Kyoto Pork
京都ぽーく Kyoto
English name: Kyoto Pork — no official English name found, so romanised by this site.
Requirements for Kyoto Pork: breed — Three-way cross (Landrace × Large Yorkshire × Duroc); age at shipment — shipped at 180 days of age or older; feed — in the finishing stage, feed containing at least 30% barley and bread crumbs for at least 60 days; grade — japan Meat Grading standard: “Jō”, “Chū” or “Nami” (上・中・並). Also: sent to Kyoto City Central Wholesale Market No. 2 and judged to meet a set meat quality; Produced by member farms of the Kyoto Prefecture Swine Producers' Council. Not specified: where raised.
Definition — what qualifies
| Breed | Three-way cross (Landrace × Large Yorkshire × Duroc) Three-way cross: sows from Landrace × Large Yorkshire mated with Duroc boars, chosen for their meat quality (LWD/WLD; a three-way cross of breeding stock selected by the Kyoto Pork quality committee) |
|---|---|
| Where it must be raised |
Not set (no such requirement in the source) |
| Age at shipment | Shipped at 180 days of age or older Sources: [P008] |
| Feed | In the finishing stage, feed containing at least 30% barley and bread crumbs for at least 60 days Sources: [P008] |
| Grading | Japan Meat Grading standard: “Jō”, “Chū” or “Nami” (上・中・並) Sources: [P008] |
| Other conditions |
Sent to Kyoto City Central Wholesale Market No. 2 and judged to meet a set meat quality [P007] Produced by member farms of the Kyoto Prefecture Swine Producers' Council [P008] |
Pork is graded under the Japan Meat Grading Association’s pork carcass standard, in five grades: Gokujō (極上), Jō (上), Chū (中), Nami (並) and Tōgai (等外, substandard). The same standard applies regardless of breed, age or sex. Pork grading (pork carcass standard) →
The prefecture's page (P007) describes the feed only as “barley, bread crumbs and the like, for at least 60 days before shipment”, without the 30% figure, and says only “a set meat quality” for grading. We follow the figures in the PDF of the council's rearing rules (P008). The PDF's “195 days as a guide” and “110 kg shipping weight as a guide” are guidelines, so we do not list them as conditions.
Compared with other brands
25 pork brands set a breed condition and 13 do not. 29 of the 38 pork brands set a feed condition. Only 8 of the 38 pork brands set a grade condition. Kyoto Pork sets breed, feed and grade conditions.
This guide lists 6 brands from Kyoto (also Kameoka Beef, Kyo Jidori, Kyoto Beef, Kyo no Niku and Kyo no Mochibuta Pork). By prefecture →
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Guides
Managed by
- Managed by
- Kyoto Prefecture Swine Producers' Council
- Official site
- https://www.pref.kyoto.jp/chikusan/pork.html
Other brands from Kyoto
- Kameoka BeefBeef brands
- Kyo JidoriJidori and branded chicken
- Kyoto BeefBeef brands
- Kyo no NikuBeef brands
- Kyo no Mochibuta 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
- [P007] ブランド畜産物 京都ぽーく — Kyoto Prefecture (Livestock Division) ・ Primary source ・ Accessed 2026-10-06
- [P008] 京都ぽーく（府ページからリンクされたPDF。表題・発行者の記載なし） — Kyoto Prefecture (Livestock Division) ・ Primary source ・ Accessed 2026-10-06