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Orkide Took Part in Brand Week Istanbul

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In the session where the reduction and recycling of food waste and the correct use of natural resources and their positive effects on a sustainable future were discussed;

Journalist and Writer Cem Seymen, explained the positive impact of protecting our natural resources on the agricultural economy. Cem Seymen drew attention to the fact that protecting natural resources is a necessity for sustainable agriculture, which he referred to as an approach that aims to balance environmental, social and economic dimensions in agricultural production. Stating that the main purpose of sustainable agriculture is to protect these resources and leave them to future generations safely in the agricultural sector, where natural resource use is intense, Cem Seymen emphasized the responsibility that falls on all of us in protecting all natural resources, especially water, in his speech.

Orkide Marketing Manager Dilek Eker; explained the process of developing a new environmentally friendly and high added value product in Hakbay, a group company, which was implemented as a new investment project on the path Orkide set out on with the aim of eliminating the ecotoxic effects of vegetable waste oils formed during the production and consumption of vegetable oils. He drew attention to the fact that “Q Oil Fatty Acid”, which is produced by processing the vegetable waste oils formed as a result of the refining of raw vegetable oil in Orkide’s zero-waste licensed production facilities with the latest technology system in Hakbay, a group company with zero-waste license, in the most efficient way and making them valuable, contributes to environmental sustainability, provides a source for energy production in bioenergy facilities and offers a value-added product to industries such as chemicals, feed, etc.

Gastronomy Researcher and Traditional Turkish Cuisine Expert Şefika Günyel explained the correct use of vegetable oils in households and professional kitchens in her speech and shared her suggestions with the participants on how to reduce the amount of vegetable waste oils generated at these points.

At the Orkide Flavor Kitchen, located in the experience area of ​​Brand Week Istanbul, delicacies prepared with Orkide products by Chef Eyüp Kemal Sevinç and Orkide's frying chef Kenan Gün were offered to participants throughout the event.

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10 out of 9 people who tried it recommend Orkide Natural Extra Virgin Olive Oil!

According to the results of the Consumer Feedback Survey conducted on the Denebunu.com platform, 10 out of 9 people recommend Orkide Natural Extra Virgin Olive Oil!

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Consumer experience and insight platform Denebunu offers consumers' experiences Orchid Natural Extra Virgin Olive Oil a denebunu.com platform, a Consumer Feedback Survey was conducted with the participation of 26 people between the ages of 2024-9 between December 2025, 18 and March 61, 1193. According to the research on which the results of this survey were based, 10 out of 9 people who tried the product recommended Orkide Natural Extra Virgin Olive Oil. According to the same research, the consumer satisfaction rate was determined as 97 percent.

Produced in Orkide's olive oil factory in Çiğli, İzmir, Orkide Natural Extra Virgin Olive Oil is offered to consumers in cold-pressed and flavored varieties, as well as fruity characteristics and flavor variations (dense, ripe, balanced, soft) according to the values ​​of natural extra virgin olive oil, in line with the sensory tests and analyses conducted by expert olive oil analysts.

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EU Project to Increase Productivity in the Olive and Olive Oil Sector

In the olive and olive oil sector; it is aimed for 50 olive and olive oil producing companies from Turkey to participate in the “Innovative and Sustainable Clustering in the Olive Value Chain (OASIS) Project”, which aims to increase productivity with innovative approaches in table olive and olive oil businesses with pressing units, supported by the European Union and in which Turkey, Spain and Italy are stakeholders.

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Providing information about the goals of the OASIS Project, Aegean Olive and Olive Oil Exporters' Association President Emre Uygun underlined that the main goal is to train SMEs operating in the olive and olive oil production sector in the Aegean Basin on sustainable practices, support technologies that will increase raw material efficiency, and develop strategies that will create resilience against climate change and external factors.

A competitive marketplace will be created

Uygun, who informed that Turkey ranked first in the world with a yield of 2024 thousand tons in table olive production in the 25/750 season, and second in the world after Spain with a yield of 475 thousand tons in olive oil, said, “With the OASIS Project, it is aimed to strengthen the food supply chain, reduce production costs and create a competitive marketplace for both businesses and consumers by focusing on reducing food waste and optimizing resource use throughout the production process of businesses with pressing facilities in the table olive and olive oil sector. We invite our olive and olive oil businesses with table olive processing and olive oil pressing units to take part in this project.”

In the “Innovative and Sustainable Clustering in the Olive Value Chain (OASIS) Project”, companies sUygun, who stated that a sustainability assessment will be conducted and current resource efficiencies will be analyzed, continued as follows: “Free training and consultancy services will be provided to support them in making their production processes more efficient according to the current situation analysis. Training topics will include topics such as circular production, resource efficiency, digital transformation, green transformation, smart agricultural technologies. SMEs with good practice examples will be determined and their promotion and awareness will be provided throughout the EU. Matching activities will be carried out between SMEs and institutions participating from Italy, Spain and Turkey. The project target group consists of a total of 50 SMEs operating in the table olive and olive oil production sector, 150 SMEs from each country. Activities to be carried out for the target group within the scope of the project include researching 10 previously implemented and completed good practice examples and presenting them to SMEs as a sample roadmap, organizing 150 different trainings on various themes for 25 SMEs, determining the measures to be taken to prevent food waste and increase efficient resource use, ensuring the adaptation of the use of new technologies and creating a more competitive and resilient market environment that will reduce production and shipment costs by developing new strategies in this field.”

“Innovative and Sustainable Clusters in the Olive Value Chain”, which was awarded support by the European Innovation Council and the SME Executive Agency (EISMEA) under the Single Market Programme (SMP COSME) (OASIS) The project is carried out in collaboration with the consortium of İzmir Agricultural Technology Center (İTTM) under the coordination of İzmir Commodity Exchange from Turkey, Centro Tecnológico Nacional de la Conserva – CTNC (National Food and Canning Technology Center) and Camara De Comercio e Industria Italiana Para Espana – CCIS (Italian Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Spain) from Spain, CIHAEM Bari (Mediterranean Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Bari) and Unioncamere Puglia (Union of Chambers of the Puglia Region) from Italy.

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Dubai Chocolate with Orchid Chocospread

Offering special solutions for spreadable chocolate and filling cream, Orkide's product in the industrial oil category, Orkide Chocospread Vegetable Anhydrous Oil, is offered to pastry chefs and chocolate manufacturers for the popular flavor Dubai chocolate.

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The popular flavor Dubai chocolate is distinguished from other chocolates with its multi-layered structure. The combination of the crispy structure of kadayif and pistachio with chocolate creates a unique flavor and product texture. Orkide Chocospread Vegetable Anhydrous Oil ensures that the pistachio-filled cream, which is the unifying factor for the multi-layered structure of Dubai chocolate, is creamy and smooth. Orkide Chocospread, which provides maximum stability for the separation of the oil phase in spreadable cream and cream chocolate applications, maintains its ideal spreadability feature even at low temperatures and does not contain trans fat.

Orkide, which has achieved sustainable growth in the vegetable oil sector since 1979 and is one of the largest vegetable oil producers in Turkey; It stands out with the widest product range in the sector in the sunflower oil, corn oil, olive oil, margarine, vegetable anhydrous oil, out-of-home consumption and pastry oils and industrial oil categories, which it produces in two zero-waste certified production facilities. Orkide, which interprets the "good life"-oriented nutrition trend for its products and introduces brand new products to consumers, also produces as the industrial oil supplier of many ready-made food manufacturers in the sector with the special products it has developed.

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