Sendai Beef
仙台牛 Miyagi
English name: Sendai Beef — no official English name found, so romanised by this site.
Requirements for Sendai Beef: breed — Japanese Black; where raised — raised longest in, and finished in, Miyagi Prefecture; grade — A5 or B5 only. Also: fattened by registered farms and sold through markets or shows approved by the council. Not specified: age.
Definition — what qualifies
| Breed | Japanese Black Sources: [B004] |
|---|---|
| Where it must be raised | Raised longest in, and finished in, Miyagi Prefecture Sources: [B004] |
| Age / fattening period |
Not set (no such requirement in the source) |
| Grading | A5 or B5 only Sources: [B004] |
| Other conditions |
Fattened by registered farms and sold through markets or shows approved by the council [B004] |
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. Sendai Beef is the only one that accepts grade 5 only. 72 beef brands set no age or fattening condition, and Sendai Beef is one of them.
This guide lists 2 brands from Miyagi (also Miyagino Buta Minori). 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
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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
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Managed by
- Managed by
- Sendai Beef Brand Promotion Council
- Official site
- https://sendaigyu.jp/organization/
Other brands from Miyagi
- Miyagino Buta MinoriPork 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
- [B004] 仙台牛の定義 — Sendai Beef Brand Promotion Council ・ Primary source ・ Accessed 2026-09-18