The name
The English name Jordan almond has nothing to do with the country; the Jordan almonds article goes through the origin of the word and the colours. What is true is that Jordan dresses its weddings, births, graduations and Eid tables with sugared almonds and dragées the way its neighbours do, and that the chocolate shops of Amman buy them by the carton because a coating pan is a factory tool and a shop is a workshop.
The tray
Sugared almonds come one colour per carton or mixed, in the whites, ivories, golds and pastels the occasion trade asks for; chocolate dragées in milk, dark and white, and coated almonds and hazelnuts in a matching range. The case weight per line is stated in the offer, so a shop knows how many trays a carton dresses before it orders. The dragée page lists the groups, and the colours can be run to your own palette on selected lines under the private label page.
Eid, weddings and the calendar
Eid comes twice a year, weddings cluster in the summer, graduations in early summer and newborns keep no calendar, so a shop plans the whites and ivories for the year and the seasonal colours a container ahead. The Eid ordering article goes through the timing from Gaziantep; the offer states the lead time per line and the transit to Aqaba.
Who buys the container
A large shop or a wholesaler that serves the occasion trade fills a container on its own and is quoted like an importer, with the food and drug authority registration on its side; a smaller shop buys by the carton from the importer that brings it in, or pools an order with others, each shop’s cartons on their own pallets. Because the container is mixed, dragées travel next to bulk chocolate, fillings and Turkish delight, so a shop adds the tray lines to an order it was making anyway.
Dry or reefer, and the price
Sugared almonds travel dry all year; chocolate dragées and coated nuts go in the reefer, year round on the sea route. The price per line in US dollars, the case count, the pallet plan and the tariff line are in the offer, with the duty that applies on the day; nothing that moves with the exchange rate or the season is printed on this site. What a shop sells the dressed tray for is its own craft; what the almonds cost by the carton is in the offer before it orders.
What to send first
The lines from the chocolate page, the dragée page and the Turkish delight page, the quantity per line, and whether any line carries your own brand. The written offer follows within two working days, in US dollars, with the certifying body named per line; the samples page explains how to taste the lines first, and the Jordan page lists what stays the same on every offer.
Can a shop order sugared almonds in its own colours?
Yes, on selected lines: we run the colours you name and the cartons carry your brand. The minimum per colour is stated in the offer.
Do sugared almonds need a reefer?
No, they travel dry all year. Chocolate dragées and coated nuts travel in the reefer with the chocolate lines.
What is the minimum?
One full container, mixed across lines. A shop that does not fill one buys by the carton from the importer that does, or pools an order.
