Utsunomiya Beef
宇都宮牛 Tochigi
English name: Utsunomiya Beef — no official English name found, so romanised by this site.
Requirements for Utsunomiya Beef: breed — Japanese Black; grade — meat quality grade 3 or higher. Also: fattened by designated Utsunomiya Beef producers. Not specified: where raised, age.
Definition — what qualifies
| Breed | Japanese Black Sources: [B061] |
|---|---|
| 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 | Meat quality grade 3 or higher Sources: [B061] |
| Other conditions |
Fattened by designated Utsunomiya Beef producers [B061] |
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 Utsunomiya Beef, require grade 3 or higher or something stricter. 72 beef brands set no age or fattening condition, and Utsunomiya Beef is one of them.
This guide lists 5 brands from Tochigi (also Tochigi Kirifuri Kogen Beef, Tochigi Yume Pork, Tochigi Wagyu and Nasu Wagyu). 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
- Utsunomiya Beef Association
- Official site
- https://utsunomiyagyu.com/history
Other brands from Tochigi
- Tochigi Kirifuri Kogen BeefBeef brands
- Tochigi Yume PorkPork brands
- Tochigi WagyuBeef brands
- Nasu WagyuBeef 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
- [B061] 宇都宮牛の定義 — Utsunomiya Beef Association ・ Primary source ・ Accessed 2026-09-18