Your Contract Manufacturing and Packaging Solutions for Olive Products
Olives, the indispensable symbol of the Mediterranean diet and Turkish cuisine, have a wide range of uses from breakfast tables to salads, appetizers to main dishes. With various types such as black olives, green olives, cracked olives, or stuffed olives, they appeal to consumers’ palates. The quality of olives is directly related to proper harvesting, meticulous processing, ideal fermentation, and hygienic packaging processes.
At Ontad, we bring your brand’s unique olive products to life with the highest quality and food safety standards through a contract manufacturing model. With our modern facilities, our expertise in olive processing, and our meticulous quality control processes, we produce delicious and reliable olives that will reach tables under your brand name.
Ontad’s Expertise and Quality Control in Olive Production
In olive production, debittering the product, achieving the ideal taste and consistency, and extending shelf life are of great importance. Ontad’s production process is built on an infrastructure that can manage these sensitivities:
- Raw Material Selection: The olives used in our production are sourced from Turkey’s leading olive growing regions, carefully selected as the freshest and highest quality at harvest time. Every batch of olives undergoes detailed quality control as soon as it arrives at our facility.
- Natural Processing and Fermentation: Olives are processed according to their type (black, green, cracked, etc.) using a combination of traditional and modern methods. Fermentation processes are carried out in controlled tanks and hygienic conditions to preserve the product’s natural flavor and nutritional values.
- Laboratory Analyses and Quality Assurance: Every stage of production and finished products undergo comprehensive analyses in our advanced laboratory:
- Salt Content Measurement: The salt content, critical for the olive’s taste and shelf life, is continuously monitored with precise instruments.
- pH and Acidity Analysis: pH and acidity levels, which determine the olive’s fermentation process and stability, are meticulously monitored.
- Sensory Analysis: Products are evaluated by expert panelists for sensory characteristics such as consistency, color, smell, and taste.
- Microbiological Analyses: Rigorous tests are applied to ensure that the products are completely safe for human health.
- Hygienic Production and Packaging Conditions: Our facilities operate in full compliance with international food safety and ethical trade certifications such as BRCGS, IFS, KOSHER, HALAL, and SEDEX. Our processing, filling, and packaging lines are designed to prevent cross-contamination and maximize the product’s shelf life.
Advantages of Contract Olive Production
The contract olive production and packaging model provides many strategic advantages for your brand:
- Low Investment Cost: You can market your own products without investing in high-cost olive processing and packaging facilities.
- Wide Product Range: You can easily add different varieties such as black olives (dry-cured, brined), green olives (cracked, scratched, cocktail), stuffed olives (with pepper, with almond), and olive paste to your portfolio.
- Scalable Production: You can start with a small batch and rapidly increase your production according to market demand.
- Private Labeling and Packaging: We deliver your products packaged under your own brand, with your desired weight and packaging type (glass jars, vacuum bags, tin cans, etc.).
Ontad stands by all brands looking for reliable, high-quality, and innovative solutions in the olive market.
Which olive varieties would you like to bring to life for your brand? Tell us about your project, and together we will produce the most delicious olives.