HAZELNUT

Nearly 70% of the world’s hazelnut demand is met by the Black Sea region in Turkey. The region has the perfect ecological and geographical conditions for the best quality hazelnut growth and harvest.

Stories of hazelnuts date back to almost 5000 years ago, and historical documents record that the hazelnut was growing in Turkey’s Black Sea coastal area as long as 2,500 years ago.

It has been said that some of the hazelnut orchards in the Eastern Black Sea region - including Ordu, Giresun, and Trabzon provinces - were established centuries ago.

The shelf life of a Turkish hazelnut is one year.

In addition to a healthy snack, hazelnuts can be roasted, whitened, minced, sliced, powdered, and pureed for use in chocolates, biscuits, pastries, ice creams, and other sweets.