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Food calories · USDA data

Calories in olive oil

119 calories

in 1 tablespoon, 13.5 g

Protein
0 g
Carbs
0 g
Fat
13.5 g
Fiber
0 g
Weigh your own portion

Olive oil has 119 calories. That is USDA's figure for 1 tablespoon, which weighs 13.5 g. Per 100 g, olive oil has 884 calories.

Almost all of its calories, 100%, come from fat.

It takes 11 g of olive oil to reach 100 calories, which is about 0.8 × 1 tablespoon.

Calories by portion

PortionWeightCaloriesProteinCarbsFat
1 tablespoon13.5 g1190 g0 g13.5 g
1 cup216 g1,9090 g0 g216 g
1 tsp4.5 g400 g0 g4.5 g
1 oz28.3 g2500 g0 g28.3 g
100 g100 g8840 g0 g100 g

Portion weights are USDA's own. Your olive oil may weigh more or less; for an exact number, weigh it and enter the grams in the food calorie lookup.

Where the calories come from

  • Protein: 0% of calories (0 g per 100 g)
  • Carbohydrate: 0% (0 g per 100 g, of which 0 g fiber)
  • Fat: 100% (100 g per 100 g)

Shares use the general factors of 4 calories per gram of protein and carbohydrate and 9 per gram of fat, so they can differ a little from USDA's calorie figure. Daily Values are the FDA's adult Daily Values.

Compared with similar foods

Weight for weight, mayonnaise has the fewest calories of these four (680 per 100 g) and coconut oil the most (892).

Per 100 gCaloriesProteinCarbsFat
Olive oil8840 g0 g100 g
Coconut oil8920 g0 g99.1 g
Butter7170.9 g0.1 g81.1 g
Mayonnaise6801 g0.6 g74.9 g

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Questions people ask

How many calories is in olive oil?

Olive oil has 119 calories. USDA weighs 1 tablespoon at 13.5 g, and olive oil has 884 calories per 100 g.

How much protein does olive oil have?

1 tablespoon (13.5 g) has 0 g of protein, 0% of the 50 g Daily Value. Per 100 g it is 0 g.

How many carbs does olive oil have?

1 tablespoon has 0 g of carbohydrate, including 0 g of fiber, and 13.5 g of fat.

Source: USDA FoodData Central, SR Legacy (2018). USDA entry: Oil, olive, salad or cooking (FDC ID 171413). Values are averages; a packaged food's label may differ.