Pu County Potato [Shanxi Pu County Specialty]

What is Puxian potato? Authentic specialty of Puxian County, Shanxi Province: Puxian potatoes

Summary:Do you want to know what Puxian potatoes are? This article is a detailed introduction to the special product of Puxian County, Shanxi Province - Puxian Potato. It was compiled and edited by the editorial team of China Specialty Network after reviewing and collecting relevant information on Puxian potatoes. The full text takes about 7 minutes to read, mainly including the basic introduction of Puxian potatoes

Basic Introduction to Potatoes in Puxian

Puxian has unique advantages in developing potatoes due to its high altitude, low temperature, abundant sunshine, large temperature difference between day and night, and loose soil texture. Since 2009, the potato industry has been listed as one of the leading agricultural industries in the county. In the past two years, although the potato industry has begun to take shape, many aspects are still in the stage of extensive operation. The potato industry project for poverty alleviation and development in the area is based on the "company cooperative farmer" model, supporting two leading poverty alleviation enterprises, Xinyuan Potato Industry Co., Ltd. and Changyuan Agricultural Products Processing Co., Ltd., to establish a "three-level seed potato" breeding base, a thousand acre high-quality and high-yield potato demonstration base, a 50000 acre production and planting base, five potato professional cooperatives, and providing full technical guidance and technical service training to 4600 growers in the area. The implementation of poverty alleviation and development projects in the area has improved the technological content of the potato industry in the county, promoted its sustainable development, and gradually formed a one-stop industrial chain of "potato production field planting deep processing product sales", making the potato industry in the county more mature and complete

Regional Scope

Pu County is located in the southern part of Shanxi Province, at the southern end of the Lvliang Mountains, in the northwest of Linfen City, and is part of the loess hilly and gully area in northwest Shanxi. The county has jurisdiction over 4 towns and 5 townships, 93 village committees, 640 natural villages, and a total area of 1510.61 square kilometers. Puxian County is surrounded by mountains on the east, south, and north sides, roughly divided into the earth rock mountainous area on the east side and the residual gully area on the west side. The western and central regions are characterized by loess ridges and hills, mostly covered by loess. The potato planting area in Puxian County is located in the central western part of the county, with an altitude ranging from 1000 meters to 1500 meters. The average altitude is 1300 meters, with geographic coordinates between 36 ° 20 ′ 27 ″ N and 36 ° 33 ′ 33 ″ E and 110 ° 51 ′ 09 ″ -111 ° 12 ′ 03 ″ E. Involving 40 administrative villages in 5 townships including Hongdao, Pucheng, Xueguan, Guxian, and Shanzhong, among which: Hongdao Township: (9 villages) Xipingyuan, Erli Village, Hongdao Village, Baozi Village, Handian Village, Baidian Village, Taifu Village, Gupo Village, and Mongolian Village; Pucheng Town: (4 villages) Caojiazhuang Village, Nianwa Village, Jingpo Village, Taowan Village; Gu County Township: (8 villages) Gu County Village, Xia Liu Village, Hao Yi Village, Wen Cheng Village, Pan Di Village, Ren Yi Village, Cao Village, Bai Village; Xueguan Town: (12 villages) Xueguan Village, Jinggou Village, Guyi Village, Luedong Village, Qiaozitan Village, Quanxue Village, Folian Village, Nanliu Village, Diaoping Village, Buzhu Village, Tianquan Village, Changjiawan Village; Shanzhong Township: (7 villages) Jundi Village, Shankou Village, Xiajinding Village, Zaojiahe Village, Chuan the Nanling Mountain Village, Baijiazhuang Village, Shanzhong Village. The potato planting area is 6667 hectares, with an annual production of 45 million tons

Product Quality Characteristics

1. External Sensory Features: Pu County potatoes are evenly distributed and large in size, with rough and smooth skins, and good marketability. 2. Internal quality: Pu County potato stir fried food has a fragrant and crispy taste, and naturally peels and cracks after steaming, making it soft and fluffy. The test results indicate that the moisture content is between 60-90%, starch content is ≥ 8.5%, crude fiber content is ≥ 0.56%, vitamin C content is ≥ 26mg/100g, and potassium content is ≥ 335mg/100g. 3. Safety requirements: The ecological environment of the potato production area in Puxian County complies with NY5332-2006 "Technical Conditions for the Environment of Non polluting Food Field Crop Production Areas". The production process strictly follows NY/T5222-2004 "Technical Regulations for Production of Pollution free Potato Food". The product meets the safety indicators of the agricultural industry standard NY5221-2005 "Pollution free Food Potato Vegetables" of the People's Republic of China. The packaging and labeling must comply with the "Management Measures for Agricultural Product Packaging and Labeling" of the Ministry of Agriculture. Those entering the market must comply with the relevant provisions of the "Agricultural Product Quality and Safety Law" and other laws and regulations