Spices for world cuisine are from Turkey

Turkish spices flavored thousands of dishes cooked in world cuisines. The Turkish spice industry aims to export 250 million dollars by the end of 2024. Spice consumption is increasing day by day around the world, as spices add flavor to all kinds of dishes, especially meat, fish, chicken, pasta, vegetables, legumes, bakery products and desserts, and reduce the use of salt. Stating that Turkey is one of the world's important spice suppliers, Muhammet Öztürk, President of the Aegean Cereals, Pulses, Oilseeds and Products Exporters Association, said that we are the world leader in bay and thyme; He noted that they export spices such as sage, cumin, black pepper, red pepper, sweet pepper, allspice, vanilla, cinnamon, clove, sumac, rosemary, mahlep, black cumin, fenugreek, curry, turmeric, saffron, ginger, cumin, coriander and fennel. Öztürk gave the information that 74 million dollars of Turkey's 113 million dollars of spice exports in the first half of 2024 were realized from the ...