Beer in China 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. This practice has now been made illegal. Snow Beer, produced by CR Snow is the best selling beer in China, holding 21.7% market share, having recently overtaken Tsingtao Beer, produced by Tsingtao Brewery, which is the brand most widely exported to other countries. Tsingtao Beer is brewed in the city of Qingdao
Beer in France uses data from the WHO Global Status Report on Alcohol and Health 2011, At 30 l per capita, France is not even listed in the List of countries by beer consumption per capita(Please note that this number considers total beer volume - which includes beers with various alcohol content - whereas the World Health Organization number above considers total alcohol only). Overall alcohol consumption is down 25% since 1960 (17.9 l alcohol/inhabitant in 1961 compared to 10.5 l in 2008) and beer currently represents 16% of the total. Similar data is shown by the World Health Organization Global Status Report