A species of the goosefoot genus family, a grain crop grown primarily for its edible seeds, quinoa is now becoming popular in Turkey, as well. The food and Agriculture Organization, FAO, declared 2013 to be the international year of quinoa. The grain originated in the...

Doraintrade Company was established in March 2014. Till then, the company had been working internationally as agent, broker and consultant targeting to set up a strong link between suppliers and importers on trust basis. From the first day, Doraintrade has been extending its business, always...

Food allergies have been on the increase for years. There is currently only one solution for patients: avoid allergy-triggering products. Fraunhofer researchers are making an important contribution to consumer protection by developing methods to specifically and reliably detect allergenic substances in foods. In addition, they...

More of today’s consumers crave information about food and how it’s produced – but the latest consumer trust research from The Center for Food Integrity (CFI) shows that most are hungry for more. Charlie Arnot, CEO of CFI Only 28 percent – or slightly more...

11th CIHEAM Ministerial Meeting was held in Tirana, Albania, 22 September 2016. At the invitation of the Albanian authorities, the 11th Meeting of the Ministers of agriculture of the 13 Member States of CIHEAM took place in Tirana on the 22nd of September 2016. The...

When her founder Mustafa Vasfi Diren was graduated from the Agricultural School, he said: “We have finished our classes today. If we can hopefully pass the exams, we will start our business life as a beneficial worker for our nation” and that was how Dimes...

Cargill is introducing its Regal™ line of bakery shortenings during the International Bakery Innovation Expo (IBIE) Oct. 8-11 in Las Vegas. The Regal portfolio includes new high-performing shortenings as well as optimized performance in its non-palm shortenings. “We have been providing shortenings to the bakery...

Booming Italian food and drink imports to the UAE prompt Italy to be the first ‘Official Country Partner’ 'for The Speciality Food Festival 2016 Dubai, UAE – Dubai World Trade Centre (DWTC) has signed a landmark partnership with the Italian Trade Agency (ICE) – the...

WorldFood Moscow will be the first major meeting of the reps of the Turkish and Russian supply and demand. Following August 9 2016’s meeting between Russian President Vladmir Putin and his Turkish counterpart Tayyip Erdogan, Russia could lift its food embargo on Turkey by the...

Fresa introduced its lemonade mineral water. 27% of sales from 30 export markets are expected. Starting from refreshing nature of Blacksea Fresa offers both health and tast in its natural lemon sugar free natural mineral water, the first and the only product in Turkey, recently...