Food Turkey Magazine September 2017

“The best honey is the
one under control”
Started to build a facility as one of the top ten in the world,
Anavarza aims to reach the palate tastes of the masses
with its cream honey and powdered honey varieties.
We made an interview with General
manager of Anavarza, Can Sezen, who
informed us about his company, beekeeping,
and the products they have.
Who is Anavarza?
Kozan is a province that produces honey
the most in Turkey, where about
2500 beekeeping families have been
living. We buy their products and honey’s
of other producers in the country.
We invested in 10 million TL in two
decades. With our latest investment
on the analysis of honey and for more
production we aimed to be one of the
top ten in the world.
If honey is pure, it may be crystalized,
in about two months to a year. If it
was crystalized we can only say that it
is natural, but we can not say that it is
chemical free.
How many analyses do you
make?
We test for about seventy kinds of
variables; some are related with naturalness,
some are for heavy metals, and
antibiotic residues. They are important
for the health of the consumers.
Besides of the tests for pureness and
being healthy, the tastes are tested by
a committee of seven who taste all
the products. The members have been
educated in the university and became
gourmets for honey.
How much honey is produced
in Turkey? What is your share?
According to TUIK figures for 2016,
105 thousand tons of honey is produced
by about seven million of bee
colonies, that means that we are the
second largest producer of honey in
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