14 target SKUs, segregated supply chain, 20+ company records and 16-county matrix
Directory of specialty and gluten-free flour mills and wholesalers across Tehran, Rey, Pakdasht and Robat Karim — Celino, Sahar, Golha, tapioca importers and sub-20 ppm compliance.
Gluten-free and specialty flour milling has reorganized around better celiac diagnostics and wellness diets. Tehran Province anchors national formulation, investment and distribution thanks to logistics, R&D clusters and customs access.
The chain splits between closed-pack clean-room mills and trading houses importing scarce inputs. Industrial parks push grinding to Rey, Pakdasht, Robat Karim and Malard while HQ, customs and marketing stay in Greater Tehran.
Cross-contamination with gliadin/glutenin requires isolation from conventional wheat mills; leading Tehran plants use positive pressure, clean rooms and R5-ELISA monitoring below 20 mg/kg (INSO 7948).
| Product | Origin | Industrial function |
|---|---|---|
| Almond flour | Sweet almond kernel | Moist sponge & keto cakes; unsaturated fats |
| Coconut flour | Dried coconut meat | High water binding; liquid phase tuning |
| Quinoa flour | Chenopodium quinoa | Complete protein; lower GI |
| Millet flour | Panicum miliaceum | Natural yellow color; crisp crackers |
| Buckwheat flour | Fagopyrum esculentum | Rutin; rustic loaves |
| Sorghum flour | Sorghum bicolor | Neutral taste; volume bread premix |
| Tapioca starch flour | Manihot esculenta | Stretch; gluten mimic |
| Potato flour | Solanum tuberosum | Expansion; crumb shelf-life |
| Chickpea flour | Cicer arietinum | Lecithin; natural emulsifier |
| Rice flour | Oryza sativa | Base matrix for blends |
| Corn flour | Zea mays | Crisp crust; viscosity |
| All-purpose GF blend | Engineered rice+corn+tapioca | Home & artisan use |
| Bread premix GF | Xanthan/guar gums | Gas retention in ferment |
| Cake premix GF | Fine starch fraction | Light sponge crumb |
Domestic purchase and customs release for millet, tapioca, coconut and quinoa; sampling for wheat/barley/rye carryover.
Rollers/hammers kept below 40°C; sub-120 µm particles for rice and corn.
Ribbon mixing starches, hydrocolloids, soy/whey protein; hall RH below 50%.
R5-ELISA and chromatography; gluten cap below 20 mg/kg for GF labeling.
Vacuum, nitrogen flush, metallized laminate; moisture and wheat-dust tight seals.
Dedicated pallets away from wheat flour; pharmacy and organic shelves.
| County | Supply-chain role | Key hubs |
|---|---|---|
| Tehran | HQ, imports, distribution | Fath Hwy, Golha, Tarkhineh |
| Rey | Heavy milling cluster | Shamsabad, Tasty, Sadaf |
| Robat Karim | Cleaning & packing | Nasirabad Tarkhineh |
| Pakdasht | Starch & derivatives | Abbasabad Novin |
| Qods | Specialty bakery R&D | Sahar Bread |
| Baharestan | Artisan milling | Ana Food |
| Shemiranat | High demand, no mills | Pharmacies, diet patisseries |
| Unit / brand | County | Activity | Main products | Coverage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solico Group (Celino)Brand: Celino / Kaleh | Tehran | Plant, R&D, distribution | GF blends, bread & cake flour | Active |
| Sahar Bread IndustriesBrand: Sammin Sahar Bread | Qods | Production, biotech lab | GF bread/cake flour, enzyme premix | Active |
| Golha Food Complex | Tehran (Fath) | Milling, packing, export | Rice, corn, chickpea flour | Active |
| Tarkhineh Ashna | Robat Karim | Cleaning, bulk packing | Rice, corn, food-grade chickpea | Active |
| Jame Noor Talaei (OAB) | Rey | Processing, import | Quinoa, buckwheat flour | Import-led |
| Podrino (Zarin Powder) | Tehran (Karimkhan) | Specialty powder milling | Almond, coconut, quinoa | Active |
| Tasty (Noushine Khorram) | Rey (Shamsabad) | Production, nationwide dispatch | Rice, corn, chickpea, potato | Active |
| Ana Food Industries | Baharestan | Artisan mill, wholesale | Rice & patisserie chickpea | Active |
| Farayand Starch Novin | Pakdasht | Starch & derivatives | Modified corn starch | Active |
| Alvand Starch Industries | Tehran (Vozara HQ) | Potato starch, export | Potato flour & starch | Active |
| Abgineh Organic | Tehran (Yousefabad) | Certified organic packing | Organic rice & chickpea | Active |
| Honey Food Co. | Tehran / Nowbaran plant | Wellness grains | Buckwheat, quinoa, chia | Active |
| Unit / brand | County | Activity | Main products | Coverage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tehran Targol ParsBrand: Thai Wah tapioca | Tehran (Shariati) | B2B import | Tapioca, hydrocolloids | Import-led |
| Sadaf Ard | Tehran (Fatemi) | Patisserie wholesale | GF bread/cake blends | Active |
| Kimia Gostar Farsam | Tehran (Namjoo) | Starch wholesale | Imported tapioca, potato | Import-led |
| Behngam Paris Distribution | Tehran (Lashgari) | Specialty dispatch | Potato flour & flakes | Active |
| Aria Spano (Bensa)Brand: Salvia | Tehran (Gandi) | Bakery premix | GF cake & donut mix | Active |
| Parseh Distribution (Ghaffari) | Tehran (Rey market) | Asian grocery wholesale | Phoenix tapioca (sago) | Import-led |
| Sadaf Talaei Iranians | Rey / Pasdaran | Large grain mill | Rice & corn flour | Active |
Nikonan (Qahestan): GF premix & pharmacy network; Moghe (Zarin Dane Royan): cross-contamination lab control; Mashkat: all-purpose celiac flour; Roysa: GF bread blends for Tehran diet bakeries.
Rice and chickpea flours move from northern/western farms into Tehran mills; tapioca, coconut and part of quinoa/buckwheat are imported. Demand spans clinical celiac, keto/low-carb and high-protein nut flours.
Plants sharing wheat lines cannot hold the 20 ppm ceiling; MAP packing and localized premixes (GF sangak/barbari) beat commodity rice/corn margins.
The market shifts from clinical SKUs to sports, keto and wellness; ready premixes, barrier packaging and Celiac Association / science-park partnerships unlock regional exports.
Iranco connects you with Celino, Sahar, Golha and tapioca import networks.