Eker

What Eker does

Eker Süt Ürünleri is a family-controlled Turkish dairy manufacturer founded in 1977 in Bursa, currently led by second-generation siblings Ahmet Eker and Nevra Eker with French dairy group Andros holding a minority stake acquired in 2006. The company operates a 120-dönüm (~30 acres) production facility in Mustafakemalpaşa with 39,000 m² of enclosed production area and an annual milk processing capacity of 250,000 tons (600 tons daily), utilizing a fully automated closed-circuit production system in which milk does not contact air, controlled by proprietary software managing tanks, valves, and pipelines. Its portfolio spans eleven product families including ayran (the flagship export product), kefir (including a functional Detox line), multiple yogurt formats, kashar and white cheese, kaymak (clotted cream), butter, traditional milk desserts, probiotic products, dip sauces, and the Kral Şakir children's sub-brand.

Eker serves two primary customer segments: B2B through a customer portal (portal.eker.com, launched 2016) reaching approximately 30,000 wholesalers, retailers, and HoReCa businesses via 46 distribution centers, and B2C through traditional Turkish retail plus an owned e-commerce channel at market.eker.com offering same-day factory-to-door delivery using the company's own refrigerated fleet, preserving cold-chain integrity without intermediaries. Revenue is generated principally through unit sales of packaged dairy products across domestic retail and 35 export markets (reached since 2020), with Eker holding the first Turkish license to export milk desserts and kaymak to the European Union (August 2020). The company has 2,200 employees as of 2025 and is financed through family equity, the Andros partnership, and operational cash flow, with no disclosed external funding rounds or public listing.

Name

Eker

Legal name

Eker Süt Ürünleri Gıda San. ve Ticaret A.Ş.

Website

https://eker.com.tr

Company type

Private

Founded year

1977

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1,001–5,000 employees

Short description

Eker is a Turkish family-controlled dairy manufacturer (founded 1977) producing ayran, kefir, yogurt, cheese, kaymak, butter, milk desserts, and probiotic products at a 250,000-ton-capacity facility in Bursa, distributing domestically through 46 centers and exporting to 35 countries.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Dairy Manufacturing

NAICS

Dairy Product Manufacturing (3115), Dairy Product (except Dried or Canned) Merchant Wholesalers (424430), Food Manufacturing (311)

SIC

Dairy Products (2020), Food And Kindred Products (2000), Wholesale-Groceries & Related Products (5140)

akta.pro primary industry

Yogurt & Cultured Dairy (Yogurt, Kefir, Sour Cream, Cottage Cheese) (CRADACAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Drinkable Yogurt & Kefir Manufacturing (AFAHADAC), Dairy Spreads, Dips & Cream Cheese Manufacturing (AFAKAKAL), Dairy-Based Beverage Wholesale (Milk Drinks, Yogurt Drinks) (AFAIAGAG), Religious & Cultural Foods Wholesale (Halal, Kosher, etc.) (AFAIAIAI)

Keywords

• Dairy manufacturing
• Fermented milk products
• Traditional Turkish dairy
• Milk desserts
• Cold chain distribution

Headquarters

HQ city

Bursa

Offices16 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Personnel, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Product Sales - Domestic: Sale of dairy products including kefir, ayran, yogurt, cheese, kaymak, butter, milk desserts, probiotic products, and dips through retail channels across Turkey via 46 distribution centers.
2. Product Sales - Export: Export of dairy products (ayran, kaymak, strained yogurt, desserts, cheese varieties) to 35 countries since 2020. First Turkish company to export milk desserts and kaymak to European Union since August 2020.
3. Direct-to-Consumer E-commerce: Online sales through market.eker.com with same-day factory-to-door delivery using company's own refrigerated vehicles.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Eker manufactures and distributes a full range of branded dairy products — ayran, kefir, yogurt varieties, kashar and white cheeses, kaymak, butter, traditional milk desserts, probiotic products and dip sauces — produced at a 250,000-ton-capacity automated facility in Mustafakemalpaşa, Bursa, and sold in Turkey through 46 regional distribution centers, an own refrigerated fleet, a B2B customer portal, and the market.eker.com e-commerce storefront, with exports to 35 countries.

Product overview

Eker Süt Ürünleri is a Turkish dairy and food company offering a diversified portfolio of dairy products organized into eleven product families: Kefir (fermented milk including functional Detox varieties), Ayran (traditional Turkish buttermilk, their flagship export product shipped to 35 countries), Yoğurt (yogurt ranging from premium Efsane to traditional Tava, pan-style, homogenized, cream-topped, and strained varieties), Kaşar (Kashar cheese including sliced, toast, and pizza formats), Peynir (white cheese, strained cheese, cream cheese, and labneh), Kaymak (clotted cream), Tereyağı (butter), Sütlü Tatlı (traditional Turkish milk-based desserts such as supangle, sütlaç, keşkül, and puddings; a pioneering category introduced in 2007 as Turkey's first traditional desserts produced in a dairy factory), Probiyotik Ailesi (probiotic yogurt line), Dip Cips Sos (dip chip sauces), and Kral Şakir (children's branded puddings and yogurts featuring the animated character). The company operates a B2B customer portal for order management. Production is centered at their 120-dönüm, 39,000 m² facility in Mustafakemalpaşa with an annual milk processing capacity of 250,000 tons, distributed through 46 distribution centers across Turkey using their own refrigerated fleet.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Kral Şakir: Children's branded product line featuring puddings and yogurts (e.g., Kral Şakir Chocolate Pudding, Kral Şakir Strawberry Yogurt).
• Eker Probiyotik
• Eker I Run
• Eker Spor Kulübü
• Olympos Regatta

Products and services

• Eker Ayran Traditional Turkish buttermilk drink and Eker's flagship export product, available in multiple formats including PET bottle (1500 ml, 1000 ml), glass bottle (330 ml), cup (295 ml, 270 ml, 200 ml, 170 ml, 150 ml), and Tombul (293 ml, 195 ml) formats.
• Eker Kefir Traditional fermented milk drink available in plain and flavored variants (strawberry, forest fruits, peach-apricot) in 200 ml and 1000 ml formats.
• Eker Detoks Kefir Functional kefir product line with detox formulations (carrot-turmeric-mandarin, green tea-apple, celery-banana-pineapple, beetroot-lemon-ginger) in 290 ml bottles.
• Eker Efsane Yoğurt Premium yogurt line positioned as Eker's legendary ("efsane") product, in 750 g and 350 g sizes.
• Eker Tava Yoğurt Traditional pan-style yogurt in Metal Tava (5 kg), Homojenize Tava (4.5 kg), standard Tava (1650 g), and Kaymaklı (cream-topped) variants.
• Eker Süzme Yoğurt Strained yogurt in 5 kg, 900 g, and 500 g sizes, including a Çinili ("tiled") variety in 10 kg format.
• Eker Homojenize Yoğurt Homogenized bowl-format yogurt in full-fat (200 g, 95 mm diameter) and standard (150 g, 65 mm diameter) sizes.
• Eker Kaymaklı Yoğurt Cream-topped yogurt available in 1000 g, 500 g, and 200 g (çömlek/pot) sizes.
• Eker Kaşar Peyniri Traditional Kashar cheese in block (400 g, 600 g), sliced breakfast (350 g, 1500 g), toast cheese slices (1500 g, 2000 g), pizza cubes (2000 g), buffet type (2000 g), pide bread cheese (2000 g), and larger formats up to 3000 g.
• Eker Dil Peyniri Sliced string (dilimli) string cheese in 200 g packaging.
• Eker Örgü Peyniri Braided (örgü) string cheese in 200 g packaging.
• Eker Beyaz Peynir White cheese in full-fat and half-fat varieties, classic and cultured formats, in 500 g, 1000 g, 4.5 kg, and 17 kg (large tin) sizes.
• Eker Süzme Peynir Strained cheese in 500 g packaging.
• Eker Labne Cream cheese (labneh) in 2750 g packaging for professional use.
• Eker Krem Peynir Cream cheese spread in 15 g single-serve packaging.
• Eker Kaymak Traditional Turkish clotted cream (kaymak) available in 100 g, 200 g, and 1000 g sizes.
• Eker Tereyağı Butter in 200 g, 400 g, 500 g, and 1000 g blocks plus 10 g picnic portions.
• Eker Sütlü Tatlı Traditional Turkish milk-based desserts — Supangle, Kazandibi, Sakızlı Muhallebi, Keşkül, Sütlaç, Tavukgöğsü, Profiterol — in 80-150 g servings, plus larger chocolate pudding and rice pudding options in 100-500 g sizes.
• Eker Çikolatalı Tatlı Chocolate-based milk desserts including Antep Fıstıklı (pistachio) and Fındıklı Karamelize Beyaz Çikolatalı (hazelnut caramelized white chocolate) varieties in 125 g portions.
• Eker Probiyotik Yoğurt Probiotic yogurt line with date-chia and fig-oat varieties (125 g), fruit-flavored variants with strawberry and forest fruits (400 g), and larger formats in 500 g, 900 g, and 4×100 g multipacks.
• Eker Dip Cips Sos Dip chip sauce line in Cheddar, tomato, spicy, and BBQ flavors, in 125 g packaging.
• Kral Şakir Children's Dairy Line Children's branded dairy range featuring the Kral Şakir (King Shakir) animated character, including chocolate pudding, banana pudding, strawberry yogurt, and peach-apricot yogurt in 65 g single-serve packages.
• Eker Müşteri Portalı (B2B Customer Portal) B2B ordering platform for wholesale and HoReCa customers, supporting online ordering, manual and automatic scheduled order creation, order history, account tracking, and online payment — serving approximately 30,000 B2B customers.

Quantifiable outcome

• 250,000 tons annual milk processing capacity
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered flagship and core.

• Andros (Fransa)flagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2006Partnership with French Andros company in 2006 increased production capacity and product variety. Through the know-how gained from Andros, Eker became the first in Turkey in 2007 to produce traditional milk desserts (supangle, sütlaç, kazandibi, keşkül) in a milk factory, creating a new market category.
• Tohum Otizm Vakfı (Tohum Autism Foundation)flagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerConsultancy partnership for 'Otizmli Bireyler İş Gücünde' (Autistic Individuals in Workforce) supported employment model. Eker implemented a job-coach supported employment model proving autistic individuals can work independently and productively in competitive employment when proper conditions and scientific methods are provided.
• Adım AdımcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with Turkey's largest charity running platform (100,000+ volunteers, 100+ NGOs). Eker contributes a portion of product sales to support Adım Adım's charity run platform. Platform has channeled over 250 million TL to NGOs with 400,000+ lives impacted since 2008.
• TAYK (Türkiye Açıkdeniz Yarış Kulübü)flagshipGTM or Marketing Partner13-year partnership as main sponsor of TAYK Eker Olympos Regatta, one of Turkey's most prestigious sailing festivals. Partnership includes Turkish Sailing Federation collaboration. 2024 event transformed into a sailing festival with multiple race classes.
• Türkiye Yelken Federasyonu (Turkish Sailing Federation)coreGTM or Marketing PartnerCollaborative partner in organizing TAYK Eker Olympos Regatta sailing competitions.
• UN Women (Kadının Güçlenmesi Prensipleri / WEPs)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSignatory to UN Women Empowerment Principles (WEPs) since 2016, committing to gender equality in the workplace. Eker promotes women's economic participation and empowerment across all sectors and levels.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves15 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Arla Foods: European dairy cooperative with strong presence in cheese, butter, milk, and yogurt. Competes with Eker's EU-bound exports and in functional dairy/probiotic categories.
• Lactalis: World's largest dairy group; competes with Eker in cheese, butter, and milk-based desserts across European and MENA export markets where Eker has built its 35-country presence.
• Müller (Unternehmensgruppe Theo Müller): German dairy group with leading positions in yogurt, desserts, and chilled dairy in Europe; competes with Eker in EU dairy dessert and yogurt export markets.
• Danone Türkiye: Subsidiary of global dairy and plant-based major Danone; competes with Eker in yogurt, ayran, kefir, and probiotic dairy in Turkey, with deeper functional-nutrition R&D and international brand reach.

Direct peers

• İçim: Major Turkish dairy brand (milk, yogurt, ayran, cheese, kefir, desserts) widely distributed in retail. Competes head-to-head with Eker in ayran, yogurt, and milk dessert categories.
• SEK (Süt Endüstrisi Kurumu): Long-established Turkish dairy processor offering milk, yogurt, cheese, ayran, and butter through retail and HoReCa. Competes with Eker in commodity dairy and ayran categories domestically.
• Pınar Süt: Flagship dairy brand of Yaşar Holding, producing milk, yogurt, cheese, ayran, kefir, and desserts across Turkey. Direct competitor in nearly every category Eker serves, with broader scale and multi-category brand portfolio.
• Sütaş: Turkey's largest integrated dairy producer (milk, yogurt, cheese, ayran, kefir, desserts, juices). Closest direct peer to Eker across the same core dairy categories and Turkish retail and HoReCa channels.
• Yörükoğlu Süt Ürünleri: Turkish regional dairy producer (milk, yogurt, cheese, ayran, kefir, butter) with strong Aegean/Marmara presence. Direct competitor to Eker, particularly in western Turkey and traditional dairy SKUs.
• Akçiçek / Aknur: Turkish cheese-focused dairy producer (white cheese, kaşar, labneh) competing with Eker's cheese portfolio domestically and through food-service channels.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCyHZlTeRN4_BRmhJtp3TR9w
• Facebookfacebook.com/ekersuturunleri
• LinkedIntr.linkedin.com/company/ekersuturunleri
• Instagraminstagram.com/ekersuturunleri

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

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