Durra Hommus with Tahini (Chickpea Dip)

Manufacturer• Syria• Member since 1979

Al Durra says its roots go back to the 1940s with a single product, qamar al-din apricot paste, and that it was established as a food manufacturer in 1979, when Durra was registered as a global trademark. The company opened its Syrian factory in 1985 (Hazeh, Rif Dimashq), a Jordanian plant in 2003 (Al-Hassan Industrial Estate, Irbid) and its first Egyptian plant in 2011 (10th of Ramadan City); its head office is in Amman, and it states that it runs 10 factories in 3 countries. The range covers canned foods (hummus with tahini, eggplant dip, foul medames in Syrian, Lebanese, Sudanese, Alexandrian and chili styles, cooked chickpeas, broad beans, stuffed grape leaves with rice, makdous), jams and fruit spreads (orange, black mulberry, fig, fig with walnut, strawberry, from 430 g up to 15 kg) and halva, pickles (cucumber, eggplant, Iraqi Najaf mixed pickles, amba, mixed pickles), double-concentrated tomato paste, ketchup and crushed hot pepper, spice and seasoning mixes, red za'atar and semolina, tamarind, jallab and pomegranate syrups, and imported lines such as tuna, sardines, sweet corn and peas. The company states that its products reach more than 85 countries on 5 continents and over 500,000 stores, and that it farms over 90% of its produce. It names Europe, Canada, Australia, the United States and the Arab countries as its main markets, and publishes ISO 9001, ISO 22000 (TÜV Austria) and Halal certificates for its Jordanian plant.