Monascus Pigment

[Description]:
Monascus pigment is a natural pigment made from oriental monascus, which is an unique microorganism for edible pigment at present in the world, Monascus pigment(red yeast rice) is an excellent strain separated from traditional oriental monascus strain. It is made from rice and soybean by traditional technology and modern genetic engineering.

[Quality standard]:
1.Appearance: Red fine powder
2.Odor: Characteristic
3.Loss On Drying: ≤5%
4.Sulphated Ash: <5%
5.Heavy metal: 10PPM
6.Residual Solvents: 0.05PPM

[Microbiology standard]
1.Total Plate Count: 1000CFU/gm
2.Yeast&Mold: 100CFU/gm      
3.Salmonella: Negative     
4.E.Coli: Negative