TORKU; a new beginning, a new threshold at taste
Torku brand emerged in 2007 as a result of visionary point of view of Konya Seker, which is a producers’ cooperative. There were two main objectives of Konya Seker, which has 900 thousand farmers behind it, for beginning to produce its wide product range under Torku brand, which began with sugar and extended from chocolate types to biscuits, Turkish delight, candy, halvah, meat and dairy products and even frozen products. With the Torku brand, Konya Seker aimed to increase the welfare of its producer partners, as well as to offer consumers 100 percent natural, safe, quality products, from seeds to packaging, under their control.
The first step was taken at Konya Seker factory, which was founded under the most difficult conditions of the 1950s and served the country’s economy devotedly for many years. The factory was renovated with a 50 million dollar investment and production efficiency was increased. In 2003, the foundation of Çumra Sugar Integrated Facilities, consisting of 11 facilities in total, was laid together with the Çumra Sugar Factory, one of the most modern sugar factories in the world and this great investment came into operation in 2004. With these steps, Konya Seker started to produce 22 percent of the total sugar production in Turkey in its two factories. This production power, integrated with the visionary perspective of the management and ensured new products with added value for end consumers to multiply and all of them to gather under one roof.
Torku is the result of this rapidly growing producer cooperative that has increased its efficiency and has become the roof brand of 100 percent natural, safe products.
Torku, story of never ending growth and expansion in product range
The determination to turn all the sugar produced by itself into value-added products ensured the establishment of the Chocolate Production Facility of Konya Şeker within the body of Çumra Şeker Integrated Facilities.The Chocolate Production Facility with new facilities completed in 2010, t has become one of the factories with the most modern technology in the world. The growth in Cumra Sugar Integrated Facilities never stopped, Bakery and Sugar Products, Chocolate, Biscuit, Cake, Wafer Production Facilities were added in 2012. In 2013, modern greenhouses with soilless production were developed. Konya Seker started to produce the flour used in Torku branded products at the Flour Facility, where it completed its investment in 2016.
Konya Seker got involved in meat and dairy
Konya Seker has taken action to solve the problems in meat and milk production in our country.It decided to start producing meat and dairy products in order to be involved in the situation in the market, which is caused by intermediaries in meat and milk, where both the producer cannot obtain the income they deserve and the consumer has difficulty in purchasing due to very high prices compared to other countries.
Konya Seker laid the foundation of Panagro which is the world's largest integrated meat-milk facility in 2011. The production of dairy products started in 2013 at the Panagro Meat-Milk Integrated Food Complex, which operates with the supply model called 'Torku Reliable Food Chain from Farm to Table'. The Milk and Dairy Products Facility has the power to process 2 thousand tons of raw milk per day when it operates at full capacity. Meat products production began in 2014. In the Meat and Meat Products Facility, which has a daily processing capacity of 1,200 large and 3 thousand sheep and goats, In the Meat and Meat Products Facility, processed meat products such as frozen fresh and cooked meatballs, doner kebabs, and all valuable fresh meat production, as well as all delicatessen products, from sausage to roast, can be produced. Konya Seker aims to meet 15 percent of Turkey's fresh meat consumption alone with its Torku brand.
Torku products meet with consumers in a wide range of products, from candy to chocolate, from bakery products to chocolate coated products, from frozen potatoes to milk and meat products, from bulgur to fruit juice, from vinegar to turnip products.
Source of Pride of Konya Seker
Torku is a new brand that met with the consumer in 2007 and emerged with the efforts of 900 thousand producer partners on the 63 years of experience of Konya Şeker, a producer cooperative. Konya Seker has created a large system in which it keeps every step under its control, from seeds to packaging, in order to offer its consumers 100 percent natural, safe and quality products and gathered all the products it produces under the Torku roof brand.
Torku is proud and happy to offer our consumers products that they will find in Torku, all the flavors they can't get enough of in their childhood, and which they can consume with their own children.