Hongyuan Yak Milk Powder

Hongyuan Yak Milk Powder

Hongyuan Yak Milk Powder is a product protected under geographical indication.

　　Hongyuan Yak Milk Powder is a specialty of Hongyuan County, Aba Prefecture, Sichuan.

　　The pure air and water of the plateau, along with its natural flora and fauna, provide the first line of assurance for the quality of the food. In fact, as early as the 1950s, products from the plateau were beloved by the Chinese people for their natural and pure qualities. Likewise, Hongyuan County, located on the plateau in Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan, has gained a reputation for producing purely natural yak milk powder.

　　In the 1950s, yak milk powder produced in Hongyuan County was the most popular and best-selling product in the domestic milk powder market. Due to limited production and strict quality control, supply could not meet demand, and it even reached a point where the government had to step in to ration “Hongyuan Yak Milk Powder.”

　　“Hongyuan Yak Milk Powder is extracted from the milk of yaks raised by local farmers and herders in Hongyuan County,” said Liu Baiqing. “The milk comes from free-range yaks. These yaks live at an altitude of 3,500 meters in Hongyuan County, grazing on purely natural grass and producing purely natural milk.”

　　Controlling the milk source is only the first step. High-quality yak milk products also require strict production processes and inspections to ensure that what consumers receive is truly a good product.

　　Among the more than 70 milk collection stations across Hongyuan County, there are many professional milk collectors. They gather the freshest yak milk from farmers’ homes, which is then inspected and screened. Only yak milk that meets nine inspection standards is collected for production at the factory. No other substances are added during this process.

　　Yaks from the plateau are a gift from nature. Their warm milk has nourished the people of the highlands, and is now increasingly making its way inland and even abroad. The low-key rise in popularity of Hongyuan Yak Milk Powder reflects people’s recognition of plateau foods, and is also the result of the economic lives of Tibetan herders and farmers moving closer to modern industry.

　　Hongyuan Yak Milk Powder

　　Currently administered areas of Hongyuan County, Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan, include 11 townships: Qiongxi Town, Shua Jing Temple Town, Waqie Town, Anqu Town, Sedi Town, Rangkou Township, Jiangrong Township, Chama Township, Longri Township, Amu Township, and Maiwa Township

　　Letter from the People’s Government of Hongyuan County Regarding the Submission of the Geographical Indication Product Protection Area Map of “Hongyuan Yak Milk Powder,” Hongfu Letter [2013] No. 127

　　Hongyuan County (regional) local standard: DB513233/T002-2014 “Production Technical Specifications for Hongyuan Yak Milk Powder”

　　Source: China Aba Prefecture Portal Website