Red Yeast Rice

Red yeast rice, or monascus purpureus, is yeast grown on rice. It has been used as a dietary staple in many Asian countries and it is currently used as a nutritional supplement taken to manage cholesterollevels. Used in China for over a thousand years, red yeast rice has now found its way to American consumers looking for alternatives to statin therapy.

Characteristics:

1. Sound photostability
Red yeast rice is steady with light; And its alcohol solution is quite stable in ultraviolet radiation but its tint will be weakened in the strong sunlight.
2. Steady with pH value

The alcohol solution of Red yeast rice is still red when the pH value is 11. The color of its aqueous solution turns only under the environment of strong acid or strong alkali.

3. Sound heat resistance
Processed under 120° C for sixty minutes, the color of aqueous solution doesn't turn obviously. It can be seen that aqueous solution is very steady under the processing temperature of meat product.

Application: Red Yeast Rice For Backing Material And Dilution

Package: 25 kgs/bag or as you request.

Storage: Store at a ventilated, dry place.

Standards excuted: International Standard.