Description
Monascus red is a natural red pigment made from liquid culture medium with rice and soybean as the main raw materials, liquid fermentation culture, extraction, concentration and refinement of Monascus and Monascus purpura. Monascus red has strong heat resistance and acid resistance, and its alcohol solution is quite stable to ultraviolet rays. Monascus red has excellent coloring performance on protein, and once dyed, it will not fade.
Properties
Slightly odorous, easily soluble in neutral and slightly alkaline aqueous solutions. In the medium below pH 4.0, the solubility is reduced, and it is easily soluble in ethanol, propylene glycol, glycerol and their aqueous solutions. It is stable to the pH of the environment, and is hardly affected by metal ions, 0.1% hydrogen peroxide, vitamin C, sodium sulfite and other oxidizing and reducing agents.
Applications
Used in reconstituted milk, flavored fermented milk, reconstituted condensed milk (including sweetened condensed milk, flavored sweetened condensed milk and other reconstituted condensed milk using non-dairy ingredients), frozen drinks (except edible ice), jam, pickled vegetables, vegetable puree (paste) (tomato sauces), fermented bean curd, cooked nuts and seeds (only fried nuts and seeds), candies, decorative candies (such as craft shapes, or for cake decoration), toppings (non-fruit materials) and sweetened Sauce, instant rice and noodle products, grain product fillings, cakes, biscuits, baked food fillings and surface paste, cured meat products (such as bacon, bacon, salted duck, Chinese ham, sausage, etc.), cooked meat products, condiments ( Salt and salt substitute products), fruit and vegetable juice (meat) drinks (including fermented products, etc.), protein drinks, carbonated drinks, flavored drinks (including fruit-flavored drinks, milk flavors, tea-flavored coffee flavors and other flavored beverages) (only limited to fruity drinks), mixed wine, jelly, puffed food, etc.
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