Established in 1979, PARKİM GROUP increases its business activities now dwelling into a new journey with FLAVOR PRODUCTION and FOOD INGREDIENTS DISTRIBUTION under PARKİM FLAVORS AND FOOD INGREDIENTS.
PARKİM GROUP, manufacturing fragrances and lotion pumps as well as distributing chemicals under broad portfolio brings forward its more than 50 years’ experience now to food industry. The second generation director, MSc Chemical Engineer İpek Müstecaplıoğlu explains the investment process with these words:
“As we set out on this path, our goal was to convey the professional vision of Parkim Group to Parkim Flavor & Food Ingredients through flavors production and food ingredients distribution. As in every business line, our claim is to serve our business partners with a world-class service quality. “
Extensive market research
İpek Müstecaplıoğlu stated that they had gone through a very long R&D and feasibility process before starting this journey, and it was very important for them to establish the right team in this process. Today, we work in coordination with our experienced flavorists and also with the leading international consultant professionals from abroad. Production equipped with the latest technology we have established. With our facility and R&D laboratory areas, we provide services to our customers on flavor production and food ingredients.
International quality standards and regulation
Flavor production of Parkim Flavor&Food Ingredients, takes place at the new Production facility in Gebze Organization Zone. Considering the sensitivity of Food in quality and certification, our company acts within the scope of the FSCC 22000 food safety management system and can submit the necessary documents such as ISO, GMP, HALAL, KOSHER to its business partners. The R&D team, which also follows the constant update of the regulations, can provide the necessary certifications according to the demands of especially export and foreign markets, and constantly supports its own team with trainings in this regard.
Innovative touches to timeless flavors
Certain classic flavors of our company, which has a wide flavor portfolio especially in the liquid dessert group, stand out with their innovative touches. Our vision here is to modernize these flavors, which we can define as timeless as a new player in the sector, with strategies and trends that are in line with the expectations of a newer generation. We aim to bring innovation to your world by reconstructing classic tastes with modern touches and to grow together. At the same time, today, especially the Z generation loves to experience and share brand new experiences with innovative different flavors. We are developing different flavors such as aronia, passionflower, lychee, orange blossom, sakura in line with this trend. We are very happy to travel with them on their journey.
Integrative service to the food industry: Food ingredients distribution
İpek Müstecaplıoğlu stated that they first entered the sector with liquid flavors; Liquid flavors appeal to the bakery, chocolate, confectionery, ice cream and beverage industries. Our forward-looking investments continue rapidly and we aim to use different technologies in time. In addition to our flavor production, we try to meet these demands by importing some food ingredients that our customers use during production, by keeping stocks and on the basis of exclusive distributions. These consist of general and some more qualified special food raw materials such as sunflower lecithin, fibers, proteins.
At the same time, the concept of plant-based is one of the new topics that have entered our lives today. We bring special raw materials suitable for this category and offer them to our customers. Some of them are pea protein, wheat fiber, natural antioxidants, which can be used in vegan products, oat concentrates that can be used in plant-based milk production in the beverage industry, sugar reduction. Raw materials such as fructo-oligosaccharide (FOS), a prebiotic fiber that enables the development of products that support the healthy concept of the end consumer. We are happy on behalf of our country, especially because we contribute to the use of prebiotic fiber instead of sugar and sugar-derived products, which are now generally accepted as harmful to health.
