Where East meets West
Connecting both Europe and Asia, the Turkish oils and fats market shows differing regional consumer preferences and promises growth in liquid and olive oils
17th most densely populated country in the world. Turkey’s food market has significant growth potential because of its young and growing population.
Turkey consumes some 1.45M tonnes/year of oils and fats and has per capita consumption rate of 21.2kg
Sunflower oil has an overwhelming market share of liquid oils and olive oil is a rising star
The government has been encouraging farmers to plant more olive trees over the past few years with the aim of making Turkey the world’s second largest producer of olive oil after Spain in the next 15 years. Palm oil is a very important raw material for oils and fats products.
