Not the same. Glutinous rice is divided into indica glutinous rice and japonica glutinous rice, and indica glutinous rice is called river rice, so river rice and glutinous rice is not the same, river rice is just a kind of glutinous rice, simply put glutinous rice can be river rice, but river rice is not necessarily glutinous rice, both can be used to do the cake, rice cake and other ingredients. Jiangmi and glutinous rice can be used to porridge, the two are not good or bad, boiled out of the consistency are almost the same, the taste is also more glutinous, the nutrients contained in there is no great difference.

Sticky rice milky white, opaque, translucent, viscous, divided into indica sticky rice and japonica sticky rice two kinds:

Indica sticky rice by indica-type glutinous rice made of rice grain is generally oval or elongated; Japonica sticky rice by japonica-type glutinous rice made of rice grain is generally oval.

Glutinous rice is the main raw material for making sticky snacks, such as rice dumplings, eight-treasure congee, rice cakes and other desserts, and glutinous rice is also the main raw material for brewing mash (sweet rice wine) in the southern region. Glutinous rice contains protein, fat, sugar, calcium, phosphorus, iron, vitamin B1, vitamin B2, niacin and starch.