Tahara Beef
田原牛 Aichi
English name: Tahara Beef — no official English name found, so romanised by this site.
Not Wagyu
Requirements for Tahara Beef: breed — Crossbred (Japanese Black × Holstein). Also: all producers feed, per the manual, a compound feed made from identity-preserved maize and soybean meal; All cattle shipped to the Higashi-Mikawa meat market and sold on consignment through JA Aichi Keizairen; Produced by registered producers in the JA Aichi Minami area (Tahara Beef Fattening Club). Not specified: where raised, age, grade.
Definition — what qualifies
| Breed | Crossbred (Japanese Black × Holstein) Crossbred cattle, mainly home-bred calves, on a standard feed Sources: [E008] |
|---|---|
| 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 |
All producers feed, per the manual, a compound feed made from identity-preserved maize and soybean meal [E009] All cattle shipped to the Higashi-Mikawa meat market and sold on consignment through JA Aichi Keizairen [E009] Produced by registered producers in the JA Aichi Minami area (Tahara Beef Fattening Club) [E008] |
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 →
Not Wagyu: crossbred. On where calves come from, JA Aichi Keizairen says mainly home-bred, while JA Aichi Minami names the Aichi and Hokuren Tokachi livestock markets as the main sources.
Compared with other brands
This guide lists 7 beef brands that require Crossbred (Japanese Black × Holstein) cattle. 32 beef brands set no meat quality grade, and Tahara Beef is one of them. 72 beef brands set no age or fattening condition, and Tahara Beef is one of them.
This guide lists 9 brands from Aichi (also Atsumi Beef, Kuroshio Beef, Chita Beef Hibiki, Chita Wagyu Homare, Nagoya Cochin, Horai Beef, 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
- Tahara Beef Fattening Club (JA Aichi Minami)
- Official site
- https://www.ja-aichiminami.jp/products/chikusan/taharaushi/
Other brands from Aichi
- Atsumi BeefBeef brands
- Kuroshio BeefBeef brands
- Chita Beef HibikiBeef brands
- Chita Wagyu HomareBeef brands
- Nagoya CochinJidori and branded chicken
- Horai BeefBeef brands
- 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
- [E008] あいち産畜産物 取り扱いブランド — JA Aichi Keizairen ・ Primary source ・ Accessed 2026-09-28
- [E009] 田原牛｜畜産｜みなみの特産物 — JA Aichi Minami ・ Primary source ・ Accessed 2026-09-28