Zhimeizhai

The Zhimeizhai brand was founded in 1608, and has a history of over 400 years through the Ming, Qing, and Republican periods. Zhimeizhai Sauce Garden is the originator of southern-style condiment production and is known as one of the four great sauce gardens of China's Ming and Qing dynasties. The brewing technique of Zhimeizhai Cantonese-style condiments has been recognized as 'Provincial Intangible Cultural Heritage'. With a century of brilliance and continuous progress, as one of China's first batch of time-honored brands and a well-known trademark in China, Zhimeizhai has in recent years successively won nearly a hundred honors, including 'Guangdong Province Agricultural Leading Enterprise', 'Enterprise Practicing New Quality Productive Forces', 'Guangdong Province High-Value Trademark Brand', first batch certification of 'Guangzhou Food' brand products, and 'National Industry Quality Leading Brand for Condiments', highlighting the market vitality and brand value of Zhimeizhai in adhering to innovation while maintaining tradition.
Guangzhou Zhimeizhai Sauce Garden Co., Ltd. is a wholly state-owned enterprise under Guangzhou Lingnan Commercial Tourism Investment Group Co., Ltd., with subsidiaries including Guangzhou Zhimeizhai Food Co., Ltd., Zhimeizhai (Yangjiang) Food Co., Ltd., and Guangzhou Condiment Food Research Institute. It mainly produces and operates seven categories of condiments, including soy sauce, vinegar, oyster sauce, southern fermented bean curd, seasoning paste, seasoning liquid, and seasoning powder, totaling over 200 varieties. Its flagship products, such as Tianding Tou Chou, glutinous rice sweet vinegar, Dahong Zhejiang vinegar, and abalone sauce, rank among the top in their respective market segments.
In accordance with the strategic deployment of Lingnan Group, Zhimeizhai adheres to a brand-led development strategy, continuously strengthens production process control, builds and improves the entire condiment industry chain, increases R&D and technical investment, and enhances production technology. Guided by 'New Planning, New Technology, New Model, New Platform, and New Image', it is constructing a modern condiment production base in Yangxi County, Guangdong. In the future, relying on the new production base, Zhimeizhai will promote market layout, mixed-ownership reform, capital operation, and listing with a more open attitude, forming a 'Condiment+' food industry ecological chain, achieving fission-style development of the Zhimeizhai industry, and striving to become the inheritor of Cantonese-style seasoning techniques, the leader in quality healthy condiments, and a millennium national brand in the food industry.