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PICUALIA

AWARDS

Especially highlighting the EXTRA VIRGIN OLIVE OIL of the picual variety, the variety that has the most antioxidant and healthy effects among the 2600 types of olives that we find in the world.

Especially highlighting the EXTRA VIRGIN OLIVE OIL of the picual variety, the variety that has the most antioxidant and healthy effects among the 2600 types of olives that we find in the world.

ABOUT US

In the heart of the province of Jaén (Andalusia), at the foot of the A-4 motorway that connects the main urban centers of southern Spain (Cádiz, Seville, Córdoba) with Madrid, Picualia was born , considered one of the companies that more have revolutionized the olive oil sector in recent years.

This cooperative, an eminently social entity, emerged in 2009 as a result of the merger of Agrícola de Bailén and Virgen de Zocueca , two agri-food cooperatives that decided to give the name Picualia to a powerful and modern oil mill, highlighting especially that the variety of fruit that they collect is Picual. This variety is the one with the most antioxidant effects and the healthiest among the 2600 types of olives that we find in the world.

From this process, one of the most innovative and recognized companies in the sector in the production and marketing of home-grown olive oils was born, being distinguished in 2016 as the Best Oil Mill in Spain according to the Spanish Association of Olive Municipalities (AEMO). ) .

Picualia's solidity and dedication to the production of one of the best extra virgin olive oils in the world speaks for itself. With more than 50 national and international awards, Picualia occupies a prominent position in the ranking of the best olive juices harvested year after year.

OUR HISTORY

70 years ago , when the first models of oil cooperatives began to take shape, the farmers of our city (Bailén) who made up these two companies were clear that sooner or later a merger would bring them together and make their crops much more productive.

Thus, in December 2009 Picualia merged with the idea of ​​building new and modern facilities , with the aim of producing high-quality oil, controlling the process and establishing a system capable of offering high product traceability. to produce excellent virgin and extra virgin olive oils that are now marketed in Picualia.

It is in the year 2011 , when Picualia begins to obtain prizes and recognitions for the quality of its oils and a cycle of investments begins to take place that bets on the production of high quality EVOOs that have so far accounted for 12.8 million euros to start up one of the most modern olive oil production plants in the world.

In 2016 , the Picualia oil mill obtained various national and international awards and recognitions, highlighting the AEMO award for the best oil mill in Spain in this 2015-2016 campaign, which was a motivation to continue contributing the PICUALIA essence: Passion, tradition, dedication and Vanguard.

Picualia currently has more than 50 national and international awards to its credit and is considered one of the best extra virgin olive oils in the world, each campaign reinforcing its weight in the international market for this type of product.

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