Since then, Jinhua ham has been well-known at home and abroad for its "four wonders" of color, fragrance, taste and shape, and it was exported to Japan and Southeast Asian countries as early as the Qing Dynasty. 19 15 won the special prize for commodity quality of Panama International Commodities Fair. Jinhua ham has been selling well in Britain and America since 1930s.
Due to different raw materials, processing seasons and curing methods, Jinhua ham has many different varieties. If pickled in the dead of winter, it is called Zhengdong leg; Those who trim their legs into crescent shapes are called moon legs; Made of front legs, rectangular, called wind legs; Hanging between pots and stoves, often smoked by bamboo leaves, called smoked legs; Salted with sugar, called sugar legs; And pickled with dog legs, called legs.
Jinhua ham is refined from the hind legs of Jinhua double-headed black pig. Its skin color is Huang Liang, it looks like bamboo leaves, its flesh color is ruddy, its aroma is rich, its nutrition is rich and its taste is delicious. It is a gift, a delicious and nutritious crystal. According to Zhao Xuemin's Compendium of Materia Medica in Qing Dynasty, Jinhua ham is beneficial to kidney, stomach, body fluid production, aphrodisiac, bone marrow consolidation and foot strength. In daily life, patients regain their vitality, the elderly live longer, and women take care of themselves and eat ham after delivery, which can not only stimulate appetite and increase the taste of food, but also nourish and improve health, killing two birds with one stone, which is wonderful. There are more than ten ham factories in Jindong District, with an annual output of 500,000 hams, which are sold all over the country and all over the world.