Food

Şafak Kırbiç, Chairman of the Board of Trakya Birlik (Union of Thrace Oil Seeds Agricultural Sales Cooperatives), said that the Union operates in 13 provinces. Indicating that the Union has carried out important works with its partners, Kırbiç said, “Trakya Birlik is the sector leader that trades more than 20 …

As efforts aiming to curb food waste in each stage of food processing, from farms and fields to the table, continue unceasingly, Turkiye’s Agriculture Ministry has published a guideline on the fight against food waste at food outlets. The guide states that an aisle discount may be applied to fruits and vegetables that arouse …

Turkiye’s zero waste campaign aims to drive recycling efforts for all kinds of waste… Turkiye’s Zero Waste campaign, first launched in 2017, is now set to expand throughout the country in order to encourage recycling.  The Ministry of Environment, Urbanization and Climate Change, which oversees the massive recycling campaign, will …

World-renowned barista trainer Michael de Renouard said he has not seen better quality coffee than in Turkiye as he heaped praise on Turkish baristas. Renouard said he has been to many places across the world, including southeast Asia, Europe, and the Americas. “I don’t see higher quality (coffee) than in …

Nuts market reached a size of 26 billion liras in 2021… In Turkey, where a total of 550 thousand tonnes of nuts were consumed in 2021, while the amount of dried nuts taken into the household was around 27 kg. With the increasing demand, the dried nuts market completed 2021 …

Press release… Speaking at the training seminar held for the kitchen and service personnel of the hotels operating in Izmir region, Provincial Agriculture and Forestry Director Mustafa Özen said, “We exist everywhere in Izmir, where food is bought, sold, transported, stored, processed, served and even wherever there are materials that …

The COVID-19 pandemic has upended many of the rhythms and routines in the lives of Turkish people, with one of them being their eating habits, a recent study revealed. The variety of meals cooked in kitchens during the day by those who spent more time at home as restaurants shut down and keeping …

Turkey’s parliament has approved a legislation that is designed to prevent stockpiling by imposing higher fines for such activities at a time when consumer prices are rising. As part of the legislation an article in the law regulating retail trade was amended to introduce higher fines for producers, suppliers and retailers that engage in practices causing …

FAO’s benchmark index of food commodity prices in 2021 averaged sharply higher than in 2020… Rome – World food prices fell slightly in December as international prices for vegetable oils and sugar fell significantly from lofty levels, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations reported today. The FAO Food Price …