Henan's agri product biz showing robust growth

Agricultural product processing enterprises in Henan province have experienced robust and innovative growth in recent years, expanding their services to a growing number of domestic and global catering businesses and consumers.

Henan-based Xinxiang Qianwei Central Kitchen Food Co Ltd, which specializes in providing customized and standardized quick-frozen food for catering businesses, has become a key supplier to top catering brands such as Yum China, Wallace and ZKungfu.

Sun Jian, the company's chairman, said its annual output value exceeds 1 billion yuan ($137 million), with flagship products including youtiao (deep-fried dough sticks), sesame balls, cartoon buns and egg tarts each generating annual sales of over 100 million yuan.