Gozinak
In 1968-1990 there were four confectionery factories in Georgia: Production Association Tbilkonditer with a capacity of 28 thousand tons per year; Kutaisi confectionery factory with a capacity of 10 thousand tons per year; Sukhumi confectionery factory with a capacity of 10 thousand tons per year; Batumi Confectionery Factory with a capacity of 8 thousand tons per year.
The Georgian confectionery industry reached its peak in 1985–1990, and in general Georgia produced 56,000 tons of confectionery, 30% of which was exported to the republics of Central Asia and to the Far North (Russia).
Cocoa beans were exported to Georgia from abroad. The production association Tbilkonditer processed cocoa grains and manufactured semi-finished products: chocolate glaze, cocoa butter and cocoa powder used in production and also supplied the confectionery factories of Kutaisi, Sukhumi, and Batumi on demand.
The following assortment was produced in Georgia:
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Chocolate and chocolate products (tile, different sets of chocolate);
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Candies |
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Caramel |
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Iris |
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Dragee |
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Marmalade |
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Marshmallow |
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Halva |
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Sugar Cake; |
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Muffins, rolls, pasca; |
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Cakes |
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Crackers; |
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Waffles |
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Eastern sweets (Including: Grilling in chocolate, Kozinak, Nougat). |
In the Confectionery Factory "Sweet Country" during the period of work - the year 2007 the Working Group of Professionals was established:
David Chkhenkeli - General Director
Manana Chagelishvili - Chief Technologist
David Khelashvili - Chief Engineer
Which was aimed at restoring some of the forgotten traditional assortment of pastry factories in Georgia and to introduce on the new enterprise- “sweet country ,,
A work plan was developed:
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Selection of the range |
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Processing new technologies of the continuous process to the place of manual labor |
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The introduction of the range of production. |
Selected assortment:
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Paska |
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Kozinak |
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Candy ,, grilling in chocolate;
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Nougat, ,, nougat, chocolate ,, |
- II. Technology ,, Kozinaka ,, (peanuts and walnuts) - a continuous process of optimization:
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Prepare raw materials in phases
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cooking masi kozinaka
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separation and cooling of the mass on a special cooling such |
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shaping the mass of the layers |
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Reaming of layers on automatic lines |
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cool piece kozinaki |
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kozinaka screwdriver
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Packing |
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The first enterprise was in Georgia - “Sweet Country”, the introduction of the technology of production of kozinaki with a continuous technological process. With such technology, violations of technological parameters are completely excluded, which certainly is a guarantee of high quality products.
Considering all of the above, buyers still remember the taste and design of that time, the kozinaka, which has not changed until now and they remain a regular customer, confectionery factory "sweet country".
Manana Chagelishvili
Technologist of bakery and confectionery industry.