Marmarabirlik Kuru Sele

Product and Category

Marmarabirlik Kuru Sele is a packaged table olive product (labelled in Turkish as "Kurutulmuş Doğal Salamura Siyah Zeytin"), sold under the Marmarabirlik brand and presented as dried / brine‑cured black olives in a plastic tub. (marmarabirlik.com.tr)

Manufacturing and Origin

The product is manufactured and packaged by Marmarabirlik in Turkey; Marmarabirlik operates integrated olive processing and packing facilities in the Marmara region with its administrative headquarters in Nilüfer, Bursa. (en.marmarabirlik.com.tr)

Brand, Ownership and Background

Marmarabirlik (S.S. Marmara Zeytin Tarım Satış Kooperatifleri Birliği) is a cooperative union established in the 1950s to serve regional olive producers; the union itself is the brand owner and continues to operate as a cooperative organization representing member growers (i.e., the brand is owned by the cooperative rather than a private multinational). (en.wikipedia.org)