20 August 2021 Sweet Meetings with Özmen Flour - Gaziantep

Özmen Un, which adds value to the baklava heritage of Anatolia, is travelling around Turkey to promote ZIVAGO, ANTEP Flour and other craftsmanship series products developed for baklava masters.

The programmes started with the slogan "Sweet Meetings" will continue throughout the year. Özmen Un continues to contribute to the Turkish flour products sector by producing 43 types of flour in its Industry 4.0 flour factory. It develops special solutions for baklava masters with its bakery, craftsmanship, home type, personalised flours and artisanal series.

Last week, the "Sweet Meetings" programme organised by Özmen Un started in Gaziantep, the capital of baklava. The programme was attended by Mr. Erhan Özmen, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Özmen Un. Erhan Özmen, Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors Mr. Oğuz Özmen and the entire field team attended the programme. Erhan Özmen stated that they want to reach all baklava and dessert masters in Turkey within the scope of the programme: ''Our inspiration is the masters who know the value of craftsmanship! Our aim is to produce flours that will fully meet the needs of the craftsmen who will carry the centuries-old tradition of baklava making to the future in the best way. Zivago, one of our latest flours, is a flour that can make perfect baklava wherever you produce baklava in Turkey or even in the world, without the need for any bastard. Zivago flour, which combines craftsmanship and engineering, is a real masterpiece.

"Sweet Meetings" programme also hosted a first. Bulguroğlu Baklava owner İsrafil Kartal and Necati Bulguroğlu, Koçak Baklava owner Coşkun Koçak, Çelebioğlu Baklava owner Mehmet Çiftçi, Ömer Güllü Baklava owner Ömer Güllü, İmam Çağdaş Baklava owner Burhan Çağdaş brought together Gaziantep's world-renowned baklava makers. While Gaziantep's baklava doyens expressed their positive opinions about both flours and programmes, the right flour is the skeleton of good baklava. Özmen Flour is raising the bar of the baklava sector day by day with its experience of up to half a century. The value it attaches to craftsmanship keeps our tradition alive and enables it to meet with the whole world. Oğuz Özmen, Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors, who stated that they will meet with the sector with "Sweet Meetings" in 7 regions of Turkey within the scope of the programme, stated that food safety has become more important in the world with the pandemic. Stating that they have the world's most advanced food safety certificate BRC, Özmen emphasised that 'Grain is the green gold of the future'. Flours produced untouched by BRC, the world's most advanced food safety management system, come to your tables with 100% food safety. This system is available in very few factories in the world and drew attention to the right healthy and safe food.

Anatolia's most special wheats are cleaned and turned into flour with the technology available in very few flour mills in the world. The technology, which carefully selects the good quality wheat required for quality flour, also cleans the wheat with the piling cleaning system, which is available in very few factories in the world. While many foreign substances that may come from nature are cleaned with this superior technology, waste is minimised in the peeling process of wheat. In this way, all the vitamins and minerals of wheat can pass into the flour. As a result, the taste of the wheat coloured in the sun of Mesopotamia is reflected on each slice of baklava with Özmen Flour. Oğuz Özmen, Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors, said: "It is our belief in baklava craftsmanship to produce flours special for each type of baklava and with high performance in every environment thanks to the productions carried out with scientific studies."

Erhan Özmen, Chairman of the Board of Directors; we believe in Anatolia and Anatolia's wheat. Erhan Özmen stated that they are also working on a very important project related to the cultivation of wheat in Göbeklitepe; As Özmen Un, we have very important works to bring the craftsmanship in this geography to the world tables. Göbeklitepe, Anatolia is the homeland of wheat and bread. With our investments, we process the valuable grains of Anatolia and sell them to the world, we carry out intensive studies not only in Turkey but also abroad to bring local seeds to the economy, and we support our farmers and sustainable agriculture with agriculture contracts.