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Ingredient dictionary

Extra virgin olive oil on a food label: allergens, diets and other names

Extra virgin olive oil is a kind of virgin olive oil. It is not one of the allergens that labels must declare. It is vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 24,948 products, most often in dressings and sauces. Per 100 g: about 900 kcal and 0.3 g protein.

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

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Does extra virgin olive oil contain an allergen?

Extra virgin olive oil 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 extra virgin olive oil vegan?

Yes. Extra virgin olive oil 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 extra virgin olive oil have on a label?

On European labels it is “huile d'olive extra vierge” in French, “natives Olivenöl Extra” in German and “aceite de oliva virgen extra” in Spanish. The other 10 languages are listed below.

French: huile d'olive extra vierge, huile d'olive vierge extra
German: natives Olivenöl Extra, Olivenöl nativ extra
Spanish: aceite de oliva virgen extra, aceite extra virgen de oliva
Italian: olio d'oliva extra vergine, olio extravergine di oliva
Dutch: olijfolie extra vierge, extra olijfolie van de eerste persing
Portuguese: Azeite extra virgem, azeite virgem extra
Polish: oliwa z oliwek extra virgin, oliwa extra virgin
Swedish: extra jungfru olivolja, olivolja extra virgin
Danish: ekstra jomfruolivenolie, ekstra jomfru olivenolie
Finnish: ekstra-neitsytoliiviöljy, ekstraneitsytoliiviöljy
Czech: Extra panenský olivový olej
Hungarian: extra szűz olívaolaj, extraszűz olívaolaj
Croatian: ekstra djevičansko maslinovo ulje

Which foods contain extra virgin olive oil?

Open Food Facts lists extra virgin olive oil or a more specific kind of it in the ingredients of 24,948 products, most often dressings and sauces, ready meals and fats and spreads. Most of them are sold in France, the United States and Italy.

Dressings and sauces4,312
Ready meals3,566
Fats and spreads2,836
Pizzas, pies and quiches1,811
Bread1,291
Oily fish1,066

Products with it, by country of sale: France 10,356 · United States 7,635 · Italy 1,939 · Spain 1,713.

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

How many calories are in extra virgin olive oil?

Extra virgin olive oil has about 900 kcal per 100 g, with 0.3 g protein, 0 g carbohydrate and 100 g fat. The figures are for the entry “Olive oil, extra virgin” in CIQUAL, the French food composition table published by ANSES.

900kcal per 100 g

0.3g protein

0g carbohydrate

100g fat

Also per 100 g: sugars 0 g, saturated fat 15 g, fibre 0 g, salt 0.01 g, energy 3,700 kJ.

ANSES CIQUAL table, CALNUT 2020 edition, food code 17270. A product’s own nutrition panel is the figure to log.

What kind of ingredient is extra virgin olive oil?

Extra virgin olive oil is a kind of virgin olive oil.

Kinds of extra virgin olive oilOrganic extra virgin olive oilSpanish extra virgin olive oil

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