Title: American Olive Oil Producers Association
Headings: Olive Oil 101
Olive Oil 101
The Basics
Choosing Olive Oil
Storing Olive Oil
Using Olive Oil
Key American Olive Oil Facts
What should I look for on the label of a bottle or package of extra virgin olive oil?
Front Label
Back Label

Content: Whether dipped, drizzled, sautéed or fried, extra virgin olive oil can be a healthy ingredient in any meal or snack. It can even be a healthy and tasty substitute for butter in baking and other preparations. Isn’t extra virgin olive oil expensive? Dr. Mary Flynn writes “Apart from the considerable health benefits of extra virgin olive oil, when you work out the cost of olive oil per tablespoon, it's actually quite inexpensive. A 17 fl. oz bottle of olive oil contains approximately 32 tablespoons, and a liter contains 64 tablespoons. Many extra virgin olive oils cost less than 30 cents per tablespoon, so my recommended dose of 3 tablespoons of oil per meal costs 90 cents.” Mary Flynn, PhD, RD is Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine at Brown University’s Alpert Medical School in Providence, Rhode Island. 1
Key American Olive Oil Facts
Olive oil has been produced in the US for more than 150 years. There are approximately 45,000 acres of olives planted exclusively for the production of olive oil in the United States.