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Olive

An olive is the fruit of the olive tree, commonly cured and served as a condiment or added to salads and cooked dishes.

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About Olive

An olive is the fruit of the olive tree, with firm flesh surrounding a hard pit. Freshly harvested olives are generally bitter and are commonly cured before eating. Cured fruit is served whole, pitted, sliced, or chopped as a condiment and added to salads, sauces, breads, and cooked dishes.

Flavour may be fruity, bitter, salty, or tangy, while texture can be crisp, firm, or soft. These differences reflect variety, maturity, and curing or other processing, and no single sensory profile applies to every olive.

Olives range from green to purple, brown, or black. They are sold fresh, cured, whole, pitted, sliced, or chopped; stuffing and curing liquid may also be present. Curing reduces bitterness and changes firmness, flavour, and colour, while cutting changes how quickly the fruit incorporates into a dish.

Ingredient type
whole food

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Local names for olive

Names and romanised forms to recognise on menus and labels.

English

olive

English

arbequina olive

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English

Olive noire (aliment moyen)

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Olive noire, à l'huile (à la grecque)

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Olive noire, en saumure, égouttée

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pitted green olives

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pitted olive

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Pitted olives

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spanish olive (stuffed with spanish sweet pepper)

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Olive nutrition & diet

Olive nutritional value

Reference: Olive, green or black, drained

Per 100 g of the edible portion of the stated reference food.

Calories
207.5kcal
Protein
2.2g
Carbs
0.0g
Fat
21.7g

Reference example for the named food and preparation, per 100 g edible portion. This is not a universal value for every recipe or brand; packaged products should be compared with their own label. © Food Standards Australia New Zealand. AFCD Release 3, food F006198. Available carbohydrate excludes sugar alcohols; energy converted from kJ to kcal (÷4.184). Australian data may not be appropriate for use in other countries. There are limitations associated with food composition databases. Food composition data used in the database or databases may represent an average of the nutrient content of a particular sample of foods and ingredients, determined at a particular time. The nutrient composition of foods and ingredients can vary substantially between batches and brands because of a number of factors, including changes in season, processing practices and ingredient source, and methods of calculation. Data licensed under the FSANZ Data User Licence Agreement, based on CC BY-SA 3.0 AU: https://www.foodstandards.gov.au/science-data/monitoringnutrients/afcd/datauserlicenceagreement.

Portions & preparation

Specify whether the edible portion is fresh, cured, brined, dried, stuffed, or cooked, and include any retained pitted or stuffed material in the description. Drain or prepare as served when appropriate. Stuffings, marinades, and cooking oils can contribute separate ingredients, so they should not be attributed to plain olives.

Compare the right form: Match references to the olive variety and edible form—fresh, cured, brined, dried, pitted, stuffed, or cooked—rather than a generic olive.

Diet considerations

Olives are plant-derived fruit, but prepared products may contain fish, dairy, meat, or cereal-based fillings, coatings, or marinades. Compatibility therefore depends on the exact cured or stuffed form. Plain olives and olives served in a mixed dish should be recorded separately, especially when oils, sauces, or animal ingredients are added.

AI-authored reading notes · Awaiting editorial review. Measured values, where available, have a separate source above.

Dietary compatibility

  • Vegan
    Typically compatible
  • Vegetarian
    Typically compatible
  • Pescatarian
    Typically compatible
  • Keto
    Depends on the version
  • Paleo
    Typically compatible
  • Low-carb
    Depends on the version
  • Halal
    Not established
  • Kosher
    Not established
What these diet assessments mean
Vegan · Typically compatible
The plain ingredient profile is plant, fungal or mineral based. Added ingredients in a prepared product need a separate check.
Vegetarian · Typically compatible
The plain ingredient profile is plant, fungal or mineral based. Added ingredients in a prepared product need a separate check.
Pescatarian · Typically compatible
The plain ingredient profile is plant, fungal or mineral based. Added ingredients in a prepared product need a separate check.
Keto · Depends on the version
Compatibility depends on the portion and preparation. A sourced carbohydrate amount for a defined serving is not available.
Paleo · Typically compatible
The plain form fits the conventional paleo food groups. Added ingredients and individual interpretations can differ.
Low-carb · Depends on the version
Compatibility depends on the portion and preparation. A sourced carbohydrate amount for a defined serving is not available.
Halal · Not established
Sourcing, processing and any applicable certification have not been verified. A food name alone does not establish halal status.
Kosher · Not established
Sourcing, processing and any applicable certification have not been verified. A food name alone does not establish kosher status.

For the plain ingredient · Awaiting review. Diet compatibility is not allergy suitability or halal/kosher certification. Keto and low-carb depend on the portion.

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Sources & review

Nutrition reference: Australian Food Composition Database, Release 3, 2025 — Olive, green or black, drained ↗. Values are scaled from 100 g of the recorded edible form. Individual portions have no assumed fixed weight.

Expanded overview, name examples and nutrition notes are database drafts awaiting editorial review. Numeric nutrition values, where shown, have their own source and food-form reference.

The ingredient description and dish connections come from the draft catalogue and may change after review.

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