Natural Food Coloring Monascus Yellow Color CAS 74-79-3

Characteristic

Monascus pigment is a secondary metabolite of monascus monascus. Its structure is a polyketone compound. Monascus pigment is a kind of complex pigment, and there are 6 kinds of monascus pigment that have been identified and named.

Application:

Monascus pigment is prepared by microbial fermentation and proved to be safe and non-toxic by toxicity experiment. At present, monascus pigment has been used in food, medicine, chemical industry and many other industries. The content of monascus is the highest, and yellow pigment as an important food pigment occupies 60% of the market demand, so the development and utilization of monascus yellow has a very broad commercial prospect.