About Us

The sweet journey of Elvan Gıda, which started in 1952 in a confectionery shop in Istanbul, has now transformed into an international identity with 6 factories domestically and 2 abroad, along with approximately 3500 employees. Alongside its expanding product range, Elvan Gıda has become a group of companies with Cici Chocolate, Cicisüt, Intersweet, Element, and Ahmet Hamdi Makine companies.

Intersweet, a subsidiary of the Elvan Group, is the 5th largest exporter in the industry in Turkey with its exports to over 145 countries on 5 continents and an annual turnover approaching 350 million USD. Element Gıda company within the group provides raw material supply; Cici Süt company is responsible for condensed milk and milk powder production; and Ahmet Hamdi Makine company focuses on developing new technologies needed for production.

The Elvan Group, with its brands Cici, Elvan, and Cicisüt, continues to expand its product category with new investments made every day in cake, croissant, sugar, jelly candy, chocolate, wafer, bar, milk powder, and condensed milk product lines. Cici Çikolata San. ve Ticaret A.Ş., which joined the Elvan Group in 2010, was selected as the 3rd fastest-growing company in Turkey in 2013 with a growth rate of 1856%.

With the establishment of its Research and Development Center in 2012, Elvan experienced the pride of establishing the first Research and Development Center in the food sector in Turkey. Elvan Gıda, entering the "Global 100" list prepared annually by Candy Industry and ranking 81st in 2013, has brought its success in the industry to the international platform; also included in the Turquality brand support program, aimed at creating global brands from Turkey.

History:
The foundation of Elvan, the flagship brand of the Elvan Group, was laid in 1952 in a small confectionery shop in Zeytinburnu, Istanbul. This small shop, opened by chocolate master Ahmet Hamdi Kadiroğlu and his son Mustafa, who had been selling candy on trains since a young age, quickly grew with the combination of expertise in production and sales: First, it became a workshop, then a chain of factories. Producing a wide range of products from chocolate to wafers, jelly candies to croissants, and selling them worldwide, Elvan continues its determined journey towards the top ranks in the Global 100, which ranks the world's leading confectionery companies.

Mission & Vision
Our mission is to meet the changing consumer trends by offering innovative products from R&D to production and sales points with high standards at affordable prices, ensuring that everyone can reach deliciousness. Elvan exists in all markets to make taste and quality easily accessible to everyone, especially those from middle and lower socioeconomic levels.

Our vision is to reach a turnover of 1 billion USD as a globally competitive and well-liked world brand in the sectors it operates, by preserving its corporate heritage and culture, growing steadily and continuously increasing its value by 2023.

Core Values
With over half a century of experience, Elvan continues to grow and develop in Turkey and around the world. It is possible to summarize the corporate values of our company, which rejuvenates as it grows and focuses on larger goals, as follows:

Emotional Stability: Elvan, as a general behavioral pattern, neither overly opens up when the market is good nor becomes pessimistic and closes up when it's bad. It always maintained the caution that things would turn bad after a while when the overall economy is good and the optimism that things would improve in the future during crises. This approach provided Emotional Stability at Elvan.

Growth with Equity: Elvan, with emotional stability, protected itself from virtual growth and strengthened its equity. It received the reward for this, especially during crisis periods. While competitors were shrinking during crisis moments, Elvan recorded growth rates of up to 35% with its equity-based structure.

Focus on Innovation: Elvan was deemed appropriate to be granted an R&D Center Certificate by the Evaluation and Audit Commission of the Ministry of Science, Industry and Technology in a decision taken at the meeting held on 27.09.2012. Thus, Elvan also received the title of the first company to establish an R&D Center in its sector. With this center focusing on innovation and innovation, Elvan saw the rewards with increased customer satisfaction and rapid growth. Being awarded the Innovation Award by the Istanbul Chamber of Industry (ISO) in 2013 confirmed that it was on the right path.