Production
Our production technologies are continuously monitored and updated.
BALSU, offering high-quality natural and processed hazelnuts both domestically and internationally, is one of the world's largest and best-known hazelnut suppliers. BALSU provides its customers with premium products, meticulously selected from orchards across Turkey and processed using state-of-the-art technology, under the management of experienced and expert personnel.
Located in Hendek district of Sakarya, the BALSU factory is one of the most advanced facilities in its sector with its climate-controlled warehouses, high-capacity silos, cold storage facilities, and advanced processing machinery. BALSU facilities have a daily capacity of cracking more than 800 tons of shelled hazelnuts and processing a total of 460 tons of hazelnut kernels.
Our production infrastructure is supported by automation systems and advanced quality control points. This ensures that every product we offer our customers meets and exceeds international standards in terms of both food safety and consistency.
Quality
At BALSU, quality isn't controlled, it's produced.
At BALSU, we believe in quality production, not just quality control. To realize this philosophy, which is ingrained in our corporate culture, we design our products to be of high quality and reliable from cultivation in the hazelnut orchards to delivery.
Our design and engineering marvel of a manufacturing facility combines cutting-edge technology with years of accumulated technical expertise to guarantee the consistency of our production quality and processing standards. This allows us to not only meet our customers' expectations, but exceed them.
Our products are certified with BRCGS, IFS, and other quality assurance certificates. Our “Quality Assurance and Food Safety Management Program,” rigorously implemented by our quality department, guarantees compliance with international certification standards and the sustainability of our superior quality, which even surpasses them.
BALSU products are the first in the industry to be certified by various quality control certificates:
Supply Chain management
One of the World's Leading Hazelnut Processors Today
With the goal of creating the highest possible added value in hazelnuts, BALSU bridges the gap between the global industry and hazelnut orchards, serving its customers with a unique and original supply chain. It manages hazelnut supply operations throughout the Black Sea Region, stretching from Kocaeli to Artvin.
BALSU employs highly qualified hazelnut experts in the sector to provide superior quality service and to ensure that each type of hazelnut received is correctly categorized. With two separate logistics centers in Hendek and Ordu, BALSU has the capacity to reach all shelled hazelnuts in the region through its network of over 200 select and diversified suppliers.
To ensure sustainable and efficient production for hazelnut growers, the company employs numerous agricultural engineers. It is also taking steps to map its supply chain to increase traceability and allow customers to observe the entire process, all the way back to their hazelnut orchards.
BALSU aims to access hazelnuts at their source, ensure sustainability and full traceability, and maintain direct contact with producers. As part of this, its shop in Akçakoca has been providing service since 2022.
