Few fruits are as woven into Mediterranean and Anatolian cooking as the apricot. It bridges sweet and savoury, dessert and main course, and its golden colour signals abundance. Apricot paste carries that long culinary tradition into a form a modern manufacturer can dose, bake, and ship at scale.
A fruit at the heart of a cuisine
Across the Mediterranean, apricots have flavoured pastries, preserves, glazed meats, and slow-cooked sauces for centuries. Türkiye's Malatya region — where our fruit comes from — is one of the world's great apricot heartlands, and that provenance is part of the story a product can tell.
Sweet and savoury, equally
The reason apricot endures in this cuisine is its balance: sweet enough for dessert, tart enough for savoury. Apricot paste inherits that versatility, appearing in:
- pastries and biscuits — baklava-style layers, fruit-filled cookies, Danish glazes;
- savoury dishes — tagine-style sauces, glazes for lamb and poultry, dressings;
- dairy and breakfast — fruit layers, compote-style toppings, and spreads.
That golden, sweet-tart note does the same work in a glaze as it does in a tart, which is why apricot paste so often becomes a year-round staple.
Tradition, made consistent
Heritage flavour still needs modern consistency. Our apricot paste is 100% fruit, sun-dried and pureed at our İzmir facility to a written specification, with a Certificate of Analysis per lot and food-grade pail, drum, or aseptic IBC packing. It completes our range with date paste and fig paste.
A family business with over twenty years in the trade — a Tuna Sourcing division — Date Paste Co. UK supplies bulk apricot paste to UK and EU buyers. Request a quote and a sample.