Fengyang Imperial Sesame Oil

Fengyang Imperial Sesame Oil

　　Fengyang Imperial Sesame Oil is a specialty of Fengyang County, Chuzhou City, Anhui Province. The Imperial brand pure sesame oil is made from locally sourced high-quality sesame seeds using modern temperature control technology combined with traditional craftsmanship. It boasts a rich aroma, an amber color, high nutritional value, and elegant packaging. Deeply loved by consumers, it sells well across China and is exported overseas.

　　Anhui Fengyang Imperial Edible Oil Co., Ltd. is a professional sesame oil manufacturer with self-operated import and export qualifications. Its predecessor was the Fengyang Sesame Oil Factory, established in 1957. The company covers an area of nearly 20 acres, employs 74 workers, and operates one of the largest and most technologically advanced mechanized sesame oil production lines in the province, with a capacity of 2,500 tons, as well as an automated packaging line. It also has complete facilities for storage, anti-counterfeiting coding, measurement, transportation, quality inspection, filtration, and more. In 2003, the company passed the ISO9001 quality assurance system certification, and in 2007, it became the first in the national industry to obtain the QS production license.

　　The company’s flagship product, Imperial Sesame Oil, was personally bestowed with an imperial seal by Zhu Yuanzhang, the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty. Made from premium sesame seeds and crafted using traditional methods combined with modern technology, the product meets all physical, chemical, hygiene, and technical standards for Grade II sesame oil in China. With its amber color, enticing aroma, and pure flavor, it is rich in various vitamins, sesame powder, and essential amino acids required by the human body. Cool in nature and sweet in taste, it helps moisten the lungs, clear heat, and resist vascular aging. It is an ideal condiment for daily meals as well as a health food product. The oil has won multiple provincial and ministerial-level awards for excellence and is exported to countries such as Japan, South Korea, and Malaysia. It is also a great choice for travel souvenirs. With an average annual sales volume of about 1,500 tons, including around 20 tons in annual exports, the product holds over 85% market share in Zhejiang Province, its primary sales region. It has been honored as one of the first “National Trustworthy Oils” in 2002 and 2005, a three-time recipient of the Anhui Famous Trademark award, Anhui Famous Agricultural Product in 1998 and 2002, and Anhui Best-Selling Grain and Oil Product in 1998 and 2002. In 2004, the Imperial brand pure sesame oil was certified by the China Green Food Development Center and authorized to use the Green Food label. In 2005, it was named an Anhui Famous Product, and in 2006, it received the prestigious title of National Famous Sesame Oil Brand from the State Administration of Grain and the China National Cereals, Oils and Foodstuffs Association. Notably, since 1999, the Imperial brand pure sesame oil has been specially presented to Zhongnanhai twice a year.

　　In the early 1990s, the company fully leveraged local resource advantages, building an industrialized operation model based on farmers, focused on sesame cultivation, with sesame oil processing as the link and the enterprise as the support—embodied in the “farmers + enterprise” model. The company signed contracts with farmers for sesame planting and purchasing, establishing thousands of acres of sesame bases. After more than a decade of practice and exploration, the base has expanded to nearly 10,000 acres, ensuring a stable supply of raw materials and promoting corporate development. Since 1994, the company has achieved an average annual sales revenue of over 20 million yuan, with annual profits and taxes of around 2 million yuan. Over 2,000 participating farmers have seen an average annual income increase of more than 1.2 million yuan, or about 600 yuan per household, accounting for 20% of their per capita income.

　　The enterprise has been awarded numerous honors, including Provincial Key Grain and Oil Enterprise in 1997, Anhui Quality Management Award in 1999 and 2007, Advanced Unit for Withholding and Remitting Individual Income Tax in 2000, Provincial Advanced Taxpaying Unit in 1998, Chuzhou Enterprise Reform Advanced Unit in 1997, Chuzhou Best Quality Enterprise, Chuzhou Honest Unit for 1999–2000, and Chuzhou Trusted Labor Security Management Unit. In 2005, it was named a Trusted Unit by the Provincial Consumer Association. The company’s legal representative and key executives have also received honors such as Anhui and Chuzhou Model Workers and Chuzhou’s First Outstanding Young Entrepreneurs.