Red Yeast Rice Powder Overview
Red Yeast Rice Powder is obtained through cultivating Monascus on non-GMO rice. It contains abundant active enzyme and many kinds of active substance including Monacolin-K, Ergosterol (C28H44O), γ-aminobutyric acid (C4H9NO2) and natural phytohormone (Isoflavone). So Red Yeast Rice Powder is widely used as the raw material of health care product and medicine.Red Yeast Rice
Traditional red yeast rice is produced with raw material of rice. Soak, steam, cool rice, and then inoculate Monascus to the rice, and ferment the mixture under the certain conditions, finally dry it. Red yeast rice has a long history to be used as natural food coloring agent. It is mainly used to pot-stewed meat and make wine, vinegar, candy, jam, juice, and pastry.Red Yeast Rice Manufacturer Specification
Red Yeast Rice Powder (Monacolin K) | Specification |
0.2% |
0.4% |
1% |
1.5% |
2% |
3% |
Red Yeast Rice Manufacturer Testing Index
Organoleptic |
Appearance | Powder |
Color | Reddish brown |
Odor | Characteristic |
Taste | Characteristic |
Physical Characteristics |
Moisture | ≤10.0% |
Heavy metals |
Pb | ≤2.0ppm |
As | ≤1.0ppm |
Hg | ≤0.3ppm |
Microbiological Tests |
Total Plate Count | ≤5000cfu/g |
Total Yeast & Mold | ≤25cfu/g |
E.Coli | ≤30mpn/100g |
Citrinin | ≤50ppb |
Pathogenic Bacteria | Negative |
Red Yeast Rice Powder Active ingredient
1. Monacolin K: reduce blood fat2. Ergosterol: help people to absorb calcium3. γ-aminobutyric acid (γ-GABA): lower blood pressure4. Natural phytohormone (Isoflavone) can help women to prevent osteoporosis and relieve menopausal syndrome.Red Yeast Rice Powder Characteristics
1. To ensure food safety, chooses fine rice as raw material instead of feed grade coarse rice.2. Tang invented new carrier, which improves the product quality, lifts efficiency and lowers the production cost.3. Monascus has been through the authoritative test of Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences.4. Fluidized-bed drying technology control the temperature below 60ºC, which remains most of nutritioal ingredients in Red Yeast Rice Powder.5. No CitrininRed Yeast Rice Application and Dosage
Red Yeast Rice Powder (Monacolin K) | Specification | Daily Dosage Suggested |
0.20% | 5000mg |
0.40% | 2500mg |
1% | 1000mg |
1.50% | 666mg |
2% | 500mg |
3% | 333mg |