Ripe olives can yield up to 30% of oil depending on the olive variety, so that's about 3 kilograms of olives per liter (around 0.9kg) of oil. read more
Ripe olives can yield up to 30% of oil depending on the olive variety, so that's about 3 kilograms of olives per liter (around 0.9kg) of oil. But some high-end brands use up to 15 kg of olives to produce a single liter of olive oil (there's a tradeoff between quality and quantity). read more
You gain a new appreciation of the olive oil you slather on your salad or cook your vegetables in when you know that every litre is made up of 1,375 olives that took 47 minutes to pick. In the US and Canada, the more common bottle size is 750 ml or 25.4 Fluid Ounces. That’d be 1031 olives, 35 minutes to pick. read more