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A type of olive that is most commonly referred to as the Kalamata (Calamata), Amphissa (Amfissa), or the Royal Victorian olive.

A medium size olive from Spain that is oval in shape and is brownish-black in color. It is brine-cured and has a soft flesh.

A medium size Greek olive that is black in color. It is a dry-cured olive, grown only on the island of Thasos in the Aegean Sea.

A medium sized olive from Spain that has an elongated pointed shape and has a shiny black flesh when fully ripe.

A small to medium size olive, produced in Spain and California, that is greenish brown in color and oval shaped.

A term that refers to large quantities of olive oil shipped to bottlers from various regions of a country or from several different countries.

A type of low grade olive oil that must be refined before it can be sold for human consumption. The oil is obtained from the residue that remains after the "first cold pressing." Up to 90% of the oil is obtained from the olives during the first cold pressing, but the remaining 10% is contained within the residue.

A medium to large sized Mediterranean olive common in Italy. Mildly fruity and only slightly bitter in taste, this olive is meaty and provides a good amount of oil when used in the production of olive oil.

A food spread typically made with Italian black olives that are pureed and mixed with olive oil and black pepper.

A very small light greenish-brown colored olive native to Spain that contains a soft-textured delicately flavored meat.

A large purplish-black olive from California that grows in several different oval-shaped sizes and produced similar to Greek olives.

A medium sized Spanish olive that is elongated in shape and a darker violet when harvested. It is most often used to produce higher quality olive oil, but is also produced as a table olive soaked in sherry to be used as an hors d'oeuvre.

A large oval shaped black or green olive native to Italy. It is a brine-cured olive that generally provides a softer delicately sweet flavor.

A medium to large round green olive grown in California, but originally from Tunisia. The olive has a fruity flavor with a slightly bitter taste.

Also known as Azapena or Sevillana de Azapa, this olive is named for the region in Chile where it is grown.

A medium size black olive with a shriveled flesh and soft meat that provides a bitter aftertaste. This olive is most often used as a cooking olive.

Also referred to as Sicilian style, this Italian olive is a large green variety that is highly seasoned in a marinade of herbs and has a somewhat salty or sour flavor.

An Italian descriptor for a Spanish olive that is very large and round in shape with a firm dense meat.

A medium large Greek olive that is picked when it is green in color. The olive is brine-cured and contains firm textured meat that has a mild buttery flavor.

A very small Greek olive that has a brownish-green or purplish-black color. The olive is brine-cured and contains firm meat that has a delicately sweet nutty flavor.