Black Olives

Olive trees choose fertile lands where nature remains alive in all seasons. Datça black olives, which grow on the Datça peninsula where the Mediterranean climate gives life to the soil and where the winds of the east and west collide, are the olives that will best suit your breakfast table. Our olives, which we hand-pick from our olive groves hygienically, are produced using only salt, without any chemical processing or additives. Thanks to its full structure and taste, it adds flavor to your tables and offers you a unique olive experience. The benefits of natural olives consumed with pleasure are endless.  Olives are nutritious and rich in mineral and vitamin content such as sodium, potassium, magnesium, vitamins E, A, K and D, iron, phosphorus and iodine. It may seem harmful to contain fat, but the fats it contains are healthy monounsaturated fats and these fats increase good cholesterol.  Olives remove bad cholesterol from the blood and control blood pressure. Olives protect against diseases such as cancer. Olives provide protection against anemia and can be used as a supplement, especially in children, thanks to their taste. It is good for eye health and increases night vision. Olives are also a great source of iron for people with iron deficiency. For people who want to lose weight, it can replace dietary fiber and help lose weight. Olives, especially eaten in small amounts before a meal, keep you full and make you eat less of your meal. In addition to these, there are dozens of other known benefits.

Black Olive Varieties

If we look at the black olive varieties, we will see a variety of olives in the markets, but the olives with the best taste are the round and saddle olives.

Rolled Black Olives

When producing rolled olives, raw olives are washed in plenty of clean water in order to completely remove crushed, wormy or spoiled olives. Only olives and salt are added to the cylindrical containers and their mouths are completely closed. The rollers are moved every few days to allow it to ferment. The olives are provided with a consumable taste completely naturally, without adding any substance other than salt. It may have a unique bitter taste, but it is very delicious to eat. The color of olives can vary between dark brown and black. The salt content is lower than other black olives.

Sele Olive

Coming to the characteristics of Sele olives, it is basically made by collecting the olives grown on the olive tree after they have completely matured, that is, turned black. Sele olive is actually a processing technique. The olives are placed on the saddles with salt and turned upside down every other day. In other words, the saddle olives obtained by simply soaking them with salt for a certain period of time ensure that the bitter juice that gives them a bitter taste is removed during this process. You can make both olives even more delicious at your table by adding vinegar, olive oil and spices.

Black Olive Prices

Black olive prices may vary depending on the type and weight of the olive. To be sure of the quality of olives, which are an indispensable product of breakfast tables, buy them from reliable places. You can place your order safely on our website.