Black olive

Olives are the fruit of the olive tree, a tree from the Oleaceae family.

Olives are small and green, and when they are mature, they turn violet, red, and then black.

Its fleshy pulp goes around a fusiform bone, and is used to produce olive oil, even though the whole fruit, with both meat and bone, is used in the kitchen as a condiment, ingredient and appetizer.

Olives are very energetic (150 to 200Kcal per 100g), rich in potassium, calcium and vitamins.

Black olives are harvested when they are completely mature.