Say "hazelnut" and most people think "chocolate." Fair enough — but it sells the nut short. The hazelnut is a culinary all-rounder and a nutritional standout, and Türkiye, as the world's #1 origin, sits at the centre of it all.
Versatility beyond the chocolate bar
The chocolate connection is real: hazelnuts are the soul of praline, gianduja, and spreads. But the range runs further — bakery and granola, savoury crusts and dukkah, hazelnut oil and meal, and simple roasted snacking. Diced, blanched, roasted, or ground, the hazelnut adapts to almost any format a manufacturer needs.
A nutritional powerhouse
Hazelnuts deliver healthy monounsaturated fats, vitamin E, fibre, and minerals — a profile that supports heart-health and better-for-you claims even in indulgent applications. The nut that makes chocolate better also makes it more defensible nutritionally.
The origin advantage
All of this rests on supply, and here Türkiye's lead is decisive: the Black Sea coast (Ordu / Giresun) produces the majority of the world's hazelnuts. We supply direct from this heartland — in-shell and kernels, natural, blanched, roasted, diced, and meal — to standard calibres with a Certificate of Analysis per lot.
Walnuts Turkey makes Black Sea hazelnuts the centre of its range, alongside pistachios and walnuts. Request a hazelnut quote.