What the searches mean
Where can I find one in India: the question appears on social media under every photo of a lokum box. India has Turkish restaurants and a few Turkish sweet counters, but boxed Turkish delight from Türkiye is rare on the shelf, and the searches for it are the searches of people who have tasted it abroad. That is a gap an importer of imported chocolates can fill with one pallet in a mixed container; the first pallet usually sells through the same dry fruits shops that already carry the pistachio tablet.
The box from Gaziantep
Dusted cubes in rose, lemon and pomegranate, and the Gaziantep finger roll filled with whole pistachio and coated in coconut or kadayif, cut to order; chocolate covered pieces for the confectionery case. It is the gift that is neither chocolate nor mithai, which is why it belongs in the Diwali hamper and the wedding return gift, and why a gifting company asks for it before a supermarket does. The Turkish delight page lists the groups; the special lokum counter range belongs to the same shelf.
The vegetarian question
Starch-set lokum is set with starch, not gelatin, so plain lines are usually vegetarian by recipe; the data sheet per product states it and the vegetarian mark is placed before printing. That matters more in India than anywhere, and it is the first thing the dry fruits shop asks. The ingredients article covers the recipe.
Price, and where it comes from
Turkish delight price in India is a search for a retail price, and the retail price is the importer’s to set after the landed cost. The offer states the price per line, the case count and the tariff line; the duty that applies on the day is in the offer, not on this site. Plain lokum travels dry all year to Nhava Sheva, Mundra or Chennai; chocolate covered pieces travel in a reefer on this route.
The importer route
An importer of imported chocolates adds the Turkish delight box to a mixed container next to the pistachio tablet and the dragées for the hamper, each on its own pallet, and the dry fruits shops and gifting companies that already buy from it take the box from there. A shop group that imports for itself is quoted the same way. The India page lists what stays the same on every offer; the Turkish delight explained article covers the varieties.
Asking for a price
Start with the turkish delight page: pick the lines, say how many and name the port. The written offer follows within two working days and states what each line weighs by the carton and what the minimum is.
Tasting first is normal — samples are free from running production, you cover the courier. The india: what stays the same on every offer page lists what stays the same on every offer, and the private label for indian brands page covers putting your own name on the pack.
Is Turkish delight vegetarian?
Plain starch-set lokum usually is by recipe; the data sheet per product states it and the vegetarian mark is placed before printing.
Where can Turkish delight be bought in India?
Through the importers of imported chocolates and the dry fruits shops they supply; we quote the importers, and the unit of sale is one full container.
Can the box carry our own brand?
On selected lines, as one of our core services, with the importer’s label content prepared before printing.
