Fuente: WIPO "olive table" The invention relates to table olives enriched with probiotic microorganisms, in particular lactobacilli and bifidobacteria, food products containing them and a method for their preparation. The olives and food products of the invention provide an amount of microorganisms sufficient to exert a beneficial action on the gastro-intestinal tract and are particularly advantageous whenever administration of probotic food products of animal origin, in particular milk derivatives, is not possible.