It is present only in the endosperm of the grain making up 90-93 percent of the milled rice dry weight. Rice starch is used as a thickener in making sauces and desserts. It can be hydrolyzed to make a sweet syrup. Rice Vinegar Vinegar made from fermented rice. Chinese rice vinegars are sharp and sour.
Japanese vinegars are mellow.
Rice Wine Sweet, golden wine made from fermenting freshly steamed glutinous rice. Most rice wines are low in alcohol. Most well-known Japanese rice wines include Sake and Mirin. Chinese rice wines include Chia Fan, Hsiang Hsueh, Shan Niang, and Yen Hung. The Dutch adopted this style of dining during their occupation of Indonesia in the 18th and 19th centuries.