Caloric content of olives and olives

Choosing a particular product, we often do not know about its origin, do not have a clue about how it is properly eaten and what its nutritional value is. Information on the content of calories in the product is sometimes necessary, if you adhere to a strict diet or just watch your health. Let's talk about olives and olives: what they represent and what is the caloric content of olives.

What are olives and olives?

Olives and olives are the name of one and the same fruit that grows on an olive tree, or European olive, as it is called. Olives are still immature fruits, whereas olives are a ripe product.

Olives are a concept that is used only in Russia. The whole fault is the name of the tree from which the fruits are gathered - the European olive (olive european, or olive tree).

How and where did the olives come from?

The consumption of these fruits began in ancient times. Initially, wild trees were a source of delicious and nutritious food, because the calorie content of olives is not so small as it seems. Thanks to their nutritional value and useful composition, the product has become indispensable. Very soon people learned to extract oil from olives. On its basis, a huge amount of medicinal potions and tinctures was made. The popularity of the delicious fruit grew so rapidly that it was grown almost in all countries of the Mediterranean.

What is so useful about the fruit of the olive tree?

Olives are a very useful and nutritious product. Fruits contain a huge amount of fatty acids, rich in their useful properties. They differ not only from oils of animal origin, but also from vegetable ones, too.

Caloric content of olives with pits is quite high, it is 160 kcal per 100 grams. The high fat content of the fetus makes it possible to obtain a quality oil from it. It does not contain cholesterol, which is so harmful to the body. But the oil is rich in vitamins, fatty acids and fiber. Such a composition makes olives and olives simply irreplaceable for those who wish to stay young, healthy and beautiful for longer. Based on the fruits of the olive tree, a large number of masks for face and body are made, because their vitamin composition is useful for the skin and maintaining its beauty.

Another unique property of olives and olives is their ability to improve the digestive tract. They stimulate appetite, improve the process of digesting food, activate the work of the intestines.

Olives are rarely sold in its pure form. Basically, they can be preserved with various spices, additives and oils. This cocktail has even more useful properties and strengthens the whole body.

Division into Species

Depending on the color, these types of olives and olives are distinguished:

1. Green - the fruits are large enough, collected after reaching a certain size, elastic. Color can range from green to light yellow.
2. Combined color - fruits, collected yet not ripe, but already started to gain brightness. The tone can range from pink to pink-red and brown.
3. Black - full-grown fruits (just such are called olives). Their color can be as red-black and blue-black, and purple and dark brown.
4. Blackened by oxidation - the fruit is not yet ripe, collected much earlier than time. Of these, with the help of additives, the bitterness is removed, after which it is sterilized and canned. Often used for stuffing with various ingredients.

Kinds depending on the variety

The goods of the first and the highest group include such varieties as Manzanilla, Sevilla fleshy, Azofairon and Morona.

1. Manzanilla - a fruit that has a round oval shape, dense. The product is perfectly suitable for both canning and oil production. Very often this variety is stuffed with various additives. Ripe fruits have a dark color reaching to black.
2. Gordal Sevillana (Sevilla fleshy) is a very famous variety. The fruits are green with white impregnations. The size of the olives is not very large, the weight reaches 12 grams.

The goods are lower in quality, but no less good are the varieties: Hojiblanca, Cacerena and some others.

1. Hojiblanca is a very popular variety. Most often it is completely ripe. The color of the fruit is blue-black. A feature of this type of olives is their softness. This complicates the harvesting process, but does not affect its quality.
2. Cacerena - resembles the grade A - manzanilya. The color is slightly lighter, it grows only in a few provinces. Harvest is collected only after full ripening of the fruits and reaching them in black.

Other gradations of the fruit of the olive tree

One of the main characteristics of olives and olives is their caliber (the number of fruits in one kilogram of the product). For example, the figures 200/250 mean that in a kilogram of olives contains not less than 200 and not more than 250 pieces. Allocate calibers:

• Small - 280/300 olives;
• Average - 180/200 fruits;
• Large - 60/80 olives.

Fruits of small caliber, as a rule, go for the production of olive oil, but in Russia they are very popular and in a natural way.

Application of the properties of olives in medicine

Useful properties of olives and olives were known to scientists of the ancient world. Caloric content of olives allowed to make of them a lot of oil tinctures and oils. They treated almost all diseases.

To date, the composition of the fruit of the olive tree has been studied in more detail, and their application has become more focused. Thus, the healing properties of fruits are used to treat:

• Vascular diseases and high blood pressure (varicose veins, hemorrhoids).
• Diseases associated with metabolic disorders (diabetes mellitus).
• Various disorders of a nervous nature (depression).
• Kidney and urinary system diseases.
• To raise the level of hemoglobin in the blood.
• Diseases of the joints.
• Diseases of the optic nerve.

Application in Cooking

Caloric content of olives and olives is high, and their taste is soft and memorable. This makes the fruit an indispensable ingredient for culinary dishes. They are perfectly combined with vegetables, meat, fish. It's not for nothing that Mediterranean chefs like to add olives to almost all their dishes.

The fruits of the olive tree are perfect for salads, stews, casseroles, second and first courses. Often they are used for stuffing or simply added to alcoholic cocktails in order to emphasize the taste of the drink. Due to its high energy value (caloric value of olives (one piece) is 15 calories), they saturate and supplement any culinary creation. And the addition of olive oil can give a new taste to the old, proven dishes.

How to choose tasty and healthy fruits

In order to choose the right olives, first determine which food or drink you are buying. The fruit should emphasize the taste. Depending on the ripeness and saturation of the color of the olive, its taste also changes.

In the store it is better to give preference to the proven products of well-known manufacturers. Choosing a product packed in a glass jar, you can assess the quality and color saturation.

Olives are ripe olives. However, not all manufacturers use a quality and mature product. It is much easier to achieve dark blue and brown colors with the help of stabilizers and dyes. When choosing a product, pay attention to the label. The product should not contain chemical ingredients (E579).

Requirements for quality olives

• Large size.
• Pleasant taste.
• Approximately the same size olives in one pot.
• Sufficient pulp in comparison with the size of the stone.
• Simple separation of the pulp from the stone.

How many calories in 100 gr. Olives?

The fruits of the olive tree have a great nutritional value and vitamin composition. Caloric content of green olives without pits is 113 kcal per 100 grams.

The fetus bone contains a huge number of different fatty acids, their number is almost 60 percent. However, not all olives and olives are used for canning and oil processing. Allocate:

• Oilseeds;
• Canned varieties.

The first go for cooking olive oil, and the second - for canning. Caloric content of olives, preserved pitted slightly higher - about 130 kcal per 100 grams.

Olives are the same olives, only ripe and picked up color. The nutritional value of the olive (calorie per 100 grams) is even higher and is 155 kcal.

Ripe olive tree fruits have a blue-violet hue and contain even more oils. Olive oil is made from their seeds . Caloric content of olives without pits is slightly less and is 130 kcal.

Like olives, olives are great for canning. Fruits combine with various spices and additives, such as lemon, pepper and others. The taste of the product is even more intense and bright. Olives are black canned (the caloric content of which is higher than green) are more often in demand among buyers.

Product Storage

In order for the fruit to remain fresh and tasty for longer, olives are stored only in a dry and cool place. The temperature of storage of fruit should not be above the average room temperature. The preserved product is stored exclusively in the refrigerator for no more than fourteen days.

The damage of olives and olives

Fresh fruits of the olive tree are extremely useful. Caution should be only with preservative products and olive oil.

In our country, the most popular are olives, canned. Despite the rich in vitamins composition, the use of the product should be moderate. In its composition it contains a lot of salt, which can cause unpleasant symptoms (puffiness, exacerbation of gastritis, diarrhea, cholecystitis).

Olive oil, despite all its benefits, can adversely affect the health of people suffering from symptoms of cholecystitis. It has strong choleretic properties.

Interesting Facts

1. The branch of the olive tree has become a symbol of peace, good and victory.
2. The olive branch is mentioned several times in biblical history:

• It was this tree that was able to survive the Flood ;
• The sign of the end of the flood was the branch of the olive tree, which the dove brought;
• In the olive grove, Christ read his last prayer before his execution.

Instead of concluding

So, choosing the ingredients for your lunch or dinner, do not forget to add the olive tree fruit to the menu. They will help you stay beautiful, healthy and slim!