Nanjing salted duck is an agricultural product with geographical indications.

Nanjing Salted Duck

Salted duck is a famous specialty of Nanjing. It has been famous for a long time and has a history of more than a thousand years. Nanjing salted duck can be made all year round. The marinating and re-brining period is short. It is made and sold now. Buy it and eat it now. It should not be stored for a long time. The duck skin is white and the meat is tender, fat but not greasy, fragrant and delicious, and has the characteristics of fragrant, crispy and tender. The salted duck around the Mid-Autumn Festival every year has the best color and taste because the duck is made during the season when the osmanthus blooms, so it is famously known as: osmanthus duck. "Baimen Cookbook" records: "In the August period of Jinling, salted duck is the most famous, and everyone thinks that the meat has the fragrance of osmanthus." Osmanthus duck is "clear and refreshing, and you won't get tired of eating it for a long time." It is a good drink to drink. It seems to have become a secular etiquette in Nanjing to go out on the street to buy a bowl of salted duck during festivals or when guests come to your home on weekdays.

Regional scope

The main production area of ??salted duck is located at 31°14′-32°37′ north latitude and 118°22′-119°14′ east longitude. Nanjing salted duck protection range It is the administrative division of Nanjing City with a protected area of ??6,598 square kilometers. Nanjing breeds more than 40 million meat ducks annually, sells more than 30 million ducks annually, and protects 35 million ducks annually.

Product quality characteristics

1. External sensory characteristics: full appearance, smooth body surface; oily skin, white with yellowing; muscle section is reddish, with texture Elasticity; the fat is light yellow; the taste is moderately salty, light and refreshing; it is mellow and delicious, and tastes like osmanthus. The aftertaste is long-lasting; the meat is fresh and tender, tender but not burnt, and will not get greasy after being eaten for a long time. 2. Intrinsic quality indicators: moisture content ≤75.0%; protein content ≥19.0%; fat content ≤20.0%. 3. Safety requirements: Nanjing salted duck raw material requirements are implemented in accordance with the standards for pollution-free agricultural products, and processing is strictly carried out in accordance with the requirements of the "Nanjing Salted Duck Processing Technology Specifications".