Food

From the days of the Ottoman Empire through to the present, coffee has played an important role in Turkish lifestyle and culture. The serving and drinking of coffee has had a profound effect on betrothal and gender customs, political and social interaction, prayer, and hospitality traditions throughout the centuries. Although …

Press release… Aegean Exporters’ Associations (EİB) have been successfully continuing the “TURQUALITY Project” supported by the Ministry of Trade with the participation of 6 food exporters’ associations under its roof for 2 years. Aegean Exporters’ Associations also ensured that Turkish cuisine is included in the curriculum of the William F. …

Press release… Vinegar manufacturers came together and founded SirkeDer. The vinegar industry turnover reached 263 million TL in 2020 and continued to grow with the impact of the pandemic across Turkey. The leading brands of the industry, Fersan, Carl Kühne, Ajinomoto, Tariş, Kavaklıdere and Yakamoz were the founding companies of …

Turkey’s military pension fund, Oyak applied to the Turkish Competition Board (RK) to acquire the Tadelle, Sarelle and Gol brands along with Sagra, a brand renowned for its hazelnut and chocolate products in Turkey, adding to them to the Oyak Group of companies by inking a sales agreement with Sanset …

Stakeholders in the famous hellim (halloumi in Greek) cheese sector in the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus’ (TRNC) have written an open letter to the European Commission Structural Reform Support Director General Mario Nava regarding the protected designations of origin (PDO) process of the cheese. They said the proposed laws …

Siirt pistachio, called “green gold” in Siirt province, has caught on in Germany, where it was first exported. Last year, 7 tonnes of peanuts were exported to Germany under the own brand of Siirt Pistachio Processing Industry and Trade Inc., while the products, prepared in a hygienic environment through large …

Short and long term solutions to the problems in agricultural production and food supply processes manifested by the increase in food prices. In fact, the main problem is not new, we are far from self-sufficiency in oils, wheat, sugar and many other basic food components in agricultural products for many …

Turkey’s position in global cheese market does not reflect its actual potential, says researcher… İstanbul… Most studies place the types of cheese produced in Turkey at around 200, but given that the concept of milk processing originated in this region, the number is probably somewhere near 300, according to an …

A person consumed 173 kilograms of fruits and 269 kilograms of vegetables on average in Turkey in 2020, Turkey’s Agriculture and Forestry Minister Bekir Pakdemirli has said. Some 14.5 million tons of fruit and some 22.5 million tons of vegetables were consumed overall across the country, Pakdemirli said. “Comparing the numbers with the 83 …