Qingliu Snow Potato [Fujian Qingliu Specialty]

What is Qingliu Snow Potato? Authentic Fujian Qingliu Specialty: Qingliu Snow Potato

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Introduction to Qingliu Snow Potato

Qingliu County is one of the famous Hakka ancestral lands, with a strong Hakka culture throughout the county. The Jiajing Daoguang Qingliu County Annals, compiled during the Ming Dynasty, recorded: "Sweet potato, commonly known as snow potato. It is a type of sweet potato that grows in the mountains, is extremely compact, delicious, and beneficial to people, and is called snow potato. According to the "Annals of Qingliu County", snow potatoes play a huge role in traditional festivals. On New Year's Eve, families generally eat chicken, snow potatoes, or radish stew as food to reunite and celebrate the New Year. Qingliu County has a long history of planting and consuming snow sweet potatoes. People have established a unique cultivation method through long-term cultivation, forming unique variety characteristics and product features. Qingliu snow sweet potato plants have moderate growth, with triangular leaves, a spear shaped base, a pointed tip, green top leaves, dark green adult leaves, microwave edges, and uneven leaf surfaces. Snow sweet potatoes are large, round, and uniform in size, with a yellow brown skin and few fibrous roots. They are solid in texture, powdery, and have a pure white flesh. The incisions have a lot of mucus, and the taste is fresh and delicate. It can be considered top-notch in the surrounding areas and is a top-grade potato. In the late Qing Dynasty and early Ming Dynasty, Qingliu Snow Potato rose to fame due to its superior quality and entered the capital city. Qingliu County is the largest producer of snow sweet potatoes in Fujian Province, with a long history of cultivation. The government has introduced policies to encourage farmers to plant on a large scale, effectively promoting the large-scale production of snow sweet potatoes in Qingliu County. The cultivation area is about 4800 acres, with an annual output of nearly 10000 tons. It is the main economic crop in the local area and has become one of the famous, excellent, and special agricultural products in the county

"Qingliu Snow Potato" is the first national level geographical indication product in Qingliu County to be certified by the Ministry of Agriculture. It has the advantages of being relatively large, round, and uniform in size, solid in texture, less sticky in the incision, less prone to browning, and resistant to storage. In addition, the potato is powdery, delicate, snow-white, and delicious

Regional Scope

Qingliu Yam, commonly known as Snow Potato, has a protected range between 116 ° 38 ′ E and 117 ° 10 ′ E longitude and 25 ° 48 ′ N and 26 ° 21 ′ N; The protected areas include 8 townships including Linshe Township, Songxi Town, Longjin Town, Songkou Town, Wenjiao Township, Yupeng Township, Shawu Township, and Laifang Township, with jurisdiction over 63 villages; The total protected area is 1290 square kilometers. Qingliu County is located in the west of Fujian Province, south of Mount Wuyi, upstream of Jiulong River, east of Yong'an City, south of Liancheng County, northwest of Ninghua County, northeast of Mingxi County. At present, the annual planting area of snow sweet potatoes in the county is about 4800 acres, with an annual output of about 9574 tons

Product quality characteristics

1. External sensory characteristics: Its tubers are cylindrical, thick, round, and uniform, with a solid body, yellow brown skin, few fibrous roots, few mucous incisions, not easily browning, and resistant to storage. 2. Internal quality indicators: Clear flowing snow sweet potatoes have good nutrition and high value. After testing, 100 grams of Qingliu Snow Potato contains 8.15-8.56 grams of protein, 56.00-60.50 grams of starch, and 1.75-2.25 grams of ash; 6.32-6.86 grams of amino acids (17 types including glutamic acid, arginine, etc.) and 1.06-1.53 grams of crude fiber. 3. Safety requirements: The quality of Qingliu Snow Potato products should comply with the standards of "Pollution free Food Potato Vegetables" (NY5221-2005)