Where our work stops and yours begins
A favour workshop, a gift packer, a wholesaler or a retail buyer takes the carton and builds the presentation — assembly, tulle, printed ribbon and boxes are your trade and your margin. We are a Gaziantep manufacturer and exporter: the dragées are made in our own factory, and we load the lines into one container.
Turkish confectionery is no novelty at the Azerbaijani border either. Türkiye already ranks third in Azerbaijan's sugar confectionery imports, at roughly 16.5% of that line. So the conversation here is rarely about introducing a category; it is about specification, minimum and delivery. Background sits on the Azerbaijan market page.
A dragée is two decisions: the core and the coating
The core is a nut — almond for the classic sugared almond, peanut or hazelnut on other lines — and it decides bite, cost and how the piece behaves after weeks in a box. Roast level belongs to our specification, so it is stated rather than assumed.
The coating is the decision that quietly sets both price and label. It is either chocolate, or a vegetable-fat glaze — which is not chocolate and cannot be named as chocolate on the label. Two products, two cost bases, two label texts. The offer says which applies, line by line, before anything reaches artwork. The range is on the dragées page.
Colour and calibre are confirmed on the line, before the offer
Buyers in this trade order by two things: colour, and calibre — how many pieces fall in a kilo. Both change from line to line, and neither should be quoted from a catalogue photograph. We confirm what is actually running in our factory before the offer goes out.
Shade matters more than people expect: a colour on a screen and a colour built up in a panning drum are not the same thing, and a finish that reads as pearl under shop lighting can read flat inside a printed box. Ask for a sample against the specification.
Why a first order usually carries three or four colours
The sales unit is a full container or a full truck; there is no part load. The minimum, though, is set per line and written into the offer — not per container. That detail changes how a first order is built: instead of one colour in a quantity you cannot turn over, it carries three or four colours in measured amounts, alongside other lines in a mixed container.
The same dragée also leaves in retail sales packaging, not only in bulk cartons. So one order can split: cartons for your assembly bench, finished retail packs for the shelf, from the same run and the same specification.
Transport: dry all year, except where the coating says otherwise
Sugared almonds and Turkish delight travel dry all year, one reason this category ships easily. Chocolate and chocolate-coated pieces are the exception: they travel at +18/+20 °C, so in hot months a reefer container is offered. A dry container remains a legitimate choice, but then the temperature risk passes to the buyer in writing, before loading rather than after unloading.
Each line rides on its own pallet, under one packing list and one set of documents. The customs tariff heading is stated per line, and the offer says what applies the day it is issued.
What to send us
Selected lines also run under your own brand, after our confirmation. Label copy is drawn from the technical specification, and nothing goes to print without your written approval — see the private label page.
For a written offer, send the colours and calibre you need, bulk cartons or retail packs, an indicative quantity per line, your coating preference, the label language and the delivery city. We reply in two working days, line by line: technical specification, ingredients and allergens, net weight, case and pallet data, minimum and tariff heading. Payment is 50% at order and 50% before the container leaves, against loading photographs.
Do you supply finished wedding favours with tulle, boxes and ribbon?
No. We supply the bulk carton, sorted by colour and calibre, and the presentation is assembled on your side. Empty packaging is not part of the main range; it would only be sourced on request, with format confirmed before any offer.
Is the coating chocolate or a glaze?
It depends on the line, and the offer states which. A coating built on vegetable fat is not chocolate and cannot be named as chocolate on the label, so the technical specification settles it before artwork.
Can we order one colour only?
The sales unit is a full container or a full truck, and one colour rarely fills either. Because the minimum is per line rather than per container, a first order normally carries three or four colours and travels with other lines in a mixed load.
