The Ministry of Light Industry issued < < Rice Wines and their Assays Procedures>> (QB525-81) in 1982 which are suitable for alcoholic beverages made from rice, corn, millet and wheat. The technical specification includes " Organoleptic Specification" and "Composition specification".
Organoleptic Specification
| Varieties of rice wine | Color | Fragrance | Flavour |
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| Dry type | Orange yellow, brown, clear and transparent, sedimented particals at the bottom of bottle or jars are permitted. | Having the character featre of rice wine | Smooth, without abnormal flavour |
| Semi-dry type | The same as described above | The same as described above | The same as described above |
| Semi-sweet type | The same as described above | The same asdescribed above mellow, delicious, palatable, without abnormal flavour | The same asdescribed above |
| Sweet type | The same as described above | The same as described above Sweet, mellow, Rice wine bodyis full and coordinate, without abnormal flavour | The same as described above |
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3.7.2 Composition of Rice Wines
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| Types of Varieties | Items | Specification |
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| Rice wines | red rice wine | Millet wine |
| Dry type | Sugar (g/100 ml,as glucose) | < 0.50 | <1.00 | <1.00 |
| Ethnol (%, v/v) | >14.5 | >13.0 | >11.0 |
| Total acid ( g/100 ml, as succinic acid) | ≤0.45 | ≤0.55 | ≤0.60 |
| Semi-dry Type | Sugar (g/100 ml,as glucose) | 0.50~3.00 | 1.00~3.00 | 1.00~3.00 |
| Ethnol (%, v/v) | >16.0 | >14.0 | >11.0 |
| Total acid ( g/100 ml, as succinic acid) | ≤0.45 | ≤0.55 | ≤0.60 |
| Semi-sweet Type | Sugar (g/100 ml, as glucose) | 3.00~10.00 | 3.00~10.00 | 3.00~ 10.00 |
| Ethnol (%, v/v) | >15.0 | >14.0 | >11.5 |
| Total acid ( g/100 ml, as succinic acid) | ≤0.55 | ≤0.55 | ≤0.55 |
| Sweet type | Sugar (g/100 ml, as glucose) | < 10.00 | <10.00 | <10.00 |
| Ethnol (%, v/v) | >13.0 | >13.0 | >11.5 |
| Total acid ( g/100 ml, as succinic acid) | ≤0.55 | ≤0.55 | ≤0.50 |
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──────────────────────────────────── Extra-sweet Sugar (g/100 ml, Type as glucose) Ethnol (%, v/v) Total acid ( g/100 ml, as succinic acid) _______________________________________________________________________ Sanitary standard is accordinated with "Food Sanitary Standard", "Fermented Alcoholic Beverages GB n48-77 and GB n51-77".
