What Göknur does

Göknur is a privately held Turkish organic farming company founded in 1993 and headquartered in Ankara. According to the available data, the company produces and supplies fresh fruits and vegetables along with downstream processed organic products including fruit puree, natural fruit flavors, and fruit juices. The firm employs between 251 and 500 people, suggesting an established mid-sized operation with significant agricultural and processing capacity rather than a startup-scale venture.

The company's product mix spans the full organic produce value chain — from raw fresh produce to processed ingredients (purees, natural flavors) and finished beverages (juices). This vertical scope positions Göknur as a supplier to both retail fresh-produce channels and B2B food and beverage manufacturers that require certified organic inputs. No specific distribution model, pricing structure, or proprietary technology was disclosed in the available data.

Göknur remains privately held and has not undergone an IPO. Founder Osman Aslanali continues to serve as Founder & CEO (also designated as GM & Partner), indicating concentrated founder control. A single documented funding event in January 2012 involved Saudi Venture Capital as an investor, suggesting some cross-border Gulf capital interest. Reported financial figures in the input appear to be denominated in Turkish Lira rather than USD as labeled, with substantial nominal volatility year-over-year; however, no audited USD-converted revenue, EBITDA, or net income figures were available for reliable triangulation.

Name

Göknur

Website

https://goknur.com.tr

Company type

Private

Founded year

1993

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Short description

Göknur is a privately held Turkish organic farming company, founded in 1993 and headquartered in Ankara, that produces fresh fruits and vegetables, fruit puree, natural fruit flavors, and fruit juices for food and beverage customers.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Organic Processed Fruit Products

NAICS

Dried and Dehydrated Food Manufacturing (311423), Fruit and Vegetable Retailers (445230)

SIC

Canned, Frozen & Preservd Fruit, Veg & Food Specialties (2030), Food And Kindred Products (2000)

akta.pro primary industry

Organic Sugar & Starch Crop Farming (Sugar Crops, Starch Potatoes) (AFAGAKAH)

akta.pro secondary industry

Specialty & Gourmet Foods Distribution (CRAOABAF)

Keywords

• Organic fruit production
• Fresh fruit juices
• Fruit puree manufacturing
• Natural flavor ingredients
• Agricultural food products

Headquarters

HQ city

Ankara

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Personnel

Core offering

Göknur is an organic agriculture and food production company that cultivates fresh fruits and vegetables and processes them into fruit purees, natural fruit flavors, and packaged fruit juices. The company supplies these organic fruit-based ingredients and finished products to commercial buyers in the food and beverage industry from its base in Ankara, Turkey.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Fresh Fruits and Vegetables Fresh, organically grown fruits and vegetables produced by Göknur for commercial buyers such as food manufacturers, retailers, and distributors.
• Fruit Puree Processed fruit puree produced from organically grown fruit, intended as an ingredient input for food and beverage manufacturers and juice producers.
• Natural Fruit Flavor Natural fruit flavor ingredients derived from organic fruit sources, supplied as flavoring inputs for food, beverage, and allied manufacturers.
• Fruit Juices Packaged fruit juices produced from organically grown fruit, sold as a finished beverage product through commercial distribution channels.

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Recent moves1 record

Expansion highlights1 record

Direct peers

• SunOpta: North American producer of organic fruit, plant-based ingredients, and fruit purees/concentrates. Strong comparable on organic sourcing, ingredient formats, and B2B customer base — directly mirrors Göknur's organic farming + ingredient processing model.
• Döhler: One of the world's largest processors of fruit-based ingredients including juices, purees, and flavors for the F&B industry. Direct comparable to Göknur as a vertically integrated fruit-ingredients processor with B2B focus; differs only in scale and European headquarters versus Göknur's Turkish operational base.
• Citrosuco: Global leader in orange juice and citrus-based ingredient production with integrated orange grove operations. Directly comparable to Göknur's combination of upstream farming and downstream processing into juice/puree ingredients for B2B customers.
• SVZ Industrial: European processor of fruit and vegetable purees, concentrates, and ingredients for B2B applications. Directly overlaps with Göknur's puree and natural-flavor product lines as a specialist juice/puree ingredient supplier.
• AGRANA Group: Austrian food ingredients group with a Fruit segment producing fruit preparations, fruit juice concentrates, and flavors. Highly comparable to Göknur's puree/juice/flavor ingredient offering and B2B go-to-market with multinational F&B customers.

Regional players

• Probis Tarım: Turkey-based frozen fruit and produce processor serving export markets. Comparable to Göknur's Turkish-origin fruit ingredient value chain with adjacent (frozen rather than liquid) processing activity targeting similar B2B customers.
• Ceress (Meyveler): Turkey-based processed fruit, fruit juice, and fruit-ingredient producer. Regional comparable to Göknur operating in the same country with overlapping product categories and likely competing for the same Turkish ag inputs and export customers.
• Elvin Gıda: Turkish producer of fruit juices, concentrates, and related fruit-based ingredients. Direct regional comparable operating in the same country with overlapping product mix and customer base for both domestic and export fruit-ingredient markets.

Others

• İçim (Ak Gıda): Major Turkish dairy and beverage company producing fruit-based drinks and dairy-fruit products. Indirectly comparable as a fellow Turkish branded F&B producer that sources fruit ingredients and competes for similar distribution and consumer mind-share in Turkey.

Broad incumbents

• Refresco Group: World's largest independent beverage co-packer with significant fruit-juice production capacity. Overlaps with Göknur on the fruit-juice side but operates as a much broader, pan-European/NA contracted beverage supplier rather than a specialized organic purees/flavors player.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors1 record

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M&A

Investments

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