Pingyu white sesame is a geographical indication protected product. Pingyu white sesame is a geographical indication certification trademark.
Pingyu County white sesame is listed as a national protected area of ??origin product and is the second most advantageous crop in Pingyu County’s planting industry after wheat. Pingyu County white sesame is the county with the largest production base in the country.
In 1980, Pingyu white sesame was awarded the title of "Quality Product" by the Ministry of Economy and Trade. In 1988, Pingyu County was named "White Sesame" by Henan Province. A sesame foreign trade export base county. In 1997, Pingyu County was approved by the state as a commercial oil base county. In 1998, Pingyu County was listed as a pilot county for standardized planting of white sesame by the State Bureau of Quality and Technical Supervision. In 2000 and 2001, it received continuous national financial support. Construction of standardized production project of white sesame for poverty alleviation through science and technology. At present, the county's white sesame planting area has stabilized at about 500,000 acres, and its planting area, total output, and annual export volume rank first among counties in the country. It is known as "the first among hundreds of grains in the Central Plains and the king of sesame in Pingyu." As early as the 1980s, Pingyu County cultivated high-quality and high-yielding white sesame varieties "Yuzhi No. 2" and "Yuzhi No. 6". The Provincial Academy of Agricultural Sciences has cultivated these varieties in Zhangmiao Village, Donghuangmiao Township, our county for more than 20 years. Research work on new white sesame varieties has been carried out, and new sesame varieties "Yuzhi No. 5", "Yuzhi No. 8", "Yuzhi No. 10" and so on have been cultivated. Pingyu white sesame is famous at home and abroad for its unique and excellent qualities such as large seeds, thin skin and thick flesh, white color and mellow taste. It is a traditional export commodity of Pingyu County, with an annual export volume of about 15 million kilograms. In terms of export earnings, occupies an important position. Pingyu white sesame has a high oil content. The "small ground sesame oil" produced and processed is a treasure among edible oils. It is rich in various nutrients, vitamins E, C, linoleic acid, etc., and is called the "Queen of Nutrition" by Western countries. , has the effect of softening blood vessels, lowering blood pressure, strengthening hair and moisturizing skin. Pingyu County Xiaomo sesame oil is hand-ground using traditional techniques. It is brown and transparent with a long-lasting fragrance. In 1986, it represented Henan Province in the National High-Quality Agricultural Products Exhibition at the Beijing Agricultural Exhibition Hall. It was praised by the Minister of Agriculture Yuan Hekang as "Henan Xiaomo" The aroma of oil is No. 1 in the country.”
Small ground sesame oil production base in Fengtang Village, Shuangmiao Township, Pingyu County
According to the production method, sesame oil is divided into small ground sesame oil and machine-pressed sesame oil. And got its name. Because sesame is used as raw material, it is called "sesame oil" and "sesame oil". The ancients called sesame seeds "flax" and "fat sesame oil", and called sesame oil "flax oil" and "fat sesame oil". Sesame oil can be called the top grade of oils. People respect sesame as the "Queen of Oil Crops" and sesame oil as the "King of Vegetable Oils and Fats".