"Eat three dates a day, and you will never get old" is a folk proverb that has been circulating in Yiwu for a long time. Nanzhao is a precious product unique to Yiwu. During the Qianlong period, it was listed as a tribute, and the first episode of China Famous Products recorded that "the best jujube in the south of the Yangtze River is Nanzao in Yiwu, Zhejiang". The sugar content of fresh jujube is 10-36%, and the content of vitamin C is 90- 120 times higher than that of apple, pear and peach, and more than that of orange, orange and lemon. It is one of the traditional famous brand export commodities in Zhejiang Province.
Yiwu Huashan pear is an excellent local variety of Zhejiang pear, which is produced in Huaxi, Li Tang and other towns. The fruit is oval and generally weighs more than 200 grams. The skin is thin and yellowish brown, the flesh is white and tender, the juice is sweet, some are slightly sour, the core is small, there are few stone cells, and it is resistant to storage. Compared with pear in Sydney and Tianjin in Shandong, it has a unique flavor and has been popular in Hangzhou, Jiaxing, Wenzhou, Shanghai, Jiangxi, Fujian, Guangdong and other places.
Yiwu is a famous local wine, and there is a record of "white wine" in the Wild Guest Series written by Zhu Danxi, a famous doctor in Yuan Dynasty. Its color is heavy jujube, its luster is like amber, it is fragrant and mellow, soft and refreshing, and it does not overflow when the cup is full. After drinking, there is a thick liquid in the cup.