Before approving a comparison claim
Per 100 g of cooked rice or the whole cooked batch?
A lower carbohydrate figure needs a stated comparison basis. Is the buyer comparing equal weights of cooked rice, or all edible cooked rice produced from equal starting weights of raw rice? Those are different questions. The eight catalog models above have no published carbohydrate results; the category name cannot answer either question.
The Consumer Council's June 2021 investigation illustrates why the distinction matters: its per-100 g comparison and its comparison of the complete cooked output from the same raw-rice input gave different perspectives. That historical investigation is not a test report for the Yaoyuan models listed here.
Read the unit before comparing the headline
FAO's food-composition conventions distinguish values per 100 g of edible food from other reporting bases. A value per 100 g of cooked rice describes concentration in that food. A whole-batch total also depends on the edible cooked yield. A serving-based statement additionally needs its serving weight; it is not automatically a whole-batch statement.
A hypothetical arithmetic check, not a product result
These invented figures are not Yaoyuan measurements, laboratory findings, a recipe or a reduction promise. Both fictional batches start with 100 g of the same raw rice:
- Batch A yields 200 g of edible cooked rice, with 30 g carbohydrate per 100 g: 30 × 200 / 100 = 60 g in the cooked batch.
- Batch B yields 250 g of edible cooked rice, with 24 g carbohydrate per 100 g: 24 × 250 / 100 = 60 g in the cooked batch.
Batch B has a lower per-100 g figure but the same calculated whole-batch amount. This does not show carbohydrate removal from an equal raw-rice input. For a real calculation, the concentration must represent the same edible cooked batch whose yield is weighed; a number from another sample or a dry-weight basis cannot simply be substituted. FAO's data-compilation guidance explains the role of cooked yield in composition calculations. Arithmetic alone is not claim substantiation.
Carry the comparison basis into the buyer's approval file
Ask the laboratory and destination-market claims reviewer to identify the reference appliance or mode, the measured carbohydrate definition and the reporting basis before interpreting a percentage. Keep the raw-input and edible-yield records linked to the selected model, protocol and representative samples. Where proposed wording could imply both equal-portion and equal-input results, request both comparisons and clarify any disagreement before artwork approval.
Do not turn a concentration difference into a whole-batch removal claim or a medical, diabetes or glycemic claim. Initial wholesale inquiries can still proceed with model, quantity, country, plug, voltage, packing, OEM request and destination port while the proposed wording remains unresolved.