Black pitted olives: allergens and what’s inside

Which allergens are in black pitted olives?

Of 129 packs of black pitted olives whose ingredient list Open Food Facts reads in full, fewer than 1 in 100 list any of the main allergens. 3% carry a “may contain” line for lupin, 3% for sulphites and 2% for fish. Recipes differ from pack to pack, so the label in your hand is the one that counts.

Not for you when most of these packs list the allergen, Heads up when fewer do or only a “may contain” line names it. In the app, a profile gets Not for you on a pack that lists the allergen and Heads up on one whose “may contain” line names it: it reads the pack in your hand, not these counts.

What are black pitted olives usually made of?

The ingredients most packs of black pitted olives list, with the share of packs that list each: salt (97%), olive (94%), water (71%) and black olive (56%).

• Salt97%
• Olive94%
• Water71%
• Black olive56%
• Olive oil14%
• Sea salt13%
• Vinegar11%
• Virgin olive oil11%

Packs in Open Food Facts, by country of sale: France 156 · United States 48 · Spain 39 · Germany 28.

Counted on 13 October 2026 from the Open Food Facts product database, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows what these packs list, not every recipe for black pitted olives.

Calories and nutrients

Not shown here. Open Food Facts records calories and nutrients per 100 g or per 100 ml without saying which, so a figure for all these packs together could mislead. The pack you buy prints its own, and that is the figure to log.

What kind of food are black pitted olives?

In the Open Food Facts categories, black pitted olives are one of the black olives.

What else are black pitted olives called?

French

Olives noires dénoyautées

German

schwarze entsteinte Oliven

Spanish

Aceitunas negras deshuesadas, Aceitunas negras sin hueso

Italian

Olive nere snocciolate

Dutch

Zwarte ontpitte olijven

Swedish

urkärnade svarta oliver, svarta urkärnade oliver

Sources

Every share is counted over the packs whose ingredient list Open Food Facts reads in full. A pack lists an allergen when Open Food Facts’ allergen field names it, or when one of its ingredients stands for it by the same two-of-three checks as the ingredient dictionary (tahini is sesame, a cheese is milk). A “may contain” line counts only for an allergen the pack does not list.

1. Open Food Facts: product database, 4,535,553 products, read 13 October 2026, ODbL
2. Open Food Facts: categories and ingredients taxonomies (names, kinds, allergens), ODbL
3. Open Food Facts: Black pitted olives

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