373 food & beverage manufacturers, ready to approach
The Food & beverage file brings together the sector's producers and contract manufacturers across the three countries (Bulgaria, Romania, Turkey) : sunflower oil mills, honey houses, canneries, wineries and distilleries, roasters, dried-fruit and confectionery workshops. Each is registered with an official registry, with its public contact details and a confidence score. You target one universe, whatever the country.
We are a firm based in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, since 2018, in daily contact with online sellers launching and importing their own fine-food, beverage or supplement brand. This directory extends that work : it was built by cross-checking the official trade registries of Bulgaria, Romania and Turkey, keeping only genuinely registered producers, then removing dead websites and personal email addresses (GDPR compliance). You are not paying for a raw export, but for a cleaned, structured and scored database. Last compiled from the official registries : 2026.
Every record is designed to move you straight into action :
What each record contains
Legal name and local name, official registration number (EIK in Bulgaria, CUI in Romania, MERSIS in Turkey), universe, category and sub-segment, region and city, products, white-label capability, headcount, year founded, website, generic email and phone when public, notes and sources.
A spreadsheet ready to run
Built-in tracking columns (My status, Priority, Contacted on, Follow up on, My notes) with drop-down menus and colour coding : your directory becomes a mini prospecting CRM, filterable by country, city or universe.
Every supplier is a full record, with up to 24 fields per record. Here is a sample record (data redacted) :
Illustrative preview (data redacted). Each record has up to 24 fields plus 5 tracking columns. The real contact details are in the file delivered to buyers, never on this page. The Food & beverage file brings together the 373 manufacturers of the sector across the three countries.
Each row is a manufacturer from the Food & beverage file : 24 fields per record plus 5 tracking columns. Contact details masked here, complete in the delivered file.
We prefer fair expectations to a fine promise. The directory gives you qualified contacts to approach yourself, not a guarantee of an order :
- Non-exhaustive list : the directory is a qualified selection, not a census of every manufacturer. We list those we have identified and cross-checked against the official registries, and we enrich it regularly ; the absence of a specific company is therefore not a flaw in the file ;
- you contact the suppliers directly, with no intermediary and no commission ;
- responsiveness and terms (MOQ, prices, lead times) belong to each manufacturer and vary ;
- it is a digital file delivered immediately : by ticking the consent box at checkout, you request immediate delivery and expressly waive the 14-day right of withdrawal (digital content) ;
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Food & beverages
The Food & beverage directory: 373 food manufacturers (oil, wine, honey, hazelnut, dried fruits, cured meats) across Bulgaria, Romania and Turkey, to approach directly.
- 373 manufacturers cross-checked against the official registries, 3 countries (Bulgaria, Romania, Turkey)
- Key standards per record: HACCP 852/2004, IFS/BRCGS, food contact 1935/2004
- White-label capability, indicative MOQ and confidence score
A whole country
All the manufacturers in one country, across all categories.
- Bulgaria 835 · Romania 557 · Turkey 629
- Ideal if you're targeting one market
- All categories included
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Food & beverage in Eastern Europe and Turkey : the landscape
Launching a grocery or beverage brand increasingly runs through outsourcing : you hand your recipe to a private-label contract manufacturer or a packer, who bottles, jars, bags or cans it under your brand. On this ground, the three countries complement one another. Bulgaria brings a dense terroir (sunflower oil, yoghurt, wine, honey) and costs among the lowest in the Union. Romania adds rare-varietal wines, honey and mineral waters. Turkey crushes the competition on hazelnut, dried fruits, spices and confectionery. What matters most is not the price of the jar, but food safety and labelling : food compliance decides whether you can sell at all. The PGI and PDO dimension matters just as much : a protected geographical indication (Sibiu Salami, Bulgarian rose oil) is a powerful marketing asset, but its use is strictly regulated and cannot be improvised.
Country by countryFood in Bulgaria : terroir at a controlled cost
Bulgaria is the heart of this trio, with 180 listed producers. The country lives off its land : refined sunflower oil around Dobrich (Kaliakra, Oliva) stocks grocery shelves, while the famous Bulgarian yoghurt, cultured with Lactobacillus bulgaricus and developed by the LB Bulgaricum institute, remains a mark of identity. On the wine side, the native Mavrud and Melnik varieties of the Thracian valley (Bessa Valley, Katarzyna) and fruit rakias make up a distinctive range of spirits. Add Strandzha honey and dried cured meats (lukanka, sudžuk from Gorna Oryahovitsa) and you have a complete terroir. The European Union already protects 54 Bulgarian wines and Kazanlak rose oil with a PGI or PDO. Producers cluster around Sofia, Plovdiv and Stara Zagora, and meet at the Interfood & Drink (Sofia) and Vinaria (Plovdiv) trade fairs. One pitfall to know : Bulgarian yoghurt and brined white cheese are the subject of a PGI application filed back in 2023, but it has not yet been granted ; do not present it as a done deal. Find oil mills, honey houses and wineries among the Bulgarian suppliers in the directory.
Food in Romania : varietal wines and honey
Romania, with 95 listed producers, shines above all for its native-varietal wines : Fetească Neagră in red, Grasă de Cotnari as a sweet white, carried by houses such as Recaș, Jidvei and Cotnari. An important caveat : the sector exports only about 4 % of its output, a sign of a still immature export chain ; expect heavier logistics and administrative support than with a seasoned exporter. The country is, however, a heavyweight in honey (Apidava, in Blaj, among the largest in Europe), sunflower oil (Bunge, Expur), mineral waters (Borsec, Dorna, Aqua Carpatica) and spirits (Alexandrion, plum țuică and pălincă). Its industrial cured meats (Cris-Tim, Caroli) supply the whole region. Romania has two strong, recognisable PGIs : Sibiu Salami and Topoloveni Plum Magiun (a no-added-sugar plum spread). Producers gravitate around București and Buzău, band together within ROMALIMENTA and exhibit at the INDAGRA trade fair. See the Romanian suppliers in the directory.
Food in Turkey : hazelnut, dried fruits and confectionery
Turkey, with 98 listed producers, plays in another volume league. It is the world's leading hazelnut producer, grown on the Black Sea coast (Ordu, Giresun, Trabzon) : a strategic raw material for spreads and confectionery. Gaziantep is the capital of pistachio, baklava and spices ; the Aegean region (İzmir, Manisa) and Malatya supply olive oil, figs, raisins and dried apricots. Add confectionery and lokum (Turkish delight), and the breadth of range becomes unbeatable. Turkish manufacturers master the export certifications (ISO 22000, BRCGS, IFS, Halal, EU organic). But beware the customs pitfall specific to food : unlike industrial goods, raw Turkish agricultural products are not covered by the A.TR certificate of the customs union. On import into the EU they therefore incur customs duties and sanitary checks at the border control post (BCP) ; never count on a « 0 % duty » for raw honey, dried fruits or oil coming from Turkey. Explore these manufacturers via the suppliers in Turkey.
To launch a food brand : Turkey for hazelnut, dried fruits and confectionery in large volumes, Bulgaria for sunflower oil, terroir wine and honey at a controlled cost, Romania for native-varietal wines and mineral waters. In all three cases, food safety (HACCP) and European nutrition labelling remain your responsibility.
Food standards : legal requirement or retailer standard ?
Food is a heavily regulated sector, but you must distinguish what is a legal requirement from what is a private or large-retail standard. The legal requirements, to sell in the Union whatever the country of manufacture :
- a food-safety management plan based on the HACCP method, required of every food business operator by Regulation (EC) No 852/2004 ;
- food-contact materials compliant with Regulation (EC) No 1935/2004 for any packaging (jar, bottle, film, cap, glass jar) ;
- a « Novel Food » authorisation (Regulation (EU) 2015/2283) for any ingredient without a significant history of consumption in the EU before 1997 (certain plant extracts, novel proteins, insects) ;
- organic certification by an accredited body (Regulation (EU) 2018/848) as soon as you claim the « organic » label : the term is protected and cannot be used freely.
Alongside these are voluntary or retailer-required standards (not law, but often essential to get a product listed) : the international ISO 22000 standard and its FSSC 22000 variant ; the IFS Food and BRCGS schemes, demanded by European large retail, without which getting onto the shelf is hard ; and Halal certification, particularly relevant for Turkish products. A good Bulgarian, Romanian or Turkish contract manufacturer will show you its HACCP plan and often an IFS or BRCGS certificate ; it is up to you to require the packaging's food-contact declaration of compliance and to manage European labelling (nutrition declaration, allergens, FIC Regulation 1169/2011).
On the groundMOQ, packaging and pitfalls to avoid
In food private label, minimum quantities depend above all on packaging : a wine or water bottler often thinks in pallets, a honey or dried-fruit packer can start lower, a cannery imposes its jar formats. These MOQs, like prices and lead times, are indicative and to be confirmed by quote. Three reflexes : require the HACCP plan and, for a shelf-bound product, an IFS or BRCGS certificate ; request the food-contact declaration of compliance (Reg. 1935/2004) for each package, with the migration report ; and check the reality of the claimed geographical indication. A producer selling its yoghurt as « PGI » while the Bulgarian application is still under review exposes you : always check the actual status of the quality mark in the Commission's eAmbrosia register before printing it on your label.
The natural next stepThe company that goes with your sourcing
Launching a food brand is not only about finding a packer : it is about importing, storing and invoicing cleanly within the Union. When you buy in Bulgaria or Romania and resell in the EU, having your own European company, with a VAT number (and an EORI to import from outside the EU, for example dried fruits from Turkey), simplifies the reverse charge on intra-EU VAT, the OSS declaration of your sales and the relationship with carriers.
That is exactly what Fenchell's Eurotrade pack does : a Bulgarian company you can run 100 % remotely, with corporate tax at 10 %, among the lowest in the EU, the VAT number, the EORI and the infrastructure that makes the whole thing genuinely manageable from anywhere. A European base consistent with European sourcing.
A grocery brand that has its goods packed in Bulgaria or bottled in Romania, and imports dried fruits from Turkey, needs a European structure to reverse-charge VAT, obtain an EORI and import cleanly. Bulgaria ticks these boxes with corporate tax among the lightest in the single market. See the guide : form a Bulgarian company remotely.
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The Eurotrade pack sets up your Bulgarian company remotely, with VAT, an EORI and infrastructure designed to run everything from home, from 890 €. The ideal tax base for European sourcing.
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General information current as of 14 July 2026, not constituting personalised legal, tax, customs or accounting advice. Minimum quantities, prices, lead times and logistics costs are indicative orders of magnitude, to be confirmed by quote with each supplier. Customs and tax regimes (the low-value consignment reform, the A.TR certificate, OSS/IOSS VAT thresholds) may change : always check the applicable texts and compliance (CE, sanitary, cosmetic) in the country of destination. Fenchell has no commercial affiliation with the vast majority of the manufacturers listed and receives no commission on your dealings with them. Fenchell Capital OOD, a Bulgarian firm based in Plovdiv (EIK 207945095).