Olive oil

Olive oil is a vegetable oil pressed from olives. Cooks use it for deep-frying, in dressings, and raw.

Plant-based
Gluten-free
No listed allergens

About the plain ingredient, not packaged products; general information, not medical advice. Details

Category: Fats & oils
Made from: Olive
Part used: Fruit
Cooked most in: Europe, Africa, Asia
Top country: Spain
Dishes: 37 in the catalogue
Energy: 884 kcal per 100 g

Photo: Jacek Halicki · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

In the kitchen

How to use olive oil

Typical ways to cook or use it

Deep fry
Dressing
Raw

Cooking with it

Refined olive oil has a milder flavour and higher smoke point, making it suitable for deep frying.

Nutrition

What 100 g of olive oil holds

Per 100 g. Averages from USDA; real values vary by variety, season and growing conditions.

Protein 0%Fat 100%Carbohydrate 0%of the macronutrients by weight

Nutrition per 100 g of olive oil
Energy	884 kcal · 3,699 kJ
Protein	0 g
Fat	100 g
of which saturated	14 g
Carbohydrate	0 g
of which sugars	0 g
Fibre	0 g
Sodium	2 mg
Cholesterol	0 mg

Nutrition per 100 g of olive oil: minerals and vitamins
Potassium	1 mg
Calcium	1 mg
Iron	0.56 mg

Source: USDA FoodData Central (food 171413), public domain. Minerals and vitamins are listed only where USDA measured a non-zero amount.

Around the world

Where olive oil is cooked

37 dishes in the catalogue use olive oil. Here is where they come from.

Dishes by continent

Countries whose dishes use it most

Counts are catalogued dishes from each country that list olive oil among their ingredients.

On the table

Dishes made with olive oil

31 of the 37 catalogued dishes that use it, spread across the countries they come from.

Goulash
Pan-bagnat
France
Arròs al forn
Spain
Zibdieh
Çoban salad
Türkiye
Dagga
Pizza funghi
Italy
Spanakorizo
Greece
Banana Breakfast Cookies
Africa
Fenkata
Malta
Kashk e badamjan
Iran
Aftir oukessoul
Algeria
Galayet bandora
Jordan
Radhkha
Tunisia
Açorda
Portugal
Taktouka
Morocco
Ful medames
Egypt
Niçard salad
France
Fideuà
Spain
Strapatsada
Greece
Acewwaḍ
Algeria
Baccalà mantecato
Italy
Rabbit with chocolate
Spain
Bouillabaisse
France
Tirokafteri
Greece
Adghess
Algeria
Jallullo
Spain
Brissaouda
France
Naranjas picadas
Spain
Fideos con caballa
Polbo á feira

Dish lists come from Wikidata; a dish counts when its recorded ingredients include olive oil.

Good to know

Diet and allergens: olive oil in detail

These notes describe the plain ingredient. Packaged and prepared products vary, so read the label; for allergies and medical diets ask a doctor or dietitian.

Allergens: None of the 15 listed allergens foundChecked and not found: soy, eggs, fish, milk, lupin, wheat, celery, sesame, mustard, peanuts, molluscs, sulphites, tree nuts, crustaceans, gluten cereals.
Animal origin: No animal ingredients foundChecked and not found: egg, fish, meat, dairy, honey, insect, gelatin, poultry, bone char, shellfish, other animal, animal fining, animal rennet.
Gluten: None
Alcohol: None
Caffeine: None
Pork: None

Family

Related forms

Made from: olive (extracted, pressed)
A kind of: vegetable oil

Around the world

What olive oil is called

Names in 111 languages, from Wikidata.

Spanish
aceite de oliva · aceite de oliva virgen
French
huile d'olive · huile d’olive
Italian
olio di oliva · olio d'oliva
Portuguese
azeite · Oleicultura · Azeite de oliva · Óleo de oliva
German
Olivenöl · Baumöl · Blume des Öls · Flor de Aceite
Dutch
olijfolie
Greek
ελαιόλαδο · λάδι ελιάς
Turkish
Zeytinyağı · Zeytin yağı · Zeytinyağ
Russian
оливковое масло · прованское масло · деревянное масло · масло оливковое
Polish
olej z oliwek · oliwa z oliwek · oliwa · oliwa nicejska
Arabic
زيت الزيتون
Persian
روغن زیتون

Show all 111 languages

Albanian
Vaji i ullirit
Aragonese
Aceite d'oliva
Armenian
ձիթայուղ
Aromanian
Untulemnu di masinu
Asturian
aceite d'oliva
Azerbaijani
Zeytun yağı
Bangla
জলপাই তেল
Bashkir
зәйтүн майы
Basque
oliba olio · Oliba-olio · oliba-olio birjina · oliba-olio
Belarusian
Аліўкавы алей
Belarusian (Taraskievica orthography)
аліўкавы алей
Bosnian
maslinovo ulje
Brazilian Portuguese
Azeite
Breton
eoul olivez
Bulgarian
Зехтин
Burmese
သံလွင်ဆီ
Cantonese
橄欖油
Catalan
oli d'oliva · Oli d’oliva
Cebuano
Lana sa oliba · Aseyte sa oliba
Chinese
橄欖油 · 檻欖油
Cornish
olew
Croatian
Maslinovo ulje
Czech
olivový olej
Danish
olivenolie
Egyptian Arabic
زيت زتون
Esperanto
oliv-oleo · oleo de olivo · olivoleo · oliva oleo
Estonian
oliiviõli
Extremaduran
azeiti d'oliva
Faroese
olivinolja
Filipino
Langis ng oliba · Asayte ng oliba · Mantika ng oliba · Aceite de oliva
Finnish
oliiviöljy
Galician
aceite de oliva
Georgian
ზეითუნის ზეთი
Hakka Chinese
Kám-lám-yù
Hausa
Man zaitun
Hebrew
שמן זית
Hindi
जैतून का तेल
Hungarian
olívaolaj
hyw
Ձիթապտուղի ձէթ
Icelandic
Ólífuolía
Ido
oliv-oleo
Indonesian
Minyak zaitun
Interlingua
Oleo de oliva
Irish
olóige
Japanese
オリーブ・オイル · オリーブ油 · オリーヴ油 · オリーブオイル
Javanese
Lenga jaétun
Kabyle
Zzit uzemmur
Kannada
ಆಲಿವ್ ಎಣ್ಣೆ
Kashmiri
زیتوٗن تیٖل
Kazakh
Зәйтүн майы
Kinyarwanda
Amavuta ya Elayo
Korean
올리브기름 · 올리브오일 · 올리브 기름 · 올리브 오일
Kurdish (Latin)
zeyta zeytûnan
Latin
oleum · olevum
Latvian
olīveļļa
Lingua Franca Nova
Olio de oliva
Lithuanian
Alyvuogių aliejus · Alyvų aliejus
Low German
Olivenööl
Luxembourgish
Olivenueleg
Macedonian
Маслиново масло
Malagasy
Menaka oliva
Malay
minyak zaitun
Malayalam
ഒലിവെണ്ണ · Olive Oil
Maltese
żejt taż-żebbuġa
Māori
noni tākou
Marathi
ऑलिव्ह तेल
Minangkabau
Minyak zaitun
Mongolian
Чидун жимсний ертөнц
Neapolitan
Uoglio 'e auliva
Norwegian Bokmål
olivenolje
Norwegian Nynorsk
olivenolje
Occitan
Òli d'oliva
Odia
ଅଲିଭ ତେଲ
olo
Oliivuvoi
Piedmontese
Euli d'uliva
Punjabi
ਜੈਤੂਨ ਦਾ ਤਾਲ
Romanian
ulei de măsline
Sanskrit
जिततैलम्
Sardinian
Ozu de olìa
Scots
olive ile
Serbian
маслиново уље
Serbian (Cyrillic)
маслиново уље
Serbian (Latin)
Maslinovo ulje
Serbian (Latin)
maslinovo ulje
Simplified Chinese
橄榄油
Simplified Chinese (China)
橄榄油
Simplified Chinese (Singapore)
橄榄油
Sinhala
ඔලිව් තෙල්
Slovak
Olivový olej · olej
Slovenian
oljčno olje · olivno olje
Swedish
olivolja · Extra virgin oil · Virgin oil · Extra jungfruolja
Swiss High German
Olivenöl
Tamil
ஆலிவ் எண்ணெய்
Tatar
Зәйтүн мае
Telugu
ఆలివ్ నూనె
Thai
น้ำมันมะกอก · Olive oil
Traditional Chinese
橄欖油
Traditional Chinese (Hong Kong SAR China)
橄欖油
Traditional Chinese (Taiwan)
橄欖油
Tunisian Arabic (Arabic)
زيت زيتونة
Tunisian Arabic (Latin)
zit zitouna
Ukrainian
оливкова олія · Оливна олія · Оливкове масло
Upper Sorbian
oliwowy wolij
Urdu
جیتون کا تیل
Uzbek
Zaytun yog`i
Vietnamese
Dầu ô liu · Dầu ôliu
Welsh
olew olewydd · olew'r olewydd · olew'r olewyddan
Western Frisian
olive-oalje
Western Panjabi
جیتون دا تیل
Wu Chinese
橄榄油
Yiddish
שמן־זית · שמן זית · איילבירטן אויל

Sources and credits

Data

GlobeCooks editorial: descriptions, kitchen notes and classification, written by GlobeCooks from checked sources
USDA FoodData Central (Foundation, SR Legacy): nutrition values (Public domain (US government work, CC0))
Wikidata: names, classification and dishes (CC0 1.0)
Wikimedia Commons: photos

Wikidata item: Q93165

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