Mahaleb (Mahlab)

Manufacturer• Syria• Member since 1993

Almanar Trading Company, based in Idlib, Syria, states that its activity began in 1993 and that over the years it built the ALMANAR brand in local and international markets. It is part of OGARETCO GROUP (Ugarit Group of Companies), which has established companies in Saudi Arabia (Jeddah), the UAE (Dubai), Turkey (Mersin), Germany (Hamburg) and Sudan (Omdurman); the group's website cites 3 factories, more than 200 employees and more than 12 branches. The company is known for manufacturing and trading olive oil under the ALMANAR and Ugarit brands, in tins from 175 ml to 16 kg, plastic bottles from 500 ml to 5 L and glass bottles of 500 ml and 1 L, and for ALMANAR dried figs (10 kg bulk, 1 kg display packs, fig strings, trays and round packs of 300 to 750 g). The range also covers mahlab and spices (black seed, cumin, anise, turmeric, cardamom, saffron and more), dried fruits (raisins, apricots, qamar al-din apricot paste), pulses (red, yellow, green and black lentils, fava beans, chickpeas, mung beans), nuts (pistachios, walnuts, almonds, cashews, hazelnuts, pine nuts) and Brazilian coffee. The company says its olives are collected from old olive trees, pressed and tested with modern technology and packed to international standards, and that its figs are naturally dried, washed and sterilised before packing. The group's website cites an annual volume of more than 50,000 tons; the group exhibited at Gulfood Dubai in 2020 and Almanar Trading Company exhibited at Gulfood 2026.