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  1. THEMAZI

    Turkey

    We are a family-run business, established in the 1950s and based in the east of Turkey. We produce a range of natural dye and tannin sources, all grown and harvested nearby by local workers. All our products are from sustainable sources, grown locally, and indigenous to the area. Our products are environmentally friendly, as our planting and harvesting methods take account of respect for the land and the ecology of the plants and insects around us. We work with local people to obtain our dyestuffs, to enable them to earn from the plants on their land, and to protect these species. Oak Gallnut was our first product. Our gallnuts are Quercus Infectoria, which have a higher tannin content than other oak galls. Tannin content is important because it helps produce brighter and more colorfast outcomes with natural dyes. Every summer we collect the gallnuts from our oak forests. The gallnuts are made by a type of wasp and act as protection for the wasp larvae until they hatch, so it is important that we harvest at the right time of year to allow the life cycle of the wasp to be complete. To make doubly sure all the insects have left the galls, once picked, the gallnuts are left outside for at least two months before grinding and packaging. As our business has developed, supplying natural dyers and botanical printers worldwide, we have added to our range of products, all of which are grown here and collected by locals. As well as powdered and whole oak gallnuts...

  2. KAREKS IMPORT EXPORT & TRADING CO.LTD.

    Turkey

    Kareks specialized in producing and exporting individual ingredients for fruit & herbal tea mainly dried orange-lemon peels and other citrus peels, dried apples, dried licorice root products and aromatic-medicinal herbs to world since 1996. Kareks is the pioneering exporter of the dried citrus peels , dried apples and licorice roots in Turkey with annual exporting capacity of 800 metric tons of dried ingredients in total. We supply dried ingredients to B2B market which have conformity with EU and US regulations in terms of pesticides and Ochratoxin A (OTA). Kareks is the most preferred dried ingredient supplier of the fruit/herbal tea companies and also working with many spice, botanicals, nutraceuticals and pharmaceuticals companies. Additionally, our company is the only company in Turkey that offers dried small unripe oranges and grapefruits to be used as raw material in the extraction of hesperidin and naringin.