Commerce; Julia Alicia Olmo, Consul General of Spain in Houston; Sofia Osborne, President of FMRE; Javier Serra, Director General of Institutional Cooperation and Coordination of ICEX; and Jaime Montalvo, International Director of the Spanish Chamber of Commerce.
Goya premium extra virgin olive oils continue to reap success. Proof of this is their return to the IberoOleum Guide, a ranking that every year highlights the best EVOOs in Spain, classified according to their intensity, production and properties.
Thus, in the 2024 edition, GOYA® Organics, with 95.4 points, forms part of the Top 10 of the best intense evoos and is also positioned as the best coupage in Spain.
GOYA® Unico, with 93.3 points, is the 5th best spanish coupage (intense evoo).
Made with olives of the Hojiblanca and Picuda varieties grown in the olive groves of southern Spain, GOYA® Unico and GOYA® Organics offer a great complexity of aromatic nuances of medium-high intensity, recognized in the main international competitions.
The IberOleum 2024 awards gala took place on April 4 at the Carmen de los Mártires, an idyllic setting near the Alhambra in Granada. Our export manager, Philippe Parouty, received the GOYA® Organics award and had the opportunity to share experiences with other producers and suppliers such as Almazaras de la Subbética.
Congratulations to the winners, and thanks to IberOleum for your recognition year after year of the quality of the Goya extra virgin olive oils.
Los Angeles International Extra Virgin Olive Oil Competition 2024 (LAIOOC), has announced the awards for its 25th Edition, awarding Goya extra virgin olive oils a total of 5 medals.
- Gold Medal to GOYA® Unico and GOYA® Organics.
- Silver Medal to GOYA® Robusto and GOYA® Garlic.
- Bronze medal for GOYA® Extra Virgin Olive Oil.
With these awards, Goya España reinforces its commitment to bring the best 100% Spanish extra virgin olive oil, recognized with more than 300 international awards, to consumers worldwide.
The 2024 edition of the Los Angeles International Extra Virgin Olive Oil Competition, one of the most recognized competitions worldwide, is the first to be held at an international level. This year, a total of 485 samples were submitted from Algeria, Argentina, Australia, Chile, China, Croatia, Cyprus, France, Greece, Israel, Italy, Japan, Morocco, Portugal, South Africa, Spain, Tunisia, Turkey and the United States.
Congratulations to all the participants.
The permanent seminar of the Goya Chair in the agri-food industry continues with its programming. Thus, after the first presentation by Miguel Angel Sánchez Ramírez, founding CEO of Lean Beast Group on “Productivity and Digitization in Agri-Food Industrial Environments”, the Chair delves into electronic engineering.
In this way, the professor of the Department of Electrical, Electronic and Automatic Engineering of the University of Extremadura, Jesús Lozano Rogado will give a lecture on “Digitization of smell and its application to engineering projects in the agri-food industry”.
The session will take place on April 9 at 12.15 p.m. in Classroom 1.4 of the Polytechnic School. Access is free with previous registration at the e-mail catedragoya@us.es
Commitment to R&D&I and knowledge transfer
Commitment to R&D&I and knowledge transferIn addition to the training sessions, the director of the Chair, Amalia Luque, will attend “Transfiere, European Forum for Science, Technology and Innovation”, which will be held in Malaga from March 20 to 22.
Considered the largest European event on R&D&I and knowledge transfer, the Transfiere forum connects the entire Spanish innovation system and boosts its international projection. In short, talent, scientific-technological development, access to investment and business come together in a meeting of high potential to generate global alliances and synergies.
The 2024 edition of this forum renews its staging to enhance the visibility of the business fabric as a pillar of innovation from the private sector and with the support of public administrations. The Goya Chair is present along with entities from the national and international academic sphere, one of the main actors of Transfiere, which, in addition to convening a wide representation of universities, spinoffs and research groups, is the core of research and transfer of results to the business fabric. “A participation driven by the collaboration with CRUE Spanish Universities, which annually convenes the research groups of Spanish universities through Red OTRI to enable the transfer of knowledge,” as highlighted by the organization.
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From March 18 to 21, Goya Extra Virgin Olive Oils participated in “The Olive Oil Bar”, a guided tasting space with more than a hundred international references.
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Recognized with more than 300 awards, Goya olive oils are at the top of national and international olive oil rankings.
Goya España showcased its four Extra Virgin Olive Oils at Alimentaria Barcelona 2024 Fair. Our EVOOs (GOYA® Extra Virgin Olive Oil, Unico, Organics and Robusto), are characterized by their high quality and unique flavor, preserving the tradition and know-how of the company since its origins.
Goya extra virgin olive oils have their own organoleptic characteristics: GOYA® Extra Virgin Olive Oil is dominated by ripe fruitiness, while in the group of green fruity GOYA® Robusto is an intense green fruity oil, and GOYA® Unico and Organics, the company’s Premium EVOOs stand out, among other qualities, for their great complexity of aromatic nuances.
Recognized with more than 300 international awards, Goya olive oils are at the top of the main national and international guides and rankings. In “The Olive Oil Bar”, Goya EVOOs can be tasted in three tasting areas:
- Conventional Production EVOOs: with GOYA® Unico, GOYA® Robusto and GOYA® Extra Virgin Olive Oil.
- Organic EVOOs, with the presence of GOYA® Organics.
- Specialty EVOOs, with GOYA® Garlic and GOYA® Truffle.
Under the claim “Taste & Discover”, “The Olive Oil Bar” at the Alimentaria Fair has established itself as a space with flavor and variety, highly appreciated by national and international buyers, representatives of specialized distribution, retail, gastronomy and the Horeca channel interested in extra virgin olive oil.
New products and innovations
As in previous editions, Goya España will be present at the Goya stand (Hall 2 – D524), where it will showcase its latest innovations for the 2022 edition:
- The new flavored EVOO, GOYA® Truffle, Extra Virgin Olive Oil with black truffle aroma, which joins GOYA® Garlic, the garlic flavored EVOO.
- New format for Extra Virgin Olive Oil in a non-stick spray, adapting to the demands of consumers and cooking uses, without losing the authenticity of its flavor.
Products with spanish origin
Goya España showcased at Alimentaria 2024 its olives, capers, gazpacho and vinegars. Thus, each day of the fair, it will offer tastings of manzanilla and gordal olives stuffed with pimiento, the range of reduced sodium olives and the special stuffed olives, which will also form part of the recipes that Goya’s executive chef, Fernando Desa, prepared in different show cooking sessions at the Goya stand.
From February 14th to 16th, Goya España products have been present at the Supermarket Trade Show (SMTS 2024) held at Makuhari Messe, Chiba (Japan).
With the help of our distributor in Japan, IMAI, we have shown our formats in olive oils, olives and capers adapted to the Japanese market.
The Supermarket Trade Show is considered the most important trade fair in Asia in terms of supermarket supply. It was held for the first time in 1966, and since 2006 it has taken on an international dimension.
Thank you, IMAI, for your support to bring the most traditional flavors from Spain to consumers in our Japanese market.
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GOYA® Organics and GOYA® Unico are in the Top 5 EVOOs of the Year 2023.
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GOYA® Garlic, Best Flavored EVOO 2023
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Goya’s factory in Seville ranks in the Top 10 oil companies and flavored oil companies worldwide.
The year 2023 has been very special for Goya premium oils. We have started 2024 with GOYA® Organics and GOYA® Unico as the best blends of 2023 according to the EVOO World Ranking, a ranking that gathers the most awarded extra virgin olive oils worldwide, evaluating their participation in more than 30 international awards and competitions considered by the EVOOWR.
Likewise, Goya premium EVOOs made it into the Top 5 EVOOs of the year. GOYA® Organics ranks 3rd place, while GOYA® Unico ranks 4th position.
GOYA® Robusto is also in the Top 25 of the world ranking of oils, and GOYA® Extra Virgin also enters the premium category, ranking 207th out of a total of 550 extra virgin olive oils.
Thanks to its participation in a total of 35 competitions throughout 2023, with a total of 102 awards, the Goya Spain factory located in Seville is positioned in the Top 10 of the best extra virgin olive oil companies in the world.
GOYA® Garlic, Best Flavored EVOO 2023
In the category of flavored EVOOs, the EVOO World Ranking 2023 places GOYA® Garlic in 1st place in the ranking of the 25 best flavored oils, competing with other EVOOs from Greece, USA, Portugal or Israel.
In the ranking of flavored oil companies, Goya España’s factory located in Seville is also positioned in the Top 10 of the best flavored oil companies.
As confirmed by Antonio Carrasco, General Manager of Goya Spain, “The presence of Goya oils at the EVOOWR is the culmination of a year of hard work by Goya promoting the quality of our olive oils worldwide, with important recognitions such as the 1st Mario Solinas award in the packers category for GOYA® Unico”. “By 2024, our olive oils will once again be present in the main international awards and competitions valued by the EVOOWR with which we are confident of consolidating our presence in this ranking”, says Antonio Carrasco.