Donggu

Donggu (东古) is the brand of Heshan Donggu Flavoring Food Co., Ltd. (鹤山市东古调味食品有限公司), a Chinese condiment manufacturer based in the Gulao Town area of Heshan, Guangdong Province. Its corporate lineage reaches back to the Tiaozhen Sauce Garden (调珍酱园), founded in the 30th year of the Daoguang reign of the Qing dynasty — 1850 — in Gulao, and the company describes itself as one of the first enterprises designated a "China Time-Honored Brand" (中华老字号) by the Ministry of Commerce. After 1949 the business became the state-run Heshan County Soy Sauce Factory, was restructured in 1996 as Heshan Sauce Food Co., Ltd., and in 2001 was renamed Heshan Donggu Flavoring Food Co., Ltd. The company's core business is brewed soy sauce, which it divides into light (生抽) and dark (老抽) lines, alongside fermented bean curd, vinegar, sauces, seasonings, fruit preserves and pickled vegetables. Its product range has grown from soy sauce and Gulao noodle bean paste (古劳面豉) into more than one hundred items across seven major categories. Signature products include Yipinxian (一品鲜) soy sauce, Yipinxian oyster sauce, dark soy sauce lines, sesame oils, chicken powder, and Gulao noodle bean paste. Donggu emphasizes traditional sun-brewing: soy sauce is made from non-GMO soybeans and wheat flour using a high-salt dilute-state fermentation in small, glass-covered sunning pools, and Gulao noodle bean paste is fermented in ceramic vats and basins for roughly 90 to 150 days depending on weather. Production is concentrated at a large base in the Maishui Industrial Zone of Gulao Town, established in 2004, where the company says it occupies about 400 mu and operates more than 5,000 soy-sauce brewing sunning pools, with annual condiment capacity exceeding 200,000 tonnes. Donggu states that it runs an ISO 9001:2000 quality management system and has passed ISO 22000 food safety management certification, and that it works with food research institutes to modernize parts of its traditional process. Donggu's products are sold across China, with the company citing distribution in Beijing, Shanghai, Tianjin, Chongqing, Liaoning, Guangxi, Sichuan, Henan, Hebei, Shaanxi and Guangdong. The brand positions itself as a carrier of centuries-old Chinese condiment culture, presenting its heritage brewing methods as the source of its flavor and its identity as a national enterprise with a long history.

Donggu's history begins with the Tiaozhen Sauce Garden (调珍酱园), founded in 1850 — the 30th year of the Daoguang reign of the Qing dynasty — in Gulao, Heshan, Guangdong. According to the company, the original site was in Gulao Market (古劳墟) in Gulao Town, and it operated as a well-known small workshop for folk sauce and food products. The business drew on the clear water of the West River and produced soy sauce, Gulao noodle bean paste and vinegar using traditional methods. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, the workshop was reorganized as the state-run Heshan County Soy Sauce Factory (国营鹤山县酱油厂). In 1996, amid China's enterprise system reform, it was restructured into Heshan Sauce Food Co., Ltd. (鹤山市酱料食品有限公司). In 2001, with approval from the municipal industry and commerce authorities, it was renamed Heshan Donggu Flavoring Food Co., Ltd. (鹤山市东古调味食品有限公司). Because the original site at Dongning Street in Gulao Town was at the edge of the market town and limited in area, the company's growth was constrained after the 1996 restructuring. In 2004, Donggu built a new, larger condiment production base in the Maishui Industrial Zone of Gulao Town. The company states that it now occupies about 400 mu, operates more than 5,000 soy-sauce brewing sunning pools, and has annual condiment production capacity exceeding 200,000 tonnes. Over more than 170 years, Donggu's range expanded from soy sauce and noodle bean paste to more than one hundred items in seven major categories: brewed soy sauce, fermented bean curd, vinegar, sauces, seasonings, fruit preserves and pickled vegetables. Its soy sauce is made from non-GMO soybeans and wheat flour using small-pool, high-salt dilute-state fermentation under glass-covered sunning pools, while Gulao noodle bean paste is fermented in ceramic vats and basins for roughly 90 to 150 days. The company says it maintains an ISO 9001:2000 quality management system, has passed ISO 22000 food safety management certification, and collaborates with food research institutes to modernize parts of its traditional production, with some workshops becoming fully automated. Donggu describes itself as one of the first enterprises designated a "China Time-Honored Brand" by the Ministry of Commerce, and presents its mission as spreading condiments representing traditional Chinese culture to markets across China and beyond. Its products are sold in provinces and municipalities including Beijing, Shanghai, Tianjin, Chongqing, Liaoning, Guangxi, Sichuan, Henan, Hebei, Shaanxi and Guangdong.

• 2004

  New condiment production base built in the Maishui Industrial Zone of Gulao Town.

• 2001

  Renamed Heshan Donggu Flavoring Food Co., Ltd. with approval from municipal industry and commerce authorities.

• 1996

  Restructured into Heshan Sauce Food Co., Ltd. during enterprise system reform.

• 1949

  After the founding of the People's Republic of China, the workshop was reorganized as the state-run Heshan County Soy Sauce Factory.

• 1850

  Tiaozhen Sauce Garden founded in Gulao, Heshan, during the Daoguang reign of the Qing dynasty.

A heritage Chinese condiment brand built on traditional sun-brewing methods, positioned as a China Time-Honored Brand carrying centuries-old soy-sauce and sauce culture.

• Brewed soy sauce (light)

  Yipinxian soy sauce (一品鲜酱油)

• Brewed soy sauce (light)

  Concentrated first-draw soy sauce (浓头油酱油)

• Brewed soy sauce (light)

  Jinchou soy sauce (劲抽酱油)

• Brewed soy sauce (light)

  Weijixian soy sauce (味极鲜酱油)

• Brewed soy sauce (light)

  Baiweixian soy sauce (百味鲜酱油)

• Brewed soy sauce (light)

  Yuanweixian soy sauce (原味鲜酱油)

• Brewed soy sauce (dark)

  Gold-label dark soy sauce king (金标老抽王)

• Brewed soy sauce (dark)

  Straw mushroom dark soy sauce (草菇老抽)

• Brewed soy sauce (dark)

  Braised soy sauce (红烧酱油)

• Fermented bean curd

  Fermented bean curd and red fermented bean curd (腐乳/南乳)

• Vinegar

  Refined white vinegar, white rice vinegar, sweet vinegar, Zhejiang vinegar, apple vinegar

• Sauces

  Soybean paste and Gulao noodle bean paste (黄豆酱、古劳面豉)

• Oyster sauce

  Yipinxian oyster sauce, gold-label oyster sauce, premium oyster sauce

• Seasoning sauces

  Chili sauces including Xianggela spicy sauce, garlic chili sauce, mushroom rice-mix sauce

• Seasoning juices

  Seasoning juices including ketchup, black pepper sauce, Worcestershire sauce, chicken juice, barbecue sauce

• Seasoning powders

  Chicken essence and chicken powder

• Cooking wine

  Cooking wine (料酒)

• Fruit preserves

  Sour plum sauce (酸梅酱)

• Pickled vegetables

  Wild mountain chili pickles (野山椒)

• Sesame oil

  Pure sesame oil and black sesame oil

1. 1鹤山市东古调味食品有限公司 首页donggu.com.cn
2. 2企业简介 - 鹤山市东古调味食品有限公司donggu.com.cn
3. 3东古产品 - 鹤山市东古调味食品有限公司donggu.com.cn
4. 4official_website_pagedonggu.com.cn