Salt Lake Millet [Ningxia Salt Lake Specialty]

What is Yanchi millet? Authentic Ningxia Salt Lake Specialty: Salt Lake Millet

Content Summary:Do you want to know what Salt Lake Millet is? This article is a detailed introduction to the special product of Yanchi in Ningxia - Yanchi Millet. It was compiled by the editorial team of China Specialty Network after reviewing and collecting relevant information on Yanchi Millet. The full text will take about 5 minutes to read, mainly including the basic introduction of Yanchi Millet

Basic Introduction to Yanchi Millet

Yanchi Millet is a specialty of Yanchi County, Wuzhong City, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region. Yanchi County uses 350000 acres of pollution-free farmland every year to plant organic small grains, mainly millet, to create a pollution-free, green and healthy small grain industry brand. Yanchi millet is a nationally protected geographical indication product for agricultural products

Geographical scope

The geographical indication protection scope of Yanchi Mizi agricultural products includes 98 administrative villages and groups in 8 towns and townships of Yanchi County, including Huamachi Town, Dashuikeng Town, Huianbao Town, Gaoshawo Town, Fengjigou Township, Qingshan Township, Wanglejing Township and Mahuangshan Township. The protected area is located at longitude 106 ° 33 ′ -107 ° 47 ′ E and latitude 37 ° 04 ′ -38 ° 10 ′ N. It is 110 kilometers long from north to south and 66 kilometers wide from east to west. The total planting area of the region is 5000 hectares, with an annual output of 1500 tons

Product quality characteristics

1. External sensory characteristics: Yanchi millet is an annual herbaceous cereal crop, consisting of several parts such as roots, stems, leaves, inflorescences, and caryopsis (seeds). The stem is upright, green, and divided into main stem, tillering stem, and branching stem; The leaves are green, and the millet ear is a cone-shaped inflorescence composed of a main axis and branches. There are three types of millet grains: spherical, oblong, and oval. The grain length is 2.5-3.2mm, the width is 2.0-2.6mm, the thickness is 1.4-2.0mm, and the thousand grain weight is 3-10g. Grain colors include yellow, red, white, black, brown, gray, and multiple colors, while beige colors include dark yellow, light yellow, and other colors. After removing the inner and outer palea, it is commonly known as yellow rice. 2. Intrinsic quality characteristics: Salt pond millet has high nutritional value. After peeling, millet becomes yellow rice with a crude fat content of 1.7-2.0% and a crude fiber content of 0.4-0.6%. 3. Safety requirements: The production environment shall strictly comply with the technical conditions for the production environment of pollution-free food field crops (NY5332-2006) standard Phosphides, cyanides, nitrides, and carbon dioxide shall be executed in accordance with the relevant provisions of GB/T5009.36 Aflatoxin B1 shall be executed in accordance with the relevant provisions of GB/T5009.22 Mercury shall be handled in accordance with GB/T5009.11 Arsenic shall be handled in accordance with GB/T5009.11 Hygiene standards shall comply with GB2715-81; GB2761-81 execution