Olive culture in Argentina
Nucete Recipes
Nucete and Health
 
Olive is a healthy food. It has 0 % cholesterol, high composition of calcium, vitamins A and D, and it is also very energy-giving. Consuming olives and olive oil helps to prevent many diseases.
Olive oil is a vegetable fat that has, per gram, the same quantity of calories than any other fat but enjoys many virtues which are not possible to be found in fats of animal origin, since it provides a series of vitamins like A, D, K and E, most of which are essential for human organism.


Green Olives   (15 g portion)
Quantity per portion     % VD*
TOTAL FATS .................. 1,5g   2%
SODIUM ....................... 300 mg   13%
CARBOHYDRATES ............ less than 1 g   0%
PROTEINS ..................... 0 g   0%
CHOLESTEROL ................ 0 mg   0%
CALORIE VALUE .............. 11,7 Kcal   0%
(*) Valores diarios de referencia con base en una dieta de 2.000 calorías

Extra Virgin Olive Oil (15ml portion)
Cantidad por porción     % VD*
CALORIE VALUE.............. 130 Kcal   5%
CARBOHYDRATES............ 0 g   0%
PROTEINS .................... 0 g   0%
TOTAL FATS ..................
     SATURATED FATS .......
14 g
2 g
  17%
8%
CHOLESTEROL ............... 0 mg   0%
SODIUM ....................... 0 mg   0%
(*) Daily reference values based on a diet of 2000 calories.


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