Monascus Pigment , as a food additive, is a kind of natural edible
red pigment produced by Monascus sp with submerged fermentation used rice and soybean as
the main raw materials, and refined by special extracting process.
Determined by the authoritative department,the citrinin content of
Monascus pigment product is well conformed to JSFA which Japanese
Ministry of Health in 1999 promulgated. It is widely used in food,
pharmaceutical, cosmetics and other fields. Monascus pigment is an
excellent natural colorant substitute for synthetic red pigments