Monascus powder (also known as Monascus) refers to Monascus purpurea, a fungus of Aspergillus family. Natural Monascus is fermented by Monascus in rice.

Monascus is a saprophytic fungus, which exists in trees, soil and deposits, etc. It grows well on wort agar medium, and its colonies are white at first, then turn pale pink, purple or grayish black after aging, and most of them form red.

Sausage is a kind of food that uses the very old technology of food production and meat preservation. It is mainly a long cylindrical tubular food made by mincing animal meat into strips, and then filling small casings of pigs or sheep (or large casings) with seasoned meat.