The levy-funded OliveCare® Code of Best Practice program is among the industry’s most successful activities, attracting strong participation and now covering over 85% of oil produced in Australia.
The Code of Practice was developed to underpin and enhance the high quality of all Australian olive products and associated production processes. The value of the OliveCare® program in achieving these aims was recently highlighted by the results of the 2021 Royal Adelaide Olive Awards.
2021 Royal Adelaide Show Olive Award results
OliveCare® members comprised 25 of the 41 (61%) Royal Adelaide Show olive product exhibitors and punched well above their weight in the EVOO, flavoured olive oil and table olive competitions, winning:
- 83% of the 17 major awards;
- 75% of the 20 gold awards, 73% of the 40 silver awards, and 71% of the 42 bronze awards;
- 74% of the EVOO awards, including 9 (90%) of the 10 major awards, 8 (73%) of the 11 gold awards, 19 (70%) of the 27 silver awards, and 26 (72%) of the 27 bronze awards;
- 100% of the flavoured olive oil awards (2 gold awards, 7 silver awards).
- 53% of the table olive awards, including; 3 (60%) of the 5 major awards, 1 (33%) of the 3 gold awards, 3 (50%) of the 6 silver awards and 4 (67%) of the 6 bronze awards.
EVOO Results:
| Awards | Total | OliveCare® | Other exhibitors |
| Major Awards* | 10 | 9 (90%) | 1 (10%) |
| Gold Awards | 11 | 8 (73%) | 3 (27%) |
| Silver Awards | 27 | 19 (70%) | 8 (30%) |
| Bronze Awards | 36 | 26 (72%) | 10 (28%) |
| Total Awards | 84 | 62 (74%) | 22 (26%) |
| Commercial Exhibitors | 37 | 24 (65%) | 13 (35%) |
*Includes Best Oil In Show, Best Regional Oil, Best SA Oil, Best In Class 1,2,3 & 4, Best Single Estate Oil, Best Small Producer.
Flavoured Olive Oil Results:
| Awards | Total | OliveCare® | Other exhibitors |
| Major Awards* | 2 | 2(100%) | 0 (0%) |
| Gold Awards | 6 | 6 (100%) | 0 (0%) |
| Silver Awards | 7 | 7 (10%) | 0 (0%) |
| Bronze Awards | 0 | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) |
| Total Awards | 15 | 15 (100%) | 0 (0%) |
| Exhibitors | 5 | 5 (100%) | 0 (0%) |
*Includes Best Agrumato Oil in Show and Best Infused Oil in Show.
Table Olives:
| Awards | Total | OliveCare® | Other exhibitors |
| Major Awards* | 5 | 3 (60%) | 2 (40%) |
| Gold Awards | 3 | 1 (33%) | 2 (67%) |
| Silver Awards | 6 | 3 (50%) | 3 (50%) |
| Bronze Awards | 6 | 4 (67%) | 2 (33%) |
| Total Awards | 15 | 8 (53%) | 7 (47%) |
| Exhibitors | 7 | 3 (43%) | 4 (57%) |
*Includes Best in Classes 8,10, 11 and Best Table Olive in Show.
‘Get with the program’
The statistics really say it all: if you’re not an OliveCare® member and you want to achieve product quality and market success, it’s time to ‘get with the program’.
Find out more about becoming a member here.
