Chongyang Lei Bamboo Shoots

Chongyang Lei Bamboo Shoots

Chongyang Lei Bamboo Shoots are a protected geographical indication product.

　　Chongyang Lei Bamboo Shoots are a specialty of Chongyang County, Xianning City, Hubei Province. As an emerging forest vegetable, these bamboo shoots are a purely natural, green, and health-promoting food. Not only are they delicious and nutritious, but they also offer a variety of medicinal and health benefits. The “Tiancheng” and “Ruifa” brands of Chongyang Lei Bamboo Shoots products are bestsellers in both urban and rural markets, across the Great Wall and beyond.

　　Hubei’s Chongyang has long been known as the “Bamboo Town of Southern Hubei.” The cultivation of bamboo in Chongyang has a long history, with a deep-rooted bamboo culture and abundant bamboo resources. Taking full advantage of these unique conditions, Ruisheng Bioengineering Co., Ltd. uses natural deep-mountain Lei bamboo as raw material and applies first-class modern processing techniques to produce a range of Lei Bamboo Shoots products, including dried Lei bamboo shoots, fresh shoots, and flavored shoots. Today, the “Tiancheng” and “Ruifa” brands of Lei Bamboo Shoots products, as emerging forest vegetables and green health foods, are bestsellers in both urban and rural markets, across the Great Wall and beyond.

　　Lei Bamboo Shoots are an emerging forest vegetable, a purely natural, green, and health-promoting food. Not only are they delicious and nutritious, but they also offer a variety of medicinal and health benefits. According to nutritionists and medical experts, every 100 grams of Lei Bamboo Shoots contains 2.74 grams of protein, 0.52 grams of fat, 3.54 grams of total sugar, and 18 types of amino acids, making them an excellent food for weight loss and fitness. Their dietary fiber promotes intestinal peristalsis, aids digestion and excretion, and reduces the retention and absorption of harmful substances in the intestines. The fiber in Lei Bamboo Shoots, when combined with human fatty acids, can help prevent the excessive formation of cholesterol in the blood plasma. Lei Bamboo Shoots also have heat-clearing, phlegm-resolving, anti-inflammatory, and diuretic effects, offering certain dietary therapeutic benefits for conditions such as lung heat, cough, edema, ascites, diabetes, hypertension, and constipation. The relatively high content of tyrosine in Lei Bamboo Shoots can also inhibit the growth and spread of cancer cells.

　　Currently, the Lei Bamboo base in Chongyang County has expanded to 30,000 mu. The provincial planning commission and the provincial forestry department have organized evaluations. Based on a yield of 2,000 kilograms of fresh shoots per mu, with 10 jin of fresh shoots producing 1 jin of dried shoots, and each jin of dried shoots sold for 15 yuan, the 30,000 mu can yield 60,000 tons of fresh shoots and 6,000 tons of dried shoots annually. The scale continues to expand, with plans to reach 100,000 mu by 2003, aiming for an output value of 600 million yuan.