What color is red in Sugar-Coated Berry?
The red color on the candied haws is syrup with monascus pigment added. Monascus pigment, also known as monascus, can be obtained by submerged culture of monascus or extraction from monascus rice. Monascus pigment contains many pigment components. Generally, the crude product contains 18 components, and the six components whose structures have been determined are: Pan Hong (red pigment) C21H2O5, with a relative molecular weight of 354.40; Dan Hong (yellow pigment) C2 1H26O5, with a relative molecular weight of 358.43; Mona Yuhong (red pigment) C23H26O5, with a relative molecular weight of 382.46; Ankaflavin (yellow pigment) C23H30O5, relative molecular weight 386049; Ubiquitin (magenta pigment) C2 1H23NO4, with a relative molecular weight of 339.39; Monarubicin (purple pigment) C23H27NO4, with a relative molecular weight of 367.44.
Is sugar-coated haws a red pigment?
Generally, sugar-coated haws have a layer of red outside, which is formed by the condensation of maltose and pigment. Sugar-coated haws without pigment should be amber, but ordinary merchants will add pigment to look good. And the authentic candied haws are made of rock sugar and boiled into foreign sugar! Will not stick to teeth, taste distinct, sweet and sour.
What is red?
In ancient times, red koji was a very great invention. It was recorded in the Song Dynasty that monascus was used as medicine and edible auxiliary materials, and in the Yuan Dynasty, monascus was used to treat diseases and save lives. Long-term data show that the red zone has no side effects on people's health and has certain stability. Has a good health care function.
Monascus is a natural and bright pigment, which is relatively safe and stable. It is a colorant with certain medical and health care functions, and has been widely used in food, medicine, cosmetics and other industries. Especially in sausage processing industry, the effect of improving product grade is very ideal. In recent years, Japan has invented many patents on the application of monascus pigment, which is expected to open up new application fields of monascus red.
Monascus has good water solubility. The product can be directly dissolved in water or alcohol according to the required amount, and then added to the ingredients for coloring. The dosage can be determined according to the desired color tone. If it is dissolved with hot water at about 50℃ first, the dissolution time can be shortened. Consumption of some products (based on liquid culture): meat products, 50 ~ 500 mg/kg; Ice cream, 30 ~120mg/kg; Alcohol,15 ~150mg/kg.
The role of monascus pigment
Application of 1. in meat products: Monascus pigment has been widely used in meat products because of its good coloring performance and strong antibacterial effect, which can replace nitrite as a coloring agent for meat products. Because monascus pigment has good coloring performance and strong antibacterial effect, it can replace nitrite as a coloring agent for meat products and has been widely used in meat products.
2. Application in condiments: Saccharifying and flavoring koji (special for soy sauce) is a compound monascus strain made of monascus. Using saccharified flavoring koji in soy sauce brewing can obviously improve the utilization rate of total nitrogen and the yield of soy sauce. At the same time, soy sauce is bright and ruddy, fragrant and sweet, and its quality is better than ordinary soy sauce. Adding monascus pigment powder directly into fermented soy sauce to participate in fermentation, it was found that the red index of soy sauce was obviously improved and the flavor of soy sauce was improved.
3. Application in liquor: Danxi Hongqu liquor is produced by pressure filtration process, which retains crude protein, vinegar, minerals and a small amount of aldehydes, esters and other substances in the fermentation process, and has the characteristics of rich aroma, mellow wine flavor, unique flavor and rich nutrition. In addition, there are Liu, Yongchun, Shan and other red koji wines.
4. Application in kimchi: In traditional production, soy sauce is often used as a colorant to process kimchi, which makes the color of kimchi more attractive.
5. Application in the production of flour products: the application of monascus pigment in the production of flour products, such as the production of monascus biscuits, monascus bread, cakes and monascus noodles.