ALTIPARMAK GIDA SANAYI VE TICARET ANONIM SIRKETI

Company Overview

Balparmak has been delivering healthy, natural and delicious honeyto consumers since it was founded in 1980. The company pioneeredthe development of Turkeys honey industry and now operates a30,000-square-meter facility with an annual packing capacity of32,000 tons, with 55% market share. Balparmak differentiates itself through the standard of quality it brings to consumers, and has been an industry leader for a long time. Balparmak produces all of its products in facilities that operate in accordance with international standards, implementing the BRC and FSSC 22000 Food Safety Management Systems as well as the ISO 9001 Quality Control System. Our products are certified through the TSE (Turkish Standards Institute) Compliance Certificate, and are guaranteed Halal and Kosher. We test our products in our state-of-the-art laboratory, APILAB, which is internationally accredited under ISO/IEC 17025.Balparmak is an internationally recognized honey packing companyin the world. We rank at number 4 in size and capacity. Our coreprinciples are to maintain long-term and productive relationships with companies we partner with, namely Migros,Carrefour,Tesco etc. in retail, Coca Cola, McDonalds, Ferrero, Unilever, etc. in the industry.VisionTo promote healthy generations by ensuring that everyone eats at least one spoonful of our honey everyday.MissionTo preserve the naturalness and purity of honey, -the worlds most miraculous food, and to make it an indispensable staple of quality living, thus putting a richly deserved premium on honey.Balparmak Research & Development Center operates out of a1,450-square-meter facility that encompasses a research laboratory,an organoleptic evaluation laboratory, a pilot plant and an informationtechnologies unit.Balparmak R&D Center develops innovative, high value-addedproducts partnering with national and international organizations andat the same time, implements educational programs and studies thatmake scientific contributions to the industry in national and international level.Rigorous laboratory analysis is the only way to ensure theexcellence and purity of honey. The honey analysis laboratory located within the Balparmak Honey Science Center is the Worlds largest honey-specific laboratory. All honey and other essential bee products (royal jelly, pollen,propolis) that arrive at our facility from our producers are analyzedhere, in more than 100 parameters and determined natural and safe by our expert team before reaching consumers.A first in the food industry: PriospotPriospot is now available on Balparmak packages.Consumers can use their smart phones to scan the code on thelabel not only to assure that the product is genuine, but also togain quick and easy access to the analysis results of the honeythey purchased.Social Responsibility & SustainabilityWe strongly feel the responsibility to our beekeepers on theproduction side and to our clients on the consumers side, to ensurethe sustainability of our operations. We treat our beekeepers asour partners. We launch projects to enhance their professional development and make the public aware of the challenges they face.Over the last two decades, more than 8,000 beekeepers have takenpart in educational seminars and field studies as part of University-BALPARMAK collaboration. Balparmak has always been pioneeringthese educational activities for the beekeepers and honeyindustry in Turkey.MembershipsFounding member of BAL-DER (Association of Honey Packers, Exporters, and Industrialists). Food Safety Association (GGD)International Honey Exporters Organization (IHEO)[SE1] International Honey Commission (IHC)Association of Calibration and Test Laboratories (Turklab)