Red Yeast Rice Powder: Beneficial for Lowering Cholesterol

Red yeast rice, also known as red rice, red yeast, aspergillus fungi purple monascus parasitic on the rice, the main components of lovastatin, monascus pigment, г-aminobutyric acid and unsaturated fatty acids, with "blood Blood stasis, spleen digestion, temperature and stomach "function. Function Monascus contains monacolin compounds, a significant lipid-lowering effect, in which the main active ingredient lovastatin (lovastatin) in 1987 as a lipid-lowering drug approved by the FDA market. Red yeast rice extract to monascus as raw materials, commercial extract is usually standardized as containing 4% lovastatin.



Red yeast rice powder is powder that has been fermented by the red yeast rice, monascus purpureus. Red yeast rice powder has been used by the Chinese for many centuries as a food preservative, food colorant (Red yeast rice powder is responsible for the red color of Peking duck), spice and ingredient in rice wine.



Active ingredients: Moncolin K: 0.4% - 3.0% HPLC





Specifications:

1) Description: powder with light red color

2) Moisture (%): ≤8.0

3) As (mg/kg): ≤1.0

4) Pb (mg/kg): ≤1.5

5) Total bacteria count (cfu/g): ≤1000

6) Coliform (cfu/g): ≤30

7) Yeast and mold (cfu/g): ≤50

8) E. Coli(MPN/100g):≤30

9) Pathogenic bacteria: negative

10) Citrinin:≤50ppb