Red yeast rice is not red yeast rice. Red yeast rice can be eaten directly, but red yeast rice cannot be eaten directly. Monascus is a traditional Chinese medicine produced by the mycelium of the Aspergillus family fungus Monascus parasitic on japonica rice. Red yeast rice is known as red rice among the people. It is made from indica rice, japonica rice, glutinous rice and other rice, and fermented by Monascus fungus. It is brown-red or purple-red rice grains, irregular-shaped particles, like broken rice. Brownish-red in appearance and crisp in texture.

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