The Kretek cigarette is actually the result of a mixture of various types of tobaccos, clove, flavors and other additional ingredients.

Tobacco
During purchasing, tobacco is carefully selected by the tobacco experts (graders) for their aroma, taste and physical appearance.
Before the dried tobacco leaves being processed for the cigarette raw material, they need long and complicated process. It begins with the stripping of the stem, then cleaning (to eliminate foreign matters and maintain hygienic standards), slicing, finally the tobacco is stored in a special packing case for storage in the warehouses under specific temperature and humidity controls.

Cloves -
Eugenia Caryophyllus (Eugenia Aromatica O.K.) as the main raw material for kretek cigarettes, also entail highly-skilled selection, careful processing and meticulous storage techniques.
The company select only the highest quality cloves. The clove then will be processed for the cleansing, slicing and drying. Once the process is completed, the clove is stored in hygienic stainless steel silos until it is required for production

Flavours and Supporting Materials
Like a delicious 'meal' that needs sauce and seasoning, a perfect blend of clove and tobacco will make a fine cigarette (read: aromatic, tasteful and pleasing), only if a fine flavor is added to the blended tobacco and clove. And so it remains today: three basic components - tobacco, cloves and flavors - resulting in superior cigarettes made by the high-skilled, long-experienced employees.

High-quality filter and cigarette paper also play an important role in making excellent cigarettes. To date, filter is still imported. To save foreign currency and to secure the demand of the cigarette papers, PT Gudang Garam has established a cigarette paper manufacturer using French technology called PT Surya Zig Zag that is also based in Kediri.