Cargill brings its Cargill Gurme portfolio to IBAKTECH 2026

ISTANBUL, Türkiye, October 17, 2026—The 15th International Bread, Pastry, Ice Cream, Chocolate and Technologies Exhibition was held at the Istanbul Expo Center from October 14–17, 2026.

Bringing together key stakeholders from the worlds of bakery, pastry, chocolate and gastronomy, the exhibition saw Cargill introduce its products and services for professional kitchens for the first time under the Cargill Gurme umbrella. With products across the oil, chocolate, cocoa, starch and cream categories, Cargill Gurme offers not only a broad product portfolio but also a holistic approach to meeting businesses’ diverse needs.

“A solution partner that creates value for customers”

Speaking about Cargill Gurme’s first introduction to professional kitchens at IBAKTECH 2026, Cenk Erkan, Cargill Food Middle East, Türkiye and Africa Senior Sales Director said: “With Cargill Gurme, we aim to bring our strong brands across different categories together under one roof while offering our customers a more holistic value proposition. From Turyağ to Vanova and Veliche, and from Proverse Selection to Gerkens, our portfolio enables us to provide one-stop solutions for the diverse needs of professional kitchens. Our goal is not simply to be a product supplier, but to be a solution partner that understands our customers’ needs, supports them with its expertise and grows together with them. The strong interest we witnessed at IBAKTECH demonstrated that this approach also resonates with the industry.”

 

Chocolate expertise with Vanova and Veliche

Chocolate was among the leading categories showcased at the exhibition. Premium couverture chocolate Vanova® and Belgian chocolate Veliche™, both part of the Cargill Gurme portfolio, offered complementary solutions tailored to the diverse needs of professional kitchens.

Vanova offers a premium couverture chocolate rooted in Belgium’s chocolate heritage dating back to the 1880s, produced in Türkiye using Cargill’s global chocolate expertise and meeting the same standards as Belgian chocolate. Standing out with its balanced taste profile, high gloss, exceptional flavor, silky texture, refined aroma and consistent performance across a variety of applications, Vanova® supports chefs’ creativity in pastry, praline, moulding and gastronomy applications. Its portfolio, comprising Black Diamond 55 dark chocolate, Coral 35 milk chocolate and Pearl 29 white chocolate, caters to the diverse chocolate applications of professional kitchens.

Veliche™ brings Belgian chocolate expertise to chefs. Standing out for its high quality standards, excellent processing performance and consistent results in applications, the brand supports chefs in bringing their signature creations to life across pastry, chocolate-making and gastronomy. Its white chocolate varieties, particularly noted for their rich milky notes and balanced flavor profiles, attracted considerable interest from exhibition visitors. Veliche™ complements its Belgian chocolate expertise with inspiration and application support for chefs.

Italian expertise for professional kitchens with Proverse Selection

Proverse Selection, introduced for the first time at the exhibition, stood out with its premium product range developed to meet the diverse needs of professional kitchens. Produced in Italy and drawing on the knowledge and expertise of Italian gastronomy, the range offers professionals a wide variety of applications through its cooking sauce, liquid whipping cream and multipurpose cream products.

Combining rich flavor, consistency and performance through high fat content, Proverse Selection stands out as a reliable partner for chefs working under intense service demands and challenging kitchen conditions. Its stability in hot and cold applications, resistance to curdling and consistent results contribute to both operational efficiency and product quality.

Serving a wide range of applications, from pastry to gastronomy and from cooking sauces to decoration and filling solutions, Proverse Selection brings together performance, flexibility and ease of use in professional kitchens.

 

Modern solutions for traditional recipes from Turyağ

Turyağ® stood out at the exhibition with its solutions for traditional Turkish desserts and bakery applications. One of the highlights of its portfolio, Maestro Sadece, offers businesses a cost advantage while preserving the desired flavor profile in traditional desserts such as baklava. Thanks to its special formulation, which provides flexibility in recipes, the product supports professionals’ quality and efficiency expectations and attracted considerable interest from exhibition visitors. Turyağ also presented NTY, one of Türkiye’s leading börek fats, T-Özel and Âlâ, preferred for general pastry applications, as well as Maestro Efe, developed for boyoz and other laminated pastry products, to industry professionals.

 

Added value for businesses with Cargill Gurme Club

In addition to its product and brand portfolio, Cargill also introduced its Cargill Gurme Club loyalty program at the exhibition. Businesses can register via www.cargillgurmeclub.com.tr and start earning points from their very first purchase through authorized dealers. The program offers various benefits not only to businesses but also to the chefs registered in the system by those businesses. By bringing purchases across different product categories together under one roof, it also provides additional value.