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Chocolate and confectionery supplier for supermarket chains.

Filled bars and tablets, dragées, spreads and Turkish delight, produced to order in our Gaziantep plant and shipped by the full container or truck. This page sets out what a category buyer needs before a listing decision: formats, pallet plans, labelling, lead time and private label terms.

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Shelf formats

Formats that fit a confectionery aisle.

The range covers bars, tablets, dragées, jars and Turkish delight. Every item is made after your order is confirmed, not taken from stock.

  • Filled tablets and bars in 35 g, 95 g and 100 g formats, including the pistachio cream and kadayif bar in the "Dubai" style. See chocolate.
  • Figure chocolates and chocolate cups for seasonal and impulse space.
  • Chocolate and sugar-coated dragées: almond, hazelnut and pistachio centres, plus freeze-dried strawberry and blackberry.
  • Turkish delight, classic and premium.
  • 30% pistachio spread and 13% hazelnut cocoa spread in 200 g and 300 g glass jars. See pistachio and regional.
  • Popping candy, cocoa-filled mini biscuits, caramels and jelly confectionery. See confectionery.

Compound (cocoa butter replacer) and real chocolate options depend on the product. The offer states clearly which one each item is, so your quality team and your shelf label say the same thing.

Pallets and containers

How a supermarket order is loaded.

You order by the full pallet and ship by the full container or truck. Items can be mixed in the same container; each pallet carries one product.

  • 20' HC container: 11 pallets. 40' HC container: 22 pallets. Truck: 30 pallets.
  • 95 g bar: 72 bars per carton (6.84 kg net), 90 cartons per pallet = 6,480 bars.
  • 100 g tablet: 40 tablets per carton, 126 cartons per pallet = 5,040 tablets.
  • 200 g jar: 12 jars per carton, 182 cartons per Euro pallet = 2,184 jars.
  • Bulk dragées: 6 × 3 kg = 18 kg per carton, 36 cartons per pallet.

The minimum is one full pallet per product. A first order can combine several bars, a dragée line and a spread on separate pallets in one container. The mixed container page shows how that is planned, and pallets lists the pallet data by item.

Prices are FOB Mersin in USD. If you want CIF to your port, tell us the destination and we calculate it in the offer. From the discharge port, onward transport is arranged by your forwarder.

Labelling

Destination-market labels, prepared before production.

Your market rules decide the label, so the label is prepared with you before the line runs.

  • EU labelling under Regulation 1169/2011, the FDA nutrition facts panel for the US, EAC for the Eurasian Economic Union, and other destination formats as required.
  • Allergen information follows our product sheet. The lines handle milk, soya and tree nuts, with allergen separation.
  • Each product carries a lot code and production date.
  • Artwork is approved in writing before printing.
Shelf life and transport

Shelf life is counted from production.

Chocolate products have a 12-month shelf life and spreads 24 months, both from the production date.

Transit time to your market comes out of that window, so plan your remaining shelf life at receipt with that in mind. Store at +4/+24 °C, dry. For summer shipments we recommend a refrigerated (reefer) container.

Private label

Your own brand on our products.

Many chains want a store brand. Private label terms depend on the packaging, not on the weight of chocolate.

  • Printing is done per packaging type, not per kilo of product.
  • Plastic packaging (flowpack, doypack, quatropack): the minimum is 1,000 kg of printed packaging material. That is roughly 250,000 units in doypack, or roughly 1,000,000 units in flowpack.
  • Products in printed carton boxes: roughly 100,000 units.
  • Packaging cost is added to the unit price. It is confirmed per unit once the packaging type and the design are fixed.
  • Label data comes from our product sheet. You approve the final artwork in writing before anything is printed.

If you want to test a line before committing to printed packaging, start with our own brand: one full pallet per product. Details are on the private label page.

Order flow

From your list to a loaded container.

A listing can move quickly once the format, label and pallet plan are agreed.

  1. Send your list

    Products, formats, destination and the volume you have in mind. You receive a written offer within two working days.

  2. Samples

    Samples are paid and the courier cost is yours. The sample amount is deducted from your first order. See samples.

  3. Label and pallet plan

    Destination-market label, artwork approval and the pallet plan for each item.

  4. Confirmation and payment

    50% by bank transfer at order confirmation, 50% before loading. We do not work with letters of credit or open account.

  5. Production and loading

    Production runs 4–6 weeks after confirmation and advance payment, then the container is loaded and the export documents are issued.

Questions

Questions from supermarket buyers

What is the minimum order for a supermarket listing?

One full pallet per product, shipped in a full 20' or 40' container or a truck. Items can be mixed in the container; each pallet holds one product.

Can you ship to our own distribution centre?

Our prices are FOB Mersin. CIF to your named port is calculated on request and shown in the offer.

Do you keep stock for repeat orders?

No. Everything is made to order, 4–6 weeks after confirmation and advance payment. Plan repeat orders around that lead time.

Is the chocolate real chocolate or compound?

It depends on the product. Both exist in the range, and the offer states which one each item is.

What is the minimum for a store brand?

For plastic packaging, 1,000 kg of printed packaging material: roughly 250,000 doypack units or roughly 1,000,000 flowpack units. For carton boxes, roughly 100,000 units. Packaging cost is added to the unit price.

Send your category list.

Tell us the products, formats and destination. The written offer comes within two working days, with the pallet plan and lead time for each item. The 2026 catalogue lists the full range.

How an order runs   Write to export@antepfoods.com