2nd Among Turkiye's Top Companies in Food Industry, According to R&D Expenditures in 2022
Established in Istanbul in 1982 by Murat Yasa as a family-owned company with 100% Turkish capital and celebrated its 41st year in February 2023 with our second generation Melis Yasa, we continue our activities in Gebze Organized Industrial Zone since 1990. We have 3 main focus areas: Creativity, People and Sustainability. We published our second Sustainability Report in 2022.
While we continue our production and R&D oriented activities with our 7 factories in Turkey, we have 2 factories and application laboratories in Emmerich, Germany. In addition to our market leader position in Turkey, we export to approximately 80 countries in the world, including Russia, Middle East, Europe and more.
We develop new products and projects related to the needs of our business partners and market in our R&D Center registered by the Turkish Ministry of Industry and Technology in 2013. Our Analysis Laboratory in our R&D and Innovation Center recently received "TÜRKAK Accreditation" for ethylene oxide, pesticide, pH, density, acrylamide and patulin analyzes.
As “your creative flavour partner” of the food industry, we design, produce and deliver extracts, sauces and syrups, caramelized sugar, caramel colouring, fruit powders, seasoning and spice mixes, emulsions, enzyme modified dairy products, as well as a wide range of flavours. Bakery, chewing gum, confectionery and chocolate, dairy and dairy products, savory products, beverages are among the categories that we serve.
Our recent awads; at the 6th TAIDER North Star Sustainability in Family Companies Program held on April 13, we are entitled both in the “Employees” category and to the “Grand Prize” by getting the highest score in 6 categories and 228 criteria: Corporate Governance, Business Model, Future Generations, Employees, Environment and Society. In addition, we had an award in the "Turkey's happiest workplaces" research conducted by an independent organization at the first quarter of 2023.
We are awarded the 3rd prize in the category of Food Flavours at the Stars of Export Award Ceremony, which was organized for the 8th time this year by the Istanbul Chemicals and Products Exporters' Association (IKMIB) and TIM.