Turkish flour not toxic claims Philippines importers

In   earlier  post   we had news  from Philippines  that  flour imported from Turkey are contaminated and not fit for bakery products . Now Importers have come into defence  of imported wheat flour which are cheaper than wheat flour from other companies . Government has constituted an inquiry on the claims .

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Imported Turkish wheat flour is P150 to P180 cheaper than the locally milled flour and is becoming popular among bread and noodle makers in the country, thus is posing a big threat to the local flour millers, who are importing more expensive wheat from the US.




This was the assessment of Ernesto Chua Co Kiong, executive vice president for Malabon Longlife Trading Corp., why the Turkish wheat flour is under attack during a hastily called press conference last Friday where the Turkish Embassy in Manila, Turkish wheat flour exporters and Filipino importers took turns to clarify the issue.

According to Co Kiong, Turkish soft flour is sold at P450 to P470 per 25-kilogram bag as against P620 to P650 per 25-kg of the locally milled flour.


Co Kiong said that the price difference is largely because the Turkish flour quality is, “not as good as US wheat in terms of protein content, but is just as edible and fit for human consumption as the locally milled flour, which are made from imported US wheat.”


Co Kiong, one of the bigger players in the flour industry, said that Turkish soft flour has become popular for noodle manufacturing because with the economic realities the issue of affordability has also become a major issue among consumers.


“As such, the Turkish wheat flour has become a threat to the US wheat, which produces high-protein wheat flour that is ideal for bread making,” Co Kiong said

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