Own-brand chocolate and confectionery from Gaziantep, for brands selling into Somalia
Bars, tablets, dragées, jelly and candy bags, gift boxes, Turkish delight boxes and pistachio spread jars made in Gaziantep under your name. We prepare the label content in Arabic and English; nothing is printed before you approve it.
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Made in Gaziantep, sold under your brand.
A brand or wholesaler that wants its own name on the pack here is usually deciding between two things: a chocolate bar, and a bag of sweets. The trade figures argue for the second. In the 2024 mirror data, chocolate arriving into Somalia is recorded at 4,413,949 US dollars with Türkiye already the first source at 61.0 per cent, while sugar confectionery is recorded at 19,049,490 US dollars with Türkiye at 2.6 per cent. An own-brand bar walks into a line that is already crowded with Turkish supply; an own-brand bag of jellies, dragées or wrapped candy walks into a table four times as large where almost none of the goods come from Türkiye.
We are the manufacturer and exporter. Our factory is in Gaziantep; we run the own-brand order, prepare the label content in Arabic and English, check the lot before it is packed and load the container. Where a line is a compound or a glaze rather than chocolate, we say so in those words on the offer and on the label, because a coating and chocolate are not the same product and should not share a name.
Your label goes on lines produced in our own factory in Gaziantep.
Five formats, one container.
Nothing printed before you approve.
- 01
Lines and formats
You name the lines from the product pages and the pack format. We confirm which of them can be made under your brand, at what minimum, in what lead time, and whether the line is chocolate or compound for the shelf you have in mind.
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Label content
We prepare the Arabic label content with English alongside: the name of the food, the ingredient list with allergens, metric net weight, storage, the importer’s name and address, and the fields for the production and expiry dates we print on the pack. The data comes from our technical data sheet.
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Artwork
You send the artwork; we check it against the label content and you approve it in writing. Nothing is printed before that, and any correction is made on the file rather than on the printed reel.
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Production and shipping
We run the line in our factory, we check and photograph the pallets, and the container leaves Mersin — about three hours from Gaziantep — with the document set for entry under national rules and the halal certificates per line where they apply.
What to know before the first list.
- Label
- We prepare the mandatory information in Arabic with English alongside: the name of the food, the ingredient list with allergens, metric net weight, storage, the importer’s name and address, and the date marking. For lines in our standard packs we confirm what the export pack already carries; for own-brand lines we build the content from our technical data sheet and check your artwork before anything is printed.
- Entry and documents
- There is no preferential origin document on this lane; entry runs under national rules. The origin document and the rules that apply are named in the offer, and the offer states what applies on the day, so the landed cost is known before you order. Nothing about duty is printed on this site, because it changes. From our side you receive the technical data sheet per product, our certificates and the analysis report per line.
- Halal
- Lines with ingredients of animal origin — gelatine in jellies above all — travel with our halal certificate, and the offer names the certifying body per line so you can check that it is recognised by your buyer before ordering. Lines that contain no such ingredients are stated as such on the data sheet.
- Where an own brand has the most room here
- The sugar confectionery table for this market is more than four times the chocolate table and Turkish goods hold 2.6 per cent of it. A first own-brand run weighted towards jellies, hard candy and dragées in bags and bulk cartons meets less established competition than a bar does.
- Minimums
- Set per line and stated in the offer. The unit of sale is one full container, which can mix your own lines with lines in our standard packs so a first own-brand run does not have to fill the box on its own.
- Certificates
- Held for our factory in Gaziantep: food-safety (FSSC 22000, ISO 22000, HACCP), halal and kosher certificates. The holder and the certifying body are named per line and copies are available on request.
- Samples
- Free of charge from our running production; you cover the courier, paid before dispatch.
- Lead time
- Stated per line in the offer and counted from the deposit and the approved artwork, not from the first enquiry.
- Heat on the lane
- Chocolate and chocolate-coated own-brand lines are quoted in a reefer on this route; Turkish delight, sugared almonds, hard candy and jellies travel dry. If your own-brand list is weighted towards the dry groups, the shipping side of the cost changes with it, and the offer shows that split.
- Currency and payment
- Offers in US dollars; bank transfer, 50% with the order and 50% before the container leaves, against the loading photographs. The offer states the banking route that applies on the day.
- Outside the range
- Couverture, bulk chocolate by the kilo, raw nuts, dried fruit, cocoa, empty packaging, baklava, halva and tahini are sourced on request; we confirm composition and format before quoting rather than describing them as our own production.
Asked by brands first.
Are you the manufacturer?
Yes. Chocolate, dragées, pistachio and hazelnut creams, popping candy and Turkish delight are made in our own factory in Gaziantep, and we have exported since 2002. We run your private-label lines, check the lot before packing and load the container at our factory.
Should we start with a bar or with a bag of sweets?
On the trade figures, the bag. Chocolate into this market is recorded at 4,413,949 US dollars for 2024 with Türkiye already at 61.0 per cent of it, while sugar confectionery is recorded at 19,049,490 US dollars with Türkiye at 2.6 per cent. The second table is larger and far less crowded with Turkish supply.
Who prepares the label?
We prepare the content in Arabic with English alongside, from our technical data sheet. You place it in your artwork, add the importer’s details, and approve the final version in writing before anything is printed.
Is a vegetable-fat coated line still chocolate?
No, and we do not write it as one. A vegetable-fat coating is a compound or a glaze, and the offer, the data sheet and the label use that word. Chocolate lines are declared as chocolate. Which of the two suits your shelf is part of the first conversation.
What documents travel with an own-brand container?
The technical data sheet and analysis report per line, our certificates including halal where it applies, and the origin document for entry under national rules. The origin document and the rules that apply are named in the offer, and the offer states what applies on the day.
Are you a private label chocolate manufacturer?
Yes. Your label is printed in our own factory in Gaziantep after you approve the artwork, and the minimum per line is stated in the offer. Prices are not published; they come in the written offer.
Importing into Somalia: what stays the same on every offer →
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 →