ALERT!
FALSE SODIUM LEVELS ON RDA LABELING!

While shopping for Rice Cooking Wine from Chinese/Oriental grocery stores I started comparing the numbers between the different brands and found that some are showing that they only have a small amount of sodium when they are actually loaded with it. Some brands show something like 4-5% per CUP on the RDA label but that is very wrong. They have to have a minimum amount of salt to be sold as a cooking ingredient instead of an alcoholic beverage so no matter what numbers are on the RDA label if it says 1.5% by volume on the front it is LOADED with sodium ! Ive been fighting my blood pressure again for a couple weeks and couldnt figure it out because everything I was cooking was really low sodium...or so I thought. When I went to buy more Rice Cooking Wine I actually did a comparison and found that the product I was buying has misrepresented the sodium content on the RDA label (while the front of the bottle says 1.5% like all the others did who had higher sodium levels on the RDA label). ALL of these Rice Cooking Wines are off the chart as far as sodium goes, so if you are using one thinking its low sodium because the RDA labeling STOP because it isnt low at all. Instead go find some japanese Sake/Saki that is for drinking (you'll need to be over 21 here in the states, obviously) and use it to cook instead. It may be slightly higher priced. You can also use a dry white wine instead if you cant find the Saki.