Sanuki Beef
讃岐牛 Kagawa
English name: Sanuki Beef — no official English name found, so romanised by this site.
Requirements for Sanuki Beef: breed — Japanese Black; where raised — raised in Kagawa Prefecture; grade — yield A/B with quality 5 or 4 (gold label) or 3 (silver label). Not specified: age.
Definition — what qualifies
| Breed | Japanese Black Documented pedigree Sources: [B032] |
|---|---|
| Where it must be raised | Raised in Kagawa Prefecture Sources: [B032] |
| Age / fattening period |
Not set (no such requirement in the source) |
| Grading | Yield A/B with quality 5 or 4 (gold label) or 3 (silver label) Sources: [B032] |
| Other conditions | Not set (no such requirement in the source) |
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. 61 beef brands set a meat quality grade. 49 of them, including Sanuki Beef, require grade 3 or higher or something stricter. 72 beef brands set no age or fattening condition, and Sanuki Beef is one of them.
This guide lists 3 brands from Kagawa (also Olive-fed Wagyu Beef and Olive Yumebuta 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
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Managed by
- Managed by
- Sanuki Beef & Olive-fed Wagyu Promotion Association
- Official site
- https://olivefedwagyu.jp/
Other brands from Kagawa
- Olive-fed Wagyu BeefBeef brands
- Olive Yumebuta 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
- [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