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Ingredient dictionary

Black olive on a food label: allergens, diets and other names

Black olive is a kind of olive. It is not one of the allergens that labels must declare. It is vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 3,587 products, most often in salty and fatty foods. Per 100 g: about 196 kcal and 1.5 g protein.

By Bravoora teamUpdated 13 October 2026Sources checked 13 October 20264 sourcesHow we check

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Does black olive contain an allergen?

Black olive is not one of the allergens that food labels must declare in the US, the UK, Europe or the Gulf. Open Food Facts does not link it to an allergen, and Bravoora’s label checker does not read the name as one.

Is black olive vegan?

Yes. Black olive is vegan and vegetarian: Open Food Facts records nothing from an animal in it.

VeganFits youNothing from an animal, by the Open Food Facts record.

VegetarianFits youNothing from an animal, by the Open Food Facts record.

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What other names does black olive have on a label?

On European labels it is “olives noires” in French, “schwarze Oliven” in German and “aceituna negra” in Spanish. The other 9 languages are listed below.

French: olives noires, olive noire
German: schwarze Oliven
Spanish: aceituna negra, oliva negra
Italian: olive nere
Dutch: zwarte olijven, zwarte olijf
Portuguese: azeitonas pretas
Polish: czarne oliwki, czarna oliwka
Swedish: svarta oliver
Danish: Sorte oliven
Finnish: musta oliivi
Croatian: crne masline, crne odgorčene stolne masline
Turkish: siyah zeytin

Which foods contain black olive?

Open Food Facts lists black olive or a more specific kind of it in the ingredients of 3,587 products, most often salty and fatty foods, pizzas, pies and quiches and ready meals. Most of them are sold in France, the United States and Germany.

Salty and fatty foods719
Pizzas, pies and quiches639
Ready meals477
Dressings and sauces302
Savoury snacks124
Bread96

Products with it, by country of sale: France 1,858 · United States 879 · Germany 211 · United Kingdom 174.

Counted on 13 October 2026 from the Open Food Facts product database, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where black olive turns up, not how much of the market it is.

How many calories are in black olive?

Black olive has about 196 kcal per 100 g, with 1.5 g protein, 0.1 g carbohydrate and 20 g fat. The figures are for the entry “Olives, black (average food)” in CIQUAL, the French food composition table published by ANSES.

196kcal per 100 g

1.5g protein

0.1g carbohydrate

20g fat

Also per 100 g: sugars 0 g, saturated fat 2.4 g, fibre 7 g, salt 2.72 g, energy 804 kJ.

ANSES CIQUAL table, CALNUT 2020 edition, food code 13186. A product’s own nutrition panel is the figure to log.

What kind of ingredient is black olive?

Black olive is a kind of olive.

Kinds of black oliveKalamata olive Green and black olives Kalamon oliveOlive patéBlack olives in oil

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