Editing Beer in China (section)

==Ingredients==
Chinese beers often contain [[rice]], [[sorghum]] and sometimes [[rye]] in addition to [[barley]]. Some beer is produced that uses [[bitter melon]] instead of hops as the [[bittering agent]].

Chinese media reported in 2001 that as many as 95% of all Chinese beers contained [[formaldehyde]], to prevent sedimentation in bottles and cans while in storage.<ref name="Formaldehyde in Chinese Beer">{{cite web| title='No trouble brewing,' beer industry insists| publisher=China Daily| url=http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-07/14/content_460109.htm| access-date=2008-12-08}}</ref> This practice has now been made illegal.{{citation needed|date=May 2014}}