Category/Olive oils
Categories
Supercategories
The olive oils fit in a hierarchy of categories:
Subcategories
The olive oils can be subdivided based on the level of processing, the origin of the olive oil or added ingredients:
Processing level
- Olive pomace oils(0.3% of the olive oils);
- Refined olive oils(0.2% of the olive oils);
- Virgin olive oils(83% of the olive oils);
- Extra virgin olive oils(81% of the olive oils);
- Olive oil mixes for products that combine multiple processing levels;
Origin
The products contain olive oils from a specific country or region (PDO)
Related
Products that contain mainly olive oil:
- Flavoured olive oils have extra ingredients.
Ingredients
Required ingredients
Optional ingredients
Disallowed ingredients
Production process/labels
The most important labels:
Nutritional information
It seems that some producers do not actually measure the nutritional values, but use canonical values. The nutritional values can be presented per 100g or per 100ml.
| per 100 g | 10% | 90% | Canonical |
|---|---|---|---|
| Energy (kJ) | 3350 | 3770 | 3700 |
| Energy(kcal) | 900 | ||
| Fat | 100 | ||
| Saturated fat | 14 | ||
| Monounsaturated fat | |||
| Polyunsaturated fat | |||
| Carbohydrates | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sugars | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Fiber | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Proteins | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Salt | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Vitamin E (mg) | |||
| Vitamin A (µg) | 0 | 900 | |
| Fruit | 100 | 100 |
| per 100 ml | 10% | 90% | Canonical |
|---|---|---|---|
| Energy (kJ) | 3700 | ||
| Energy(kcal) | 900 | ||
| Fat | 92 | ||
| Saturated fat | 12 | ||
| Monounsaturated fat | |||
| Polyunsaturated fat | |||
| Carbohydrates | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sugars | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Fiber | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Proteins | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Salt | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Vitamin E (mg) | |||
| Fruit | 100 | 100 |
How accurate are the zero values? Some olive oils suggest that there are measurable values of carbohydrates, proteins and salt.
Nutriscore
Nutriscore C with nutritional values between -5 and -3.