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The best gofio in the Canary Islands is chosen from 71 samples of 14 island mills. In addition, six other distinctions will be awarded, among them the best without salt
La Gomera hosts the tenth edition of the Official Competition of Agro-Canadian Gofios 2024, organized by the Government of the Canary Islands through the Canarian Institute of Agri-Food Quality (ICCA) in collaboration in this edition with the Island Council, to recognize the best productions of the archipelago.
in the contest, which were inaugurated this Wednesday by the area councilor, Narvay Quintero, and the director of the ICCA, Luis Arraez, together with the president of the Cabildo of La Gomera, Casimiro Curbelo, the mayor of San Sebastian de La Gomera, Angelica Padilla, and the insular counselor of the Primary Sector, Noelia Morales, participate 71 productions of 14 mills of the islands that compete for the title of Best Gofio in the Canary Islands, that will fall on the production with seal of Protected Geographic Identification (IGP) get the maximum score.
As pointed out by the head of Agriculture, This contest “supposes, at the same time, a recognition to the islands' producers, to their work and the quality of their productions, and constitutes a promotional tool that contributes to maintaining activities linked to the primary sector and, in this case, remember, “an identity reference linked to traditional gastronomy but that also has an important weight in the new culinary panorama”. In this sense, Quintero announced that in the month of November it will present, in the framework of a few days with the producers of the sector, a study on the current situation of gofio in Canary Islands, that the public company has prepared Rural Environment Management (GMR) at the request of ICCA.
In addition, the president of the Cabildo of La Gomera, Casimiro Curbelo, was pleased that the island is hosting this contest “that allows us to highlight the high quality product that is made in Canary Islands, especially in La Gomera, whose mills have received numerous distinctions in other editions of this contest”. This way, He insisted on the importance of betting on the primary sector as a “strategic area for the economic diversification of the Islands through tools and initiatives that promote the recovery of the countryside and the development of rural areas.””.
Regarding participation by islands, of the 71 samples participating in this call, a total of 29 correspond to companies of Tenerife, 18 are from La Gomera y 17 of Gran Canaria. For your part, the producers of Lanzarote They presented four creations in the competition while, by Fuerteventura, three participated.
Through the blind tasting system, that is to say, without knowing what brand is being valued, a panel composed of 16 Tasters specializing in the analysis of agri-food products will also select productions worthy of awards such as the Best Organic Gofio -registered in the File of Organic Agriculture Operators of the Canary Islands and that has achieved the maximum score with at least 70 points- , Best Local Grain Gofio -made entirely with grains from the Archipelago-, Best Image and Presentation -based on the packaging and labeling of the product-, In addition to the distinctions of Best Gofio Chosen by Our Elders, and also for him Children's Jury. In addition, In this edition, a new category has been included at the proposal of the producers, so, for the first time, The distinction will be awarded to the Best Gofio without Salt in the Canary Islands.
The different varieties of gofio made in Canary Islands with wheat, corn, barley, centeno, avena, rice, length, chickpea and soy, or mixtures thereof, by mills on the islands that have the corresponding health authorization (RGSA or RASCOM), that are present in commercial channels and that respond to the miller's own trademarks.
In this sense, Four different categories have been established: wheat, corn, mix of both, and gofios made from other cereals and legumes. In each of these, different medals may be awarded for productions that reach certain scoring scales.. So, for the big gold medal, production must obtain at least the 80% of the points stipulated in the tasting sheet, while productions that achieve at least the 75% of the stipulated points will receive a gold medal and those who add at least the 65%, they will get a silver medal.
This contest is part of the policy of fostering and promoting Canarian products of differentiated quality developed by the Government of the Canary Islands and is part of the actions launched by the Ministry of Agriculture, Cattle raising, Fisheries and Food Sovereignty and the Canarian Institute of Agri-Food Quality (ICCA) to boost production, marketing and consumption of Gofio Canario, which has the European quality seal Protected Geographical Identification (IGP) from 2014, distinctive that represents product protection worldwide, while providing undeniable added value
