Talk:Beer in China

message: Ummm..... could we make this article specify what beer company it is talking about, at the least?
:i think it's talking about chinese beers in general. so far theyre pretty unremarkable, but the Tsingtao Brewery article is the one about a specific company. Nateji77 05:19, 2 September 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Tsingtao's market dominance earns it a paragraph to itself, but in the current version, following my restructure, I think it's clear that most of the article is talking about Chinese beers in general, not just one company.  Rodparkes 02:10, 13 August 2007 (UTC)
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message: Formaldehyde? What is the source of the author's information?
This doesn't sound right to me. 
If it is, which specific Chinese beers contain this carcinogen?
: See these articles from Chinese national newspapers: http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-07/12/content_459503.htm and http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200507/15/eng20050715_196351.html  Rodparkes 02:10, 13 August 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I know about beer. This Wiki article contain sensationalized stories implying the chemical is an oddity when it's not. Because the chemical is in many beers but at safe levels.  According to Urban myths and consequently the same Chinese paper, formaldehyde appears naturally in any brewery process but no such chemical is artificially added to Tsingdao Beer as a stabilizer, according the local quality watchdog. And the SAQSIQ spot-checked 157 domestic beers and 64 foreign products from countries including the United States, Germany, Japan and the Republic of Korea and found that imported brands also contained 0.10 to 0.61 milligrams of formaldehyde on average per liter, compared with 0.10 to 0.56 milligrams for Chinese products. https://www.urbanmyths.com/urban-myths/food/beer-myths-is-there-formaldehyde-in-beer/ So why the generalized emphasis on a misinterpreted chemical that isn't all that unique to a single country. Unless the levels were too high which it wasn't. 
http://en.people.cn/200507/17/eng20050717_196588.html
Additionally the report said that when within acceptable ranges, formaldehyde used in the beer industry would not harm health because it soon broke down during processing to negligible amounts. That's why foreign imported beers had it as well, but well below safety min levels. The media was quickly criticised for such sensational and loose misinterpreted reporting as it misleads people not well versed in the brewery industry. https://www.scmp.com/article/508386/watchdog-clears-beer-formaldehyde-fear Hence I don't think this Wiki article shouldn't even include such sensationalized media reports in the first place.  Gurnardmexico66 (talk) 01:52, 9 May 2020 (UTC)
thread_title: Use of formaldehyde

message: New company for evaluation: 莫干山泉啤酒有限公司 ("Moganshan spring beer limited company" of Deqing County, Huzhou, Zhejiang, China). Badagnani 19:21, 12 August 2007 (UTC)
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message: Isn't some Chinese beer brewed with maize as an adjunct? The article only mentions rice and rye. Badagnani 06:55, 2 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Maize (corn)

message: Where is this information coming from? Is it a reliable source? It seems questionable.
Rbritt518 (talk) 05:54, 17 November 2008 (UTC)
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