Huiyuan Carrots

Huiyuan Carrots

Huiyuan Carrots is an agricultural product with a geographical indication.

　　Huiyuan Carrots

　　The unique geographical and sunlight resources of Huiyuan Town have made it a major production area for specialty relay-cropped agriculture. Currently, buyers from various regions come to the town to purchase carrots, which have become one of the important ways for farmers to increase their income.

　　Vegetables

　　Geographical Area

　　Huocheng County is located in the western part of China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. It borders Wenquan County and Bole City of the Bortala Mongol Autonomous Prefecture to the north along the Tianshan Mountains; faces Qapqal Xibe Autonomous County across the Ili River to the south; neighbors Yining County and Yining City to the east; and shares a border with Kazakhstan to the west, defined by the Khorgos River. The protected geographical indication area for Huiyuan Carrots includes 11 towns and townships: Daxigou Township, Huiyuan Town, Qingshuihe Town, Luchaogou Town, Sarbulake Town, Shuiding Town, Langgan Township, Liangfan Center, Guozigou Ranch, Sanguan Township, and Sandaohe, comprising a total of 77 administrative villages. The geographical coordinates are: 80°11′ to 81°24′ east longitude, 43°39′ to 44°50′ north latitude, at an altitude of 540 to 1100 meters. The protected area for Huiyuan Carrots covers 2,000 hectares, with an annual yield of 140,000 tons.

　　Product Quality Characteristics

　　Huiyuan carrots have fleshy taproots that are either long cylindrical or long conical in shape. The length of the taproot ranges from 0 cm to 5 cm, with a diameter of 5 cm to 0 cm, and the weight of a single root is between 50 g and 400 g. The skin is yellow or orange-red, the phloem is orange-red, and the xylem is also orange-red, with a xylem diameter of 0.8 cm to .0 cm. When eaten raw, they have a crisp, sweet, and juicy texture with minimal coarse fiber, offering the distinctive fragrant and sweet flavor of carrots. After cooking, their color deepens, and the texture becomes sweet, soft, and tender. Whether eaten raw or cooked, 99% of the carrot is edible. Huiyuan carrots contain between 7 and 0 mg/kg of beta-carotene, total sugar content ranges from 4.5 to 7.5 g/100g, soluble solids from 8.5 to .5 g/100g, and moisture content between 80% and 95%.