No chemical preservatives. Estate grown. Lower sodium (20% Less sodium than a regular can of olives. Sodium content has been reduced from 115 mg to 90 mg.). Finally a ripe canned olive with all the delicious ripe flavor you would expect from the Santa Barbara Olive Co., Inc. We even greatly reduced the salt content without taking away the delicious flavor. These olives are handpicked and inspected for superior quality. The olives in this pack are grown and processed using an age-old method handed down through many generation. Santa Barbara Olive Co. Inc. is owned and operated by a 9th and 10th generation Santa Barbara family. Olives are a cholesterol free food.