Food

Denmark’s Ambassador to Ankara Danny Annan, in a webinar, said that they are ready to cooperate with Turkey regarding their experience on food sustainability. A call has been made to Turkey to cooperate in the fight against food waste while wastage discussions flaring up along with the pandemic process. Denmark’s …

Food inflation was 16 percent while fruit and vegetable prices increased by 20 percent in October… According to October inflation data announced by TURKSTAT, the annual food inflation was 16.51 percent. While there was a raise of 7.54 percent on a monthly basis in fresh fruit and vegetables, this rate …

Chips from chickpeas were produced in Mersin province to increase the consumption of pulses among children. Chips from chickpeas were produced in Mersin to popularize the consumption and endearment of pulses with high protein value. Abdullah Özdemir, Chairman of Turkish National Pulses Council (UBK), said, “We cooperated with Mersin University …

Press release… FAO lowers forecast for world cereal production, but this year’s output still expected to reach an all-time high… 5 November 2020, Rome – Global food prices continued rising for the fifth consecutive month in October, led by cereals, sugar, dairy and vegetable oils, according to a new report from …

Turkey Pasta Industrialists’ Association (TMSD) shared the information that domestic sales increased by 25 percent this year. Consumers prefer pasta particularly because of its being healthy, easy storing and cooking features. Turkey Pasta Industrialists’ Association Chairman Abdülkadir Külahçıoğlu, in a written statement, said that pasta is a healthy and economical …

The Food Coalition is a multi-stakeholder, multi-sectoral alliance that will activate and mobilize support for unified global actions in response to COVID-19. The Food Coalition will support innovative COVID-19 initiatives, identified in the context of various synergistic lines of action, not only to ensure global food access, but also to increase …

Press release… The exports of the Aegean Exporters’ Associations (EİB) in October were recorded as 1 billion 243 million dollars compared to the same period of the previous year and the highest export figure of 2020 was reached on a monthly basis. As for Turkey’s exports in October, it totalled …

According to the TGDF (Federation of Food and Drink Industry Associations of Turkey) Digital Data Panel prepared by Agrimetre, in the first 9 months of 2020, the agriculture, food and beverage industry realized exports of 14.63 billion dollars and imports of 11.74 billion dollars. Considering the foreign trade data published …

İsmet Aral, Vice President of Istanbul Commodity Exchange (İSTİB), said, “In geographies such as Africa where access to food is difficult, food waste is less, but we can easily say that the rest of the world is similar to our country. In other words, almost half of our garbage is …

The multinational food and drink processing conglomerate corporation Nestle held a groundbreaking ceremony of Turkey’s first medical nutrition plant in northwestern Bursa province. Set to be established with an investment worth TL 250 million ($30 million), the facility will be Nestle’s largest investment in Turkey since 2011 and its fifth …