- (a) Whole. “Whole” olives are those which have not been pitted.
- (b) Pitted. “Pitted” olives are those from which pits have been removed.
- (c) Halved. “Halved” olives are pitted olives in which each olive is cut lengthwise into two approximately equal parts.
- (d) Segmented. “Segmented” olives are pitted olives in which each olive is cut lengthwise into three or more approximately equal parts.
- (e) Sliced. “Sliced” olives consist of parallel slices of fairly uniform thickness prepared from pitted olives.
- (f) Chopped. “Chopped” olives are random-size cut pieces or cut bits prepared from pitted olives.
- (g) Broken pitted. “Broken pitted” olives consist substantially of large pieces that may have been broken in pitting but have not been sliced or cut.