Huaiyin Mallard

Huaiyin Mallard

Huaiyin Mallard is a geographical indication certification trademark.

　　Huaiyin Mallard is a specialty of Huaiyin District, Huai'an City, Jiangsu Province.

　　The mallard is an important economic waterfowl in China. Its meat is delicious, free of fishy odor, highly nutritious, low in fat, and rich in protein, making it very popular in both domestic and international markets.

　　Mallards have a distinctive wild flavor and are considered a premium game meat. They also possess certain medicinal value. According to Compendium of Materia Medica, their meat is sweet, cool, non-toxic, and beneficial for invigorating the middle burner, benefiting qi, soothing the stomach, aiding digestion, and eliminating twelve types of parasites. It can heal persistent small heat sores on the body when consumed regularly, treat heat-toxin wind and malignant ulcers, kill all kinds of parasites in the internal organs, and alleviate edema. Its blood is primarily used to counteract poisoning from pickled magical insects and induce vomiting with hot rice. Mallard meat has higher nutritional value than that of domestic ducks—for instance, it contains significantly less moisture and more crude protein.