The company ‘Olive Oil of Pelion’ won the bronze prize in the category for high phenols in the competition organized by the World Olive Center for Health, under the supervision of Assistant Professor of the Department of Pharmacology at the University of Athens, Mr. Magiatis, known for his love and interest in olive oil.

This is a very important annual competition, since it hands awards to those producers that produce olive oil on health claims, in accordance with the EU 432 / 2012 regulation.

A health claim means that >5 mg of tyrosol and hydroxytyrosol derivatives, consumed on a daily basis through the consumption of olive oils that fall under this category, can offer protection against the oxidation of lipids in the blood.

The owner of the company, Mr. Apostolos Voliotis, stressed that “the prize that he have received in this particular competition, for the second year in a row, verifies the rich pharmaceutical properties of our olive oil, which are safeguarded due to the modern production processes applied in the production of this precious product”.

Hundreds of olive oil samples from all over Greece and the globe participated in this competition.