Monascus powder is not prohibited by the state. Monascus powder is a food additive allowed by the state. Monascus powder is mainly used for coloring foods with high content in protein, and the most widely used are meat products, bean products, condiments and health products. The solubility in water is not very good, but it is good in alcohol. Monascus powder is easy to use and popular with users.

Monascus powder is a traditional pure natural edible pigment invented by Chinese people, and it is a pigment produced by monascus, which is non-toxic and harmless to human body. Monascus powder is purplish red in skin and red in heart, slightly sour and light in taste. It has strong coloring power to protein, so it is often used as a food coloring pigment.

Application of monascus powder

Such as monascus bread, monascus noodles, monascus biscuits, barbecued pork and monascus sausages. It is reported that the practice of adding nitrite to meat products for hair color, preservation and flavor enhancement has a long history. But nitrite is the precursor of nitrosamine, a strong carcinogen.

Some people made sausages with monascus pigment of 1611mg/kg, and its color was better than that made with sodium nitrite of 151mg/kg. Moreover, it did not change color when stored at 4℃ for 1 months, and it had inhibitory effect on Clostridium botulinum.

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