Complaint
Monascus red color is a natural food pigment manufactured through fermentation using monascus purpureus or extraction from red yeast rice, available as Murrey Powder.
Specification:| Test Item | Unit | The Standard | |
| Appearance | --- | Murrey powder | |
| Color Value | 1cm505nm | 150Min. | |
| Orange Pecinillin | ppm | 0.04Max. | |
| Loss on Drying | % | 6Max | |
| Pb | ppm | 5.0Max | |
| As | ppm | 1.0Max | |
| Total Plate Count | cfu/g | 1000Max | |
Manascus red is widely used as coloring agent, accepted as safe food colorant in many countries. Oftern used as coloring agent in many Asian foods like picked Tofu, red rice vinegar, Peking Duck, and Chinese pastries that require red food coloring. Monascus red is also used in candy, cooked meat, preserved beancurd, ice cream, cookies, etc.
