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An olive that has been soaked in a brine typically consisting of water, salt, vinegar, and other ingredients that provide a moist shiny flesh to the product.

Most often considered as the Spanish olive, that has gone through a process that inserts a pimento, garlic, nut, onion or other similar item into the olive in order to slightly season the taste of the olive.

A pitted olive that is manually stuffed with ingredients such as nuts, garlic, onion, or some other food item to give the olive a slightly seasoned flavor.

An almond shaped olive that has a medium green smooth appearance, which changes to a reddish-black when it is allowed to ripen.

A type of olive oil marketed as an extra light version of virgin olive oil. The name can be somewhat deceiving because many consumers believe that this type of olive oil is lower in calories than other types of olive oil, which is not true.

A variety of olive that is grown in Italy, most notaly in areas around Sicily. Bright green in color, the Castelvetrano Olive is harvested when it is young and is brine cured.

Clay red to purple in color, this variety of olive is a common and popular food item in Australia. Oval in shape and similar to a Chilean Alfonso or Alphonso olive, the Australian Blood Olive has a meaty texture that provides a somewhat fruity flavor.

Generally a green olive that has been soaked in lye, then rinsed in water, and placed in a salt brine to process the olive.

A Greek olive grown in the Arcadia or Morea region of Greece, along the Peloponnesian peninsula adjacent to the Aegean Sea.

A type of olive oil that is obtained from olives grown on an individual farm. The olives are usually harvested by hand and the oil is pressed and bottled on site.

Common in the Mediterranean this variety is the most widely grown olive in Greece. Round to oblong in shape, the meat of this olive is firm, fine textured and fruity flavored.

An olive that is processed by repeated rinsing and soakings in water during a period of time that may be 6 to 12 months in length, and then placed into a salt brine.

A medium size, almond shaped Greek olive that ranges from black to purple in color. It is a brine-cured, stone cracked olive that is slit, packed in vinegar, and cured to produce a rich, somewhat sour to fruity flavor.

A type of olive oil that is obtained from olives grown on an individual farm. The olives are usually harvested by hand and the oil is pressed and bottled on site.

A California olive that has a large oval shape and is green in color. It is brine-cured and preserved with the natural lactic acid produced by the olive or by a commercially produced grade of lactic acid.

An olive that is green in color and ready to be cured.

An olive, typically small in size, cured in a salt and vinegar brine, which often has been marinated in a variety of herbs and spices such as bay leaf, cinnamon, clove, coriander, cumin, fennel, garlic, ginger, paprika, and hot pepper.

An olive that has had its pit or stone removed. They are generally stuffed with an ingredient such as a pimiento, jalapeno, dried tomato, garlic or onion.

A fully ripe Greek olive that has a firm texture and mild flavor. This olive comes from Mytilini, capital of Lesvos, which is one of the Greek islands located in the Aegean Sea.

A large oval shaped olive grown in Spain and other countries such as the U.S., that is green in color with a rougher and meatier texture.