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How a small first list fits into one container

A list of three or four items sounds too small to fill a container, and that gets the unit backwards. Confectionery is produced line by line, not container by container. Each item is made on its own run, to a minimum set for that item, and your short list can travel in the same load as runs going out in our standard packs.

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The container is a transport unit, not a production unit

Nothing in the making of these goods requires a whole container of one product. A batch is run on the equipment that makes that item, boxed in the format that item is sold in, and then waits on a pallet for a load going the right way.

So the opening question is not whether one line can fill a container. It is which lines you want and roughly how much of each; assembly happens afterwards.

The minimum sits per line, and so does the risk

The sales unit is a full container or a full truck; there is no part load. But the minimum is set per line and written into the offer — per line, not per container.

Three or four lines, each at its own minimum, add up to a load while none of them is a bet on one guess. Because those quantities are made alongside our own standard runs, a measured order asks nobody to open a special production for it. One load carries six or seven items this way.

How the pallets are grouped

Each line travels on its own pallet, under a single packing list. Pallets are grouped by temperature regime rather than stacked at random, so the lines needing cool conditions stay together.

That shape pays off on arrival: the load comes off separable, each item countable against the packing list and traceable to its production lot — see the mixed container page.

Temperature groups the load, and the season can shape the list

Chocolate and chocolate-coated lines travel at +18/+20 °C. In hot months a refrigerated container is what we quote for a load carrying them. If a dry container is preferred anyway, the temperature risk passes to the buyer in writing, before loading — never argued afterwards over a softened pallet.

Lokum, sugared almonds and dragée, and jellies go dry all year. So the list can follow the calendar: a summer opening weighted to the dry lines keeps a plain container in play, while a list carrying chocolate through a warm month is quoted with cooling.

Three things the offer names line by line

The jar first. What we supply is a pistachio spread — a spread, not a cream, and not the 100% pistachio pastry paste a workshop buys for filling. That paste is outside the main range; if it is what you mean, say so and it is confirmed before quoting.

Then thecoating: a shell is either chocolate or a cocoa glaze built on vegetable fat, and a glaze cannot be named as chocolate on the pack. Third, certificates are issued for our factory; copies are available on request. Kosovo sits outside theEU, so Kosovo’s own food and customs rules govern and the importer files the declaration; the offer names the customs tariff heading per line, and the quotation states what applies on the day it is issued.

What to send

Send the lines you want and roughly how much of each, with the format per line — retail sales box, or bulk carton for a weigh-out counter. Add the delivery city and the month you want the goods to land, because that decides whether the load is quoted dry or cooled. If the pack is to carry your own name, say it now (private label).

A written reply follows in two working days, line by line: technical specification, ingredients and allergens, net weight, case and pallet data, minimum per line, customs tariff heading. Payment is 50% at order and 50% before the container leaves, against loading photographs.

Is three or four lines too small to open with?

No, because the minimum is set per line rather than per container. Each line is producedon its own run, alongside runs going out in our standard packs, so a short list reaches a full load without any single item being ordered in a quantity you cannot sell. A load built this way carries six or seven items, each on its own pallet under one packing list.

Can chocolate and lokum travel in the same container?

Yes, and pallets are grouped by temperature regime so they do. Chocolate and chocolate-coated lines travel at +18/+20 °C, which in hot months means a refrigerated container is quoted for the whole load; if a dry container is preferred instead, the temperature risk passes to the buyer in writing before loading. Lokum, sugared almonds and dragée, and jellies go dry all year.

What is in the jar, and whose name is on the certificates?

The jar is a pistachio spread — a spread, not a cream, and not the 100% pistachio pastry paste used for filling, which sits outside the main range and is confirmed before any offer.Certificates are held for our factory; copies are available on request. On coating, a shell built on vegetable fat is a cocoa glaze and cannot be named as chocolate on the pack.

How to order

Send the list. We do the rest.

Send your product list with approximate quantities and the destination port. You get one offer covering every line, then one container, loaded and photographed before the doors close.

Mixed containerHow a list becomes a container →