Nutrition Value of Olive Oil
- Olive oil servings will change depending on its use. There will be more olive oil in vinaigrette than there will be in a simple pan-fried dish. For consistency, a serving of olive oil is 1 tbsp.
- Every tablespoon of olive oil has nearly 120 calories. Those watching their caloric intake should watch the amount of olive oil they consume as the calories add up fairly quickly.
- Olive oil is high in fat. One tbsp. of olive oil has 14 g of fat. This is 21 percent of your daily value. Of this fat, only 2 g are saturated fat. This is 9 percent of your daily value of the unhealthy type of fat.
- Omega fatty acids are considered healthy fats. Olive oil has a small amount of Omega-3 (103 mg) but has a high amount of Omega-6 fatty acid with 1,318 mg.
- You can get 10 percent of your daily value of vitamins E and vitamin K with 1 tbsp. of olive oil.
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