Sheqi Sweet Potatoes

Sheqi Sweet Potatoes

　　Sheqi sweet potatoes are a specialty of Sheqi County in Nanyang City, Henan Province. Sheqi detoxified sweet potatoes and their processed products have anti-cancer and health-enhancing benefits, boast high nutritional value, are convenient to eat, and can be served as side dishes, cold salads, or added to soups. Suitable for all ages, they are green and pollution-free food products that are highly favored by consumers.

　　Sheqi County is situated in the southwestern part of Henan, on the eastern edge of the Nanyang Basin. It enjoys a subtropical and warm temperate monsoon climate with abundant sunlight and plentiful rainfall. The county has 500,000 mu of suitable land for sweet potato cultivation, with 400,000 mu currently planted with high-quality sweet potatoes. There are 600 primary processing production lines for "three powders" (starch, vermicelli, and sheets), producing 90,000 tons annually with an output value of 300 million yuan. The area is nationally renowned as the “Hometown of the Three Powders,” and its products are sold in more than ten major domestic cities including Urumqi, Wuhan, Lanzhou, and Chengdu.