Miyazaki Wagyu: Champion at the Japanese Wagyu Olympics 4 times running! In , Miyazaki Wagyu was crowned champion at the th National Competitive Exhibition of Wagyu, also known as the Japanese Wagyu Olympics, for the th time running and the th time cumulatively. The “National Competitive Exhibition of Wagyu” is a prestigious competition held once every five years, where excellent Wagyu cattle are gathered from all over Japan to compete for improvement and excellence, also known as the “Olympics of JAPANESEWAGYU.” The criteria for success in the Olympics include the quality and volume of meat, as well as its colour, lustre, firmness, texture and marbling. These qualities are assessed quantitatively, and the beef that earns the highest total is the winner. At the th competition, it won first place in a new judging section that focuses not only on the amount of marbling, but also on the quality of fat, such as the content of MUFA (mainly oleic acid), which affects umami and melting in the mouth. There are other brands of beef that claim to be “Japan’s Best Wagyu,” but the most In the most recent competition, Miyazaki Wagyu is the only beef to have won the award for Japan’s best in the beef cattle category. 07 / 08 Japanese Prime Minister’s Award Winners year Okayama Oi t a Shimane Hi roshima Hi roshima Kagoshima Iwa te Gi fu Miyazaki Miyazaki Oi t a Kagoshima Okayama Kagoshima Shimane Kagoshima Shimane Hyogo Shi zuoka Oi t a Miyazaki Nagasaki Miyazaki Miyazaki Japan Prime Minister’s Award Breeding cattle category Beef cattle category JAPANESE WAGYU 1 No. Prime Minister’s Award 2007.2012.2017.2022
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