17/07/2020
Two oils from the Cambrils Cooperative are awarded by the AVPA awards with both Mestral and Aragem oil
Extra Mestral virgin olive oil wins the silver medal and Aragem extra virgin olive oil wins the Paris Gourmet 2020 product award.
The Cambrils Agricultural Cooperative has been awarded by the AVPA awards in Paris (Agency for the Valorization of Agricultural Products) with the 2020 silver medal for its extra virgin olive oil Mestral and the Paris Gourmet 2020 product award with olive oil extra virgin Aragem.
In a virtual ceremony, AVPA President Philippe Juglar presented the trophy. The Cambrils Agricultural Cooperative regularly participates in this contest, the most prestigious olive oil competition in France, which is held annually. In past editions, the Cambrilenca cooperative obtained the silver medal in 2007 and 2012 and 2014 and the bronze medal in 2010.
On the occasion of this award, a special edition of the oil that has won this award will be made both in the Mestral bottle and in the Aragem bottle with commemorative medals.
The AVPA has been holding the benchmark olive oil competition in France for 17 years. More than 400 oil from twenty different countries have participated in this year's edition. The contest is reserved for vegetable oil producers -farmers and mills- as well as their groups -cooperatives and Designations of Origin-.