Food & Ingredients International July 2022

What about your activities in the Germany
market; your present position and your plans
for the short run?
We have a branch in Germany Yavuz
Haselnuss GMBH from which we supply our
customers duty paid products. Also, with our
storage system we can provide small lots in
case of our customers need.
What would you like share with our readers
about your position and the position of Turkey
in the hazelnut business?
More than 70% of the world hazelnut
production takes place in Turkey. The hazelnuts
produced are exported to many countries
as well as consumed in the domestic market,
creating an export volume of billions of dollars.
Yavuz Gıda is one of the largest and well
known hazelnut producers in Turkey and all
over the world with its high quality products.
We will continue to ensure the stability of
our production quality by combining the
latest technology with our years of technical
knowledge and experience. We aim not only
to meet the expectations of our customers, but
also to take their expectations one step further.
We produce by considering social, economic,
and environmental factors with the
sustainability strategy that supports our
commercial activities.
Within the scope of Yavuz Hazelnut Sustainable
Agriculture Project, we include social and
agricultural support practices that enable
hazelnut farming to be passed on to future
generations. We contribute to the development
of local communities in this sector with many
projects carried out in cooperation with
relevant ministries, local and international nongovernmental
organizations, and universities.
Our company works to prevent child labor in
seasonal agricultural worker families
with a motto “Hazelnuts Grow with Labor,
Children Grow with Love”.
In addition, we support the production of highquality
hazelnuts with the good agricultural
processes support we give to hazelnut producers.
As Yavuz Gıda Sustainability Team, we started
a project with Boğaziçi University within the
scope of developing a carbon footprint
calculation method and field applications for
the first time in hazelnut farming.
What are your goals and plans in this market
for the short term?
We have a grounded and healthy growth
target, increasing our capacity and sales with
our existing customers and by adding new
ones with a continuous improvement in all
steps of this business, form the gardens to the
customers.
Would you like to highlight and add anything?
• Two facilities; 25,000m2 indoor production area
• 25,000 MT/Year processes capacity (1 Shift)
• 22,500 MT/Year natural selection capacity
(2 lines with 2 laser sorters on each line) (1 Shift)
• 25,000 MT storage capacity
(15.000 MT Cold Storage)
• 25,000MT/Year export and domestic sale
• Sustainable Agriculture Projects
• Carbon Footprint Project
• Sedex and FLA Member
• RA, BRC, Organic, Halal, Kosher,
ISO 22000 Certified
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