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Ingredient dictionary

Olive on a food label: allergens, diets and other names

Olive is a kind of fruit vegetable. It is not one of the allergens that labels must declare. It is vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 9,899 products, most often in salty and fatty foods. Per 100 g: about 162 kcal and 1.4 g protein.

By Bravoora teamUpdated 13 October 2026Sources checked 13 October 20265 sourcesHow we check

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Does olive contain an allergen?

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 olive vegan?

Yes. 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 olive have on a label?

In English olive can also read “olives”. On European labels it is “olives” in French, “Oliven” in German and “aceituna” in Spanish. The other 12 languages are listed below.

In Englisholives

French: olives
German: Oliven, Olivenfrucht
Spanish: aceituna
Italian: oliva
Dutch: olijven, olijf
Portuguese: axeitonas, azeitona
Polish: oliwki, oliwka
Swedish: oliv, oliver
Danish: oliven
Finnish: oliivi, oliivit
Czech: oliva, olivy
Hungarian: olajbogyó
Romanian: măslină, măsline
Croatian: masline, maslina
Turkish: zeytin

Which foods contain olive?

Open Food Facts lists olive or a more specific kind of it in the ingredients of 9,899 products, most often salty and fatty foods, ready meals and pizzas, pies and quiches. Most of them are sold in France, the United States and Germany.

Salty and fatty foods2,790
Ready meals867
Pizzas, pies and quiches847
Dressings and sauces551
Savoury snacks251
Bread201

Products with it, by country of sale: France 3,983 · United States 2,779 · Germany 940 · Spain 570.

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

How many calories are in olive?

Olive has about 162 kcal per 100 g, with 1.4 g protein, 0 g carbohydrate and 17 g fat. The figures are for the entry “Olive (average)” in CIQUAL, the French food composition table published by ANSES.

162kcal per 100 g

1.4g protein

0g carbohydrate

17g fat

Also per 100 g: sugars 0 g, saturated fat 2.4 g, fibre 4.4 g, salt 3.03 g, energy 667 kJ.

ANSES CIQUAL table, CALNUT 2020 edition, food code 13184. A product’s own nutrition panel is the figure to log.

What kind of ingredient is olive?

Olive is a kind of fruit vegetable.

Kinds of oliveBlack olive Green oliveOlive natural flavouringPitted oliveStuffed olivesKoroneiki

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