How much olive oil is enough? Slide your spoons and see

Slide to how much olive oil you use on an ordinary day (cooking plus dressing), and set roughly how many kcal you eat. The numbers update as you go.

Olive oil a day: 2 tbsp

Your usual day: 2000 kcal

240kcal from olive oil

12%of your day's energy

3.7 gsaturated fat from the oil

17 daysa 500 ml bottle lasts

Per tablespoon (13.5 g): olive oil about 119 kcal and 1.9 g saturated fat; butter (14 g) about 102 kcal and 7 g saturated fat (USDA values, rounded). Formula: kcal from oil = tablespoons × 119; share of day = that ÷ your kcal. An estimate, not a prescription; labels and brands vary a little.