Noto Pork
能登豚 Ishikawa
English name: Noto Pork — no official English name found, so romanised by this site.
Requirements for Noto Pork: where raised — fattened and shipped within Ishikawa Prefecture; grade — graded by the Japan Meat Grading Association (no minimum grade is set). Also: slaughtered at the Kanazawa Meat Distribution Center; Produced under hygienic management. Not specified: breed, age at shipment, feed.
Definition — what qualifies
| Breed |
Not set (no such requirement in the source) |
|---|---|
| Where it must be raised | Fattened and shipped within Ishikawa Prefecture Sources: [P012] |
| Age at shipment |
Not set (no such requirement in the source) |
| Feed |
Not set (no such requirement in the source) |
| Grading | Graded by the Japan Meat Grading Association (no minimum grade is set) Sources: [P012] |
| Other conditions |
Slaughtered at the Kanazawa Meat Distribution Center [P012] Produced under hygienic management [P012] |
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) →
There are no conditions on breed, age or feed. The pigs must be graded, but no minimum grade is set. The council was founded on 25 February 2014; its secretariat is the Ishikawa Swine Association.
Premium tiers
- Alpha no Megumi
A separate standard: a dedicated feed for about six weeks in the late fattening stage; produced in Ishikawa; slaughtered at the Kanazawa Meat Distribution Center; graded under the pork carcass standard, excluding “Tōgai” (substandard); alpha-linolenic acid several times higher than in conventionally raised pork
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. Noto Pork sets a grade condition but no breed or feed condition.
This guide lists 2 brands from Ishikawa (also Noto Beef). By prefecture →
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Guides
Managed by
- Managed by
- Noto Pork Promotion Council
- Official site
- https://www.pref.ishikawa.lg.jp/tikusan/buta/about.html
Other brands from Ishikawa
- Noto BeefBeef 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
- [P012] 能登豚について — Ishikawa Prefecture (Livestock Promotion and Animal Health Division) ・ Primary source ・ Accessed 2026-10-06