Natural Food Pigment Monascus Red Powder CAS 874807-57-5

Food Coloring Material Monascus pigment is a kind of high quality natural Food Pigment produced by the fermentation of filamentous fungi of Monascus. It is a secondary metabolite of Monascus. Monascus pigment, the commercial name is monascus red, is a natural red pigment made from rice and soybean by liquid fermentation culture, extraction, concentration and refining of monascus fungi, and monascus rice as raw material by extraction, concentration and refining, Food Pigment.

Natural Food Pigment Monascus Red Powder 

CAS 874807-57-5

[Product Name]: Monascus Red
[Apperance]: Red Powder
[Specification]: Extract Ratio 4:1 to 200:1

                          Traight Powder 1000U  1500U  2000U 
                          0.1%-5.0% Monacolin K (Lovastatin)
[Test Method]: TLC / HPLC

[Application]: Fried Foods, Solid Beverages, Protein beverages, Condiments (except salt and salt substitute products), preserved meat products, grain products, preserved vegetables, baked food fillings, pastries.
[Storage]: Store in a cool, dry place and sealed container.

1. Stability to pH
    The effect of pH on monascus pigment is complex, and the effect on each component of monascus pigment is not the same. General monascus pigment in the neutral range is relatively stable, even in the case of heating neutral is better, but in the acid and base two cases, more alkaline than acidic is better, less loss rate.
2. Thermal stability
    It has been proved that monascus pigment has better thermal stability than other synthetic pigments, and its heat resistance is also excellent among natural pigments.
3. Photostability
    The alcohol solution of monascus pigment is less affected by ultraviolet light, but sunlight decreases its chromaticity. By analyzing the photostability of red, orange and yellow pigments in monascus pigment, it is found that the photostability of red, orange and yellow pigments is very different. Yellow pigment has the strongest photostability, followed by red pigment, and orange pigment is the most unstable to light.
4. Stable properties of other substances
    It has been proved that monascus pigment is not affected by common metal ions, oxidants and reducing agents.
5. Antimicrobial properties
    The antibacterial test on 54 kinds of easily contaminated microorganisms in food shows that monascus pigment has strong inhibitory effect on Bacillus cereus, Mycobacterium, Bacillus subtilis, Staphylococcus aureus and Pseudomonas fluorescens.
    The inhibitory effect of monascus pigment on Clostridium botulinum has been studied, and it has been proved that its extract can cause cracks in the vegetative cells of Clostridium botulinum, which is of great significance in meat production.
6. Antioxidant
    Three antioxidant models, hydroxyl radical system, superoxide anion radical system and diphenyl bitter hydrazine free system, were used to verify the antioxidant activity of monascus pigment. It was proved that both red and orange monascus pigment had strong free radical scavenging ability, and the red pigment had the best antioxidant activity

1. Application in meat products
2. Application in condiments
3. In the application of wine
4. In the application of pickled vegetables
5. Application in flour production

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