Pengyang Apricot Preserves

Pengyang Apricot Preserves

　　Pengyang County Forestry and Fruit Development Co., Ltd. is an enterprise integrating fruit research, development, production, and processing. Relying on the resource advantages of “two apricots and one fruit” in the follow-up industries of the Western Development Program and the Grain for Green (Grass) Project, it is a leading fruit processing company. The company covers an area of 70 mu, including 10 mu for apricot preserve production and 60 mu for fruit tree plantations (orchard). It currently has total assets of 3 million yuan, and has invested in one steam boiler, two jacketed kettles, four sugar soaking tanks, and two automated drying rooms (90 square meters), forming a complete set of mechanical apricot preserve production line equipment, with an average annual output of 500 tons.

　　 The company currently employs nearly 100 people. Its main products include a series of fruit preserves such as apricot preserves, dried grass apricots, plum candies, cream apricot flesh, spiced almonds, pear preserves, peach preserves, hawthorn preserves, snowflake slices, and apple preserves. These are highly distinctive halal snacks with local and ethnic flavors. The products are exported to the five northwestern provinces, as well as Guangzhou, Shenzhen, and Hong Kong. In September 2001, the company was awarded the title of “Famous and Quality Brand” at the Second China (Xi'an) Food Festival; in November 2003, it was named the first “Contract-Abiding and Credit-Valuing” unit in Guyuan City; it has been rated as a qualified product in six consecutive inspections by the Autonomous Region Technical Supervision Bureau; and it has been recognized multiple times as an advanced enterprise by the Pengyang County People’s Government.

　　 Relying on science and technology and oriented toward the market, Pengyang County Forestry and Fruit Development Co., Ltd. keeps pace with the times, explores innovation, and strives to build a renowned brand in the apricot industry. With the College of Food Science and Nutritional Engineering at China Agricultural University as its technical support partner, the company actively collaborates to continuously improve production processes and develop new products. It also offers various preferential policies to attract investment for projects such as frozen apricot preservation storage and comprehensive deep processing of apricot kernels, aiming to expand and strengthen the Pengyang apricot industry and bring it to the world stage.