Harvesting the finest Turkish Hazelnuts
Since 1987, KAYALAR has regularly invested in its plantations, buying offices across the cultivation regions and production facilities in order to keep up with the increasing demand from local and international customers.
Today, KAYALAR can produce up to 30.000 tons of hazelnuts per year and can offer a wide range of products globally. KAYALAR's world-class hazelnut production facility is located in Akcakoca, Duzce, in Turkey's Western Black Sea region. Our facilities are built and maintained to global standards consisting of the latest technology and continuous control systems to ensure consistent KAYALAR quality year after year. Our plantations are situated strategically in main hazelnut cultivation regions such as Bartin, Karasu, Kandıra Sakarya, Adapazarı, Akçakoca, Ordu, Samsun, and Kastamonu. Besides the produce from our own hazelnut orchards, we manage our hazelnut supply by working with local farmers.
Production and Quality
KAYALAR is strictly committed to delivering the highest food safety and quality standards. We have adopted rigorous standards for harvesting and processing to ensure control quality. Each one of our plantation zones and regional offices operates with standardized sanitary regulations. Our products are grown, picked or received, and processed according to KAYALAR standards and compliant with ISO specifications.
To deliver on our commitment, all of our hazelnuts are primarily tested in the laboratory before moving forward in the production line. We implement control procedures at every stage of our value chain and comply with several quality Assurance and Food Safety requirements including ISO 9001, ISO 22000, BRCGS Food Safety, IFS Food Safety and other relevant national and global requirements.
Our Process in 3 Steps
Reception
Weighing, segmenting, cleaning, and purifying the produce using specialized modern equipment in the factory.
Drying
Automatically dried in the chambers using humidity regulators to match parameters of the established KAYALAR standards.
Quality Control
Measurement, filtering, selecting, and eliminating the final product to apply quality control protocols including lab tests.
