The Turkish Statistical Institute has published a report about poultry in Turkey. The sector has taken some big steps in last decades and is equipped with update technology. White meat consumption in the country is not satisfactory yet, as Turks often prefer to eat red meat. The report about the performance of the industry is below; Hen egg production was 1.3 billion units Hen egg production decreased 7.7% ...

Turkey’s olive oil exports quadruple in the last five months from the same period a year earlier benefiting from the harvest fall in Spain, a report says. Spain which is known to be the world’s largest oil producer has suffered a considerable fall in the harvest of olive oil and opened the way for countries such as Turkey to gain market share. It is reported that Turkey’s olive oil exports which had been ha ...

Kühne a German food company famous for its salad dressings has started a major investment for vinegar production in the Aegean city of Izmir. Currently, the company has a vinegar production facility in Afyon and has made a well-deserved reputation for its product group. The company is scheduled to invest an amount of TRY 8.5 million in its new operation with an annual capacity 10,000 ton and is determined t ...

Poultry is one of the fastest developing sectors in Turkey and the industry has reached a point where it can challenge world giants in global markets. In this article we would like you to meet Ms. Sake YALCIN, a renowned executive in the sector (to include abroad) and a shareholder at REFARM Company to share her broad knowledge about the industry and evaluations regarding the future of the sector. Editor, B ...

Turkey in parallel to the bright performance it has displayed in economic growth in the last decade, has been attracting considerable amounts of FDI in the agriculture sector. This fact was confirmed by the Mr. EKER, the Minister of Agriculture who stated during a meeting with journalists the FDI in the food and agriculture sector had been $14 million in 2002 and it had reached $2.1 billion in the first 10 ...

It is reported that Turkey has succeeded to take its place among top vegetable exporting countries in the World. In fact Turkey is one of the top exporters of the two key agricultural commodities in the world, according to data released by the Ministry of Food Agriculture and Livestock. The report says the country which had a production capacity of 39 million tons of fruit and vegetables in 2002, increased ...

It is reported that Turkey is now the biggest gif producer in the world and meets about 70 percent of the global demand. It has also been reported however that fig farmers are not content with sales prices and price for dried fig has been shaped below anticipations. Fig grows in an environment where north-east and the southwest winds are supposed to blend in a suitable manner which is difficult to find. Tur ...

Turkish Statistics Institute has revealed figures for poultry production statistics in Turkey for August 2012. Poultry production statistics, which have been published monthly, have been collected from poultry establishments under the subgroup of NACE Rev.2, 01.47 and 10.12 in industry excluding farm production. Egg production 1,3 billion units Egg production increased 3% in August when compared to the prev ...

General Atlantic buys stakes in Turkish online food company Turkey’s online food ordering firm Yemeksepeti.com has just received a USD 44 million cash boost to fuel its international push with the addition of US-based equity company General Atlantic as a minority stakeholder. With a user base reaching 1.5 million people, Yemeksepeti.com provides online food ordering and delivery service, processing tens of ...

Turkish citizens living in the northwestern Marmara region consume 45 percent of the country’s sweets and chocolates.The Turkish confectionery market grew 10 percent and recorded an annual sales figure of $3.1 billion in the past few years. One-third of confectionary consumption takes place during the religious Şeker Bayram and Feast of the Sacrifice holidays. During these periods, per capita consumption re ...

Turkey is the 3rd biggest country in flour production in the world and has a share of 9 percent in total world flour exports. Anatolia is the region where plantation and flour production was first made in the world. In the ancient times flour was produced in stone mortars in Anatolia. Later, production of flour by watermills began. Although the first modern flour plant  in Turkey was established in Istanbul ...

Nissin Food teams up with Turkish pasta producer Japanese food company Nissin Food has acquired a 50 percent stake in Turkish pasta producer Bellini Gida, a subsidiary of food and beverage conglomerate Yildiz Holding, for an amount of USD 23.5 million, according to press release. Active in 11 countries with 29 production plants, Nissin Food will try to tap into Turkey’s untouched instant pasta and noodles m ...

Global food giant Unilever has chosen Istanbul’s Sarıgazi neighborhood as the site of its regional research and development (R&D) center for ice cream. Unilever’s new hub in Istanbul will provide all R&D services for the North Africa, Middle East, Russia, Ukraine and Belarus (NAMET-RUB) region. The hub will provide product development for Unilever’s Magnum, Cornetto, Max, Carte d’Or, and Fruttare ic ...

SIMIT SARAYI (meaning Simit Palace) was launched as a new concept in 2002. Until then, SIMIT  (ring-shaped bread covered with sesame seeds) used to be eaten ON FOOT, consumed in an unhealthy manner. Then, based on a new business model it was promoted into a product eaten "sitting at a table". In a very short period of time, Simit Sarayı showed significant business growth. With the opening of their first sto ...

Istanbul may host the WHC headquarters. The World Halal Council (WHC) is getting ready to move its headquarters to Istanbul on the heels of a meeting organized in Kuala Lumpur, the capital of Malaysia, in April. The details will be confirmed at the congress in Istanbul in October. “All the Muslims in the world will be informed about halal certifications from here, and the fact that the accreditation will be ...

Kestane Şekeri (Candied chestnuts) is a popular delicacy of Bursa one of the greenest and most beautiful and historical cities in Turkey.. Kestane şekeri is known to have been first started by Kafkas Company which is still the major brand in this market.Tender chestnuts are steeped in a sugary syrup and can be eaten alone or with clotted cream or ice cream. The company was started by Ali Şakir Tatveren in B ...

The İstanbul Simit Tradesmen Chamber has launched a process to get an international patent for the number one Turkish street food, the simit, a ring of chewy bread coated with toasted sesame seeds. İstanbul Simit Tradesmen Chamber Chairman Zeki Sami Özdemir on Tuesday filed a petition with the İstanbul Union of Craftsmen and Artisans' Chambers (İSTESOB) and called on the chamber to take action and the neces ...

ICE CREAM MARKET IN TURKEY Based on a survey in 2010 the ice cream market in Turkey was reported to record a growth of 30 percent over the first half of the year. It is also known that some locally operating companies export to foreign countries in the Balkans, Middle East and Central Asia as well as UAE. By the end of 2009 the total market volume already reached 800 million euros Among other findings in a ...

Turkey country has been organizing some major trade shows to host global giants a s well as local enterprises for several decades now. Such promotion activities have certainly been helping Turkey to make great progress in several branches of industry as such fairs correspond to an indispensable element of modern marketing. Among such exhibitions is Animalia Istanbul where representatives from all branches o ...

Turkish farmers are asking the government to provide financial incentives for local producers in order to stave off unfair competition from countries like the US, which provide loans for agricultural importers Corn crops are among the local agricultural products, such as soy beans and cotton, that face unfair competition due to US loans, according to local farmers.Turkish farmers are asking the Turkish gove ...

Italian chocolate producer Ferrero launched a EUR 95 million investment to build a plant in Turkey’s Aegean province of Manisa. The groundbreaking ceremony of the plant, which is set to cover over 146,000 square meters of land, was attended by Turkey’s Deputy Prime Minister Bulent Arinc, the President of the Investment Support and Promotion Agency of Turkey (ISPAT), Ilker Ayci, Manisa Organized Industrial Z ...

Sabancı Holding might consider growing in the food retail sector if the conglomerate obtains majority shares in Carrefoursa, a joint venture with the French retail giant, says Zafer Kurtul, the group’s chief executive Sabancı chair Güler Sabancı delivers her speech at the annual press conference of the group in Istanbul. AA photoTurkish conglomerate Sabancı Holding aims to increase to a majority level its s ...

Turkish pastry exports hit all time record in 2011 Turkey's exports of pastry products hit an all time record in 2011, head of a Turkish pastry producers association said. GAZIANTEP- "We exported 406 tons of pastry products in 2011 which is a record in exports. And our overall production was 851 tons which is another record for the Turkish sector," Murat Bozkurt told the Anadolu Agency. Bozkurt said Turkish ...