Daning Red-Skin Millet

Daning Red-Skin Millet

Daning Red-Skin Millet is a product with geographical indication.

　　Red-skin millet is produced in Daning County, Shanxi Province. Nestled in the foothills of the Lüliang Mountains and situated at an average altitude of over 1,500 meters, Daning enjoys a long frost-free period and significant diurnal temperature variation. The red-skin millet is mostly grown on small patches of land along hillsides and in rolling terrain. Its unique growing environment and traditional farming methods ensure that the product is natural, green, and free from pollution. As a local specialty of Daning County, red-skin millet is highly valued by locals for gifting and entertaining due to its demanding cultivation conditions and low yield, which is why it seldom appears on the general market. To develop this unique variety, our company has signed contracts with local farmers to cultivate it under strict scientific management from sowing to harvesting. The resulting red-skin millet features uniformly plump grains, a tender yellow hue, rich nutrition, quick cooking time, and a delicate, silky texture that leaves a lingering aftertaste. Regular consumption can nourish kidney qi, soothe the stomach, promote sleep, and enrich yin and blood, making it an excellent choice for pregnant women, children, the elderly, and those in need of tonic nourishment. Shanxi’s red-skin millet has long been praised locally as “rivaling ginseng soup” for its uniformly plump grains, tender yellow color, rich nutrition, and fast cooking time (ordinary millet takes 20–30 minutes, while red-skin millet only needs 8–10 minutes to reach optimal tenderness), as well as its silky texture and delightful aftertaste. Long-term consumption can nourish kidney qi, soothe the stomach, promote sleep, and enrich yin and blood, making it ideal for expectant and new mothers, children, the elderly, and those in frail health. As a specialty of Daning County, red-skin millet is highly valued by locals for gifting and entertaining due to its demanding cultivation conditions and low yield, which is why it seldom appears on the general market. Nutritional value: 1. Rich in vitamin B1, B12, and other nutrients, millet helps prevent indigestion and mouth sores; 2. Millet helps prevent nausea and vomiting; 3. Millet has yin-nourishing and blood-enriching properties, which can help regulate the weak constitution of new mothers and restore their strength; 4. Millet helps reduce wrinkles, age spots, and pigmentation. Culinary benefits: Millet is sweet and slightly salty in flavor and cool in nature; it enters the kidney, spleen, and stomach meridians; it strengthens the spleen and stomach, replenishes deficiencies, harmonizes the middle and nourishes kidney qi, clears heat, and detoxifies; it treats spleen-stomach deficiency heat, nausea and vomiting, thirst and diabetes, and diarrhea. (Fermented millet can stop diarrhea and relieve thirst.)

　　Daning Red-Skin Millet

　　Geographical Scope

　　The planting area of Daning Red-Skin Millet is primarily located within 15 administrative villages under Taide Township and Xingshui Town in Daning County, Linfen City, Shanxi Province. It spans from Longji Village in the east, Xiuyan Village in the south, Angu Village in the west, to Caojiayuan Village in the north, with geographical coordinates between 36°43′36″–36°57′98″ N and 110°74′82″–110°83′11″ E. The elevation ranges from 481 to 1,719 meters. This region includes over 1,000 hectares of arable land, yielding 2,250 tons of millet annually.

　　Product Quality Characteristics

　　1. External Sensory Features: The raw material for red-skin millet is red-husked millet grain. The millet has a golden-yellow color, uniform and neat grain size, fast gelatinization speed, rich and thick gruel, and a mellow taste. 2. Internal Quality Indicators: Processing precision ≥90%, imperfect grains ≤1.0, impurities ≤0.5, broken grains ≤4.0, moisture ≤13.0, protein content ≥8.0%, crude fat content ≥2.5%, vitamin B content ≥0.05mg/100g, meeting national first-class rice standards. 3. Safety Requirements: No chemical agents such as pesticides or fertilizers are used during the cultivation of red millet. Absolutely no additives are used in the processing of red-skin millet. Hygiene indicators comply with GB 2715 standards. Nitrite and heavy metals such as mercury do not exceed permitted levels.