Olive-fed Wagyu Beef
オリーブ牛 Kagawa
English name: Olive-fed Wagyu Beef — as written on the English page at olivefedwagyu.jp.
Requirements for Olive-fed Wagyu Beef: breed — Japanese Black. Also: fed the olive feed specified by the Sanuki Beef brand council; The feeding manual specifies 100 g a day for the 2 months before shipment (per the association's history article). Not specified: where raised, age, grade.
Definition — what qualifies
| Breed | Japanese Black Must qualify as Sanuki Beef Sources: [B032] |
|---|---|
| Where it must be raised |
Not set (no such requirement in the source) |
| Age / fattening period |
Not set (no such requirement in the source) |
| Grading |
Not set (no such requirement in the source) |
| Other conditions |
Fed the olive feed specified by the Sanuki Beef brand council [B032] The feeding manual specifies 100 g a day for the 2 months before shipment (per the association's history article) [B904] |
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 →
Compared with other brands
This guide lists 75 beef brands that require Japanese Black cattle. 32 beef brands set no meat quality grade, and Olive-fed Wagyu Beef is one of them. 72 beef brands set no age or fattening condition, and Olive-fed Wagyu Beef is one of them.
This guide lists 3 brands from Kagawa (also Olive Yumebuta Pork and Sanuki Beef). By prefecture →
Compare this brand side by side with others → ・ Find brands by their rules →
Counts cover only the brands in this guide.
Guides
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- 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
- Sanuki Beef & Olive-fed Wagyu Promotion Association
- Official site
- https://olivefedwagyu.jp/
- Official English page
- https://olivefedwagyu.jp/history/2017/pride/en/
Other brands from Kagawa
- Olive Yumebuta PorkPork brands
- Sanuki BeefBeef 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
- [B032] 讃岐牛の定義 — Olive-fed Wagyu Promotion Association ・ Primary source ・ Accessed 2026-09-18
- [B904] オリーブ牛のブランド化の取り組み（沿革） — Olive-fed Wagyu Promotion Association ・ Primary source ・ Accessed 2026-09-18