Goat Horn Aged Vinegar

Goat Horn Aged Vinegar

　　China’s Famous Specialty – Goat Horn Aged Vinegar

　　The Goat Horn Aged Vinegar Factory is located in Yangjiao Town, Wulong County. The “Goat Horn” brand aged vinegar has over two hundred years of production history. It is made from rice, corn, glutinous rice, wheat, and high-quality mineral water from the Baima Mountain Range, along with more than forty kinds of precious Chinese medicinal herbs, using a unique traditional brewing process. It contains no additives and is a purely grain-fermented edible vinegar.

　　The “Goat Horn” brand aged vinegar features a well-balanced sweet-and-sour taste, rich and delicious flavor, long shelf life without spoilage or mold growth. It aids digestion, strengthens the spleen, helps prevent colds, beautifies the skin, removes dandruff, and has disinfectant and antibacterial effects. It also provides auxiliary treatment for high blood pressure and low-acid gastritis. Additionally, it is rich in essential amino acids, lactic acid, iron, calcium, and other nutrients vital to the human body, as well as anti-cancer trace elements such as copper and manganese. It is often praised as “an excellent seasoning, a therapeutic vinegar remedy, and a health-preserving delicacy.”

　　With its distinctive flavor, the “Goat Horn” brand aged vinegar enjoys a reputation both within and beyond the Bashu region. Alongside “Fuling Pickled Mustard Tuber” and “Baihua Dew Liquor,” it is ranked as one of the three most famous local specialties of the former Fuling region. In 1985, it was included in the Chinese Dictionary of Native Specialties and Famous Products; in 1992, it won the “Outstanding Product” award at the First Bashu Food Festival; in 1992 and 1994, it was named Sichuan Consumers’ Favorite Product; in 1994, over twenty experts and scholars from universities inside and outside the province praised its taste and amino acid content as leading among similar domestic products during a Three Gorges Resettlement Project evaluation meeting. In 1995, it was awarded the Silver Prize at the International Food Expo; in 2000, it received the Chongqing Quality and Efficiency Enterprise title; in 2001, the “Goat Horn” brand aged vinegar was recognized by Chongqing as a “Famous Trademark of Chongqing” and a “Well-Known Product of Chongqing.” After decades of dedication by several generations, it has now developed into a specialized vinegar production facility with an annual output of 2,500 tons.