Tat Gıda Opens New R&D Center

Tat Gıda Sanayi A.Ş announced the launch of its research and development center by receiving an R&D Center Certificate from the Ministry of Science, Industry and Technology, unveiling the facility through a conference titled "From Seed to Future." Tat Gıda's Seed R&D Center, which aims to embed innovation into organizational culture and ensure its sustainability, will continue its work under food, agriculture, technology, packaging, consumer and nutrition headings through university collaborations and expert academics in the field.

Expert Teams

At the first scientific gathering conference discussing the future of food from seed to table, emphasis was placed on the fact that the future food sector will consist of knowledge-based products. The conference brought together expert academics from leading universities in the field from Zurich, Netherlands, Turkey and Italy, and participants explained how food research that will shape the future across all processes from farm to table is influenced by consumer trends. In addition to scientific explanations of gut-brain interaction described as the second brain, the effects of nutrition on quality of life and health, the application of alternative technologies in food production processes to foods, and the fact that food packaging is shaped according to consumer needs and carries many functions beyond packaging function, it was emphasized that packaging is an integral part of the food production process. The R&D Center, which will continue its science-based activities with an academy structure including expert academics from leading universities in the field both abroad and domestically, employs doctoral and master's degree engineers, science graduates, food vocational school educated personnel along with technology specialists. In addition to expanding university collaborations, increasing collaborative projects and developing innovative products, the Seed R&D Center aims to develop products and processes that add value to consumers and make a difference by understanding consumer needs and expectations and providing an environment for the development of innovative ideas and projects through strong collaborations.  

Arzu Aslan Kesimer: "We Will Manage the Future"

Tat Gıda Chief Executive Officer Arzu Aslan Kesimer, who said that designing the future is very important because we have been managing change for years, stated: "Just as we drive a car without thinking, we also manage change without thinking. Managing change is now routine; what is now a priority is managing the future. To manage the future, we saw it necessary to establish a Scientific Board consisting of very valuable scientists. It is high time to start thinking about how Generation Z, which wants everything 'now' and 'immediately,' will be fed in the future and in what packaging they will want snacks," she said. Kesimer continued: "As Tat Gıda, which houses three established brands under its roof and works to provide healthy, delicious and reliable products to hundreds of thousands of kitchens it enters every day, we are a company that questions itself at every opportunity to understand how we can do our work better at every step and make our consumers happier. To avoid being crushed under change, we need to manage it. This happens by understanding the world, keeping up with the times and changing. We established our Seed R&D Center precisely for this purpose. This center was designed as a center that will contribute to the development of the sector."