Horai Beef
鳳来牛 Aichi
English name: Horai Beef — no official English name found, so romanised by this site.
Requirements for Horai Beef: breed — Japanese Black; where raised — fattened on four certified farms in Shinshiro; age — fattened for at least 18 months; grade — meat quality grade 4 or higher. Also: no monensin sodium used during fattening.
Definition — what qualifies
| Breed | Japanese Black Sources: [E004] |
|---|---|
| Where it must be raised | Fattened on four certified farms in Shinshiro Sources: [B066] |
| Age / fattening period | Fattened for at least 18 months Sources: [B066] |
| Grading | Meat quality grade 4 or higher Sources: [B066] |
| Other conditions |
No monensin sodium used during fattening [B066] |
Grades follow the Japan Meat Grading Association: yield grade (A–C), meat quality grade (1–5), and marbling as BMS No. (1–12). How Japanese beef is graded →
JA Aichi Higashi describes it as a Japanese Black brand finished for at least 18 months by certified farms in Shinshiro. Aichi Prefecture's materials also mention a Horai Beef Promotion Council, of which JA Aichi Higashi is a member.
Compared with other brands
This guide lists 75 beef brands that require Japanese Black cattle. 61 beef brands set a meat quality grade. 24 of them, including Horai Beef, require grade 4 or higher or something stricter. 7 beef brands set a minimum fattening period, from 12 to 20 months. 18 months ranks 2nd from the longest.
This guide lists 9 brands from Aichi (also Atsumi Beef, Kuroshio Beef, Tahara Beef, Chita Beef Hibiki, Chita Wagyu Homare, Nagoya Cochin, Mikawa Beef and Mikawa Pork). By prefecture →
Compare this brand side by side with others → ・ Find brands by their rules →
Counts cover only the brands in this guide.
Guides
- Does Kobe beef have to be A5? We counted the grading rules of 100 Japanese beef brands
- Heifers, steers, or anything? The sex rules of 100 Japanese beef brands
- Where must Japanese brand beef be raised? We counted the region rules of 100 brands
- How old is Japanese brand beef? We counted the age rules of 100 brands
- What counts as wagyu? Four breeds, born and raised in Japan — and how 100 beef brands break down
Managed by
- Managed by
- JA Aichi Higashi
- Official site
- https://www.city.shinshiro.lg.jp/sangyo/nogyo-ringyo/tokusan/chikusan.html
Other brands from Aichi
- Atsumi BeefBeef brands
- Kuroshio BeefBeef brands
- Tahara BeefBeef brands
- Chita Beef HibikiBeef brands
- Chita Wagyu HomareBeef brands
- Nagoya CochinJidori and branded chicken
- Mikawa BeefBeef brands
- Mikawa PorkPork brands
About the names
Brand names are proper nouns. English names follow the brand association's official English page first, then the English name in the GI register, and otherwise romanised Japanese plus "Beef", "Wagyu" or "Pork". We never call a non-Wagyu brand Wagyu.
Sources
Sources are in Japanese