Luokeng Bamboo Shoots

Last updated 2026-11-14 — Luokeng Bamboo Shoots are produced in Luokeng, Shima Town, Qingxin County. They are slender, tender, refreshing, and smooth in texture. Qingyuan’s “Luokeng Bamboo Shoots” were honored as a Guangdong Provincial Famous and High-Quality Product at the Third China Agricultural Expo in 1997. Dried Luokeng Bamboo Shoots from Qingyuan feature a golden-yellow color, thick and tender flesh, a refreshing and smooth taste, fine fibers, and a high rehydration rate. Fresh shoots are plump, crisp, sweet, fresh, and delicious to the palate, with a high content of soluble sugars. Qingyuan Luokeng Bamboo Shoots contain proteins (2.1%), carbohydrates (4%), vitamins (1.1%), iron (0.5%), calcium (1.1%), as well as various amino acids — all essential nutrients for human health — making them a natural food suitable for all ages. The production of Luokeng Bamboo Shoots in Qingyuan has a long history. As early as the late and early Qing Dynasty, the product was taken overseas by Qingyuan natives seeking livelihoods in Southeast Asia. Due to its superior quality, it gained great renown in regions such as Singapore and Malaysia. In the mid-to-late 1970s, Western European countries saw a rise in the consumption of high-fiber, pollution-free natural foods. The natural ecological environment in Qingxin County’s bamboo shoot production areas is excellent, and the high quality of the dried shoots naturally attracted foreign buyers. Dried Luokeng Bamboo Shoots from Qingxin County have earned the reputation of being a “natural health food.” In the early 1980s, merchants from Hong Kong, Taiwan, and other regions entered Qingxin County to purchase large quantities of Luokeng Bamboo Shoots (mainly fermented shoots) for export to Western Europe, Singapore, Thailand, Hong Kong, Macau, and other countries and regions.