Cargill is an international producer and marketer of food, agricultural, financial and industrial products and services. Founded in 1865, the privately held company employs 138,000 people in 67 countries. Cargill helps customers succeed through collaboration and innovation, and is committed to sharing global knowledge and experience to help meet economic, environmental and social challenges.
Cargill has been active in Turkey since 1960 through a local partnership agreement and commenced trading as Cargill in 1986. The company now has more than 280 employees in Turkey, namely in Baglarbasi - Istanbul, Pendik - Istanbul, Bursa - Orhangazi, Adana and Ankara.
Cargill Gida Turkey offers special and analytical products as a supplier in a great many fields of the food industry in its Istanbul-Pendik and Bursa-Orhangazi plants. Natural cornstarch is extracted through the use of high technology applied in the modern corn processing facilities of Cargill, and types of starch sugar including glucose and fructose syrups, particularly starch, are produced. Types of natural starch are used for various food applications, such as thickening, jelly manufacturing, water retention or viscosity adjustments, while glucose syrup is used in confectionary, biscuits, bakery products, processed ready-made food, jam, halva, ice-cream and various Turkish desserts. As for the fructose syrups, they are used in the beverage industry as a substitute for sugar.
Through Cargill Gida Turkey, Cargill is offering a variety of products to the Turkish food industry, such as cocoa powder, cocoa butter, cocoa liquor, modified starch, polyol, fruit juice concentrate, lecithin, pectin and soybean. In all of these markets Cargill is the world leader in its own field.
Cargill Risk Management provides financial contributions and support to its partners by sharing its current market knowledge with them. Thanks to these activities, it not only expands the trade volumes of both Cargill Turkey and its partners, but increases the productivity of their transactions, as well.
The fact that Cargill carries out its production activities within a closed system, without human contact and in line with the standards of the Turkish Food Codex and Food Security and the continuing studies related to the functional products included under the category of healthy products such as Trehalose, Iso-maltulose, Actistar, Omega 3 and vegetable SteRols significantly contributes to the issue of a “healthy diet” which is one of the increasingly popular issues of today. Within the Cargill Gida Turkey facilities where production takes place in accordance with the HACCP, ISO 14001, OHSAS Quality Standards, product hygiene is given great importance, both in food and feedstuff production, and workplace safety of all employees in any position is considered of prime importance.
As a consequence of its conservation activities, Cargill Turkey was granted the Environment Award by the Bursa Industrialists and Businessmen’s Association (BUSİAD) in 2003.
The biogas formed in the Anaerobic Waste Water Purification Facilities within the Orhangazi Corn Processing Facilities is used for power generation through burning in the micro turbines which are designed with the support of TUBITAK.
Cargill Gida Turkey’s plant in Orhangazi was the winner of the Energy Efficient Industrial Facilities (EVET) category of the Competition for the Energy Efficiency Enhancement in Industry Projects (SEVAP) organized by the Electrical Power Resources Survey and Development Administration under the Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources. The company has proved its respect for and contribution to the environment with its energy recycling project.
Cargill Turkey not only produces world class food raw material but also runs various social projects in line with its “we are responsible for the future” motto. Additionally, the company contributes to the creation of a bright future with its investments in the fields of education and health. The primary school and the health center built in Orhangazi are evidence of this approach. Cargill Turkey’s investments in the fields of education and health are not limited to the aforementioned examples, which will continually increase. The needs of the Cargill Primary School and Cargill Health Center are met in accordance with today’s requirements and their technological equipment is bolstered each passing day. Furthermore, Cargill both renews the common rooms of the schools in Orhangazi and Gemlik, as well as in the surrounding area, and meets the technological and physical needs of these schools.