Turkey moves to standardize trademark dessert baklava — hurriyetdailynews.com

The Turkish Standards Institute (TSE) said on Feb. 19 that it had adopted a list of criteria that should be met by Turkish baklava producers in order to get official approval from the country’s standardization watchdog. According to the new rules, Turkish baklava “should have its trademark color [golden yellow] and look, its syrup and intensity should not be sharp, it shouldn’t cause a sore throat, and the minimum height of each piece should be 35 millimeters.”

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