How Do We Produce Our Products?
Our products are produced by our “Contracted Beekeeping” model to assure the highest quality, and traceability from our hives to your table. Our products are also tested for their purity, antibacterial activity, antioxidant activity and compliance with food safety standards. Our facility is GMP (according to Code of Federal Regulations Title 21 Part120 FDA and Part111 FDA), BRC (Global Standard for Food Safety), IFS Food, ISO 22000:2018 (Food Safety Management System), ISO 9001:2015 (Quality Management System), OU Kosher and Halal Certified. Our latest accredited third-party (by DQS CFS GmbH in Germany) audit IFS Food score is 98.06 over 100. We support beekeeping and beekeepers! Help save the Bees and Nature! Each time you buy a product, a certain amount goes directly to beekeepers to help improve their business.
KAGİDER-Garanti- EconomistTurkey's Woman Entrepreneur 2016
With the cooperation of KAGİDER,
Garanti Bank, and Economist Magazine, BEE&YOU was awarded the "Most
Promising Woman Entrepreneur of Turkey" category award in the 2016
Turkey's Woman Entrepreneur Competition. This award recognizes Dr. Aslı Samancı,
one of the co-founders of BEE&YOU. Dr. Aslı Samancı is a Food Engineer and
Biologist. She cofounded BEE&YOU, Turkey's first commercial producer of
pure Anatolian propolis. After graduating from Istanbul Technical University's
Food Engineering Department in 1996, she worked for 18 years in the bee
products industry. During this time, she also completed her master's degree at
ITU. She led numerous national and international projects focused on products
like honey, royal jelly, and propolis. Determined to start her own company
based on this experience, Dr. Aslı cofounded BEE&YOU with her husband,
Agricultural Engineer Mr. Taylan Samancı, and Professor Dr. Dilek Boyacıoğlu at
Istanbul Technical University ARI Technopark in 2013. Using the
"Contracted Beekeeping" model, BEE&YOU sources honey, royal
jelly, and propolis from 550,000 beehives. Thanks to Dr. Aslı's expertise in
developing processes to make propolis suitable for human consumption,
BEE&YOU provides natural and healthy products to consumers in various
innovative formulations.