Red Yeast Rice Extract

Red Yeast Rice is rice that has been fermented by the red yeast, monascus purpureus. Red Yeast Rice has been used by the Chinese for many centuries as a food preservative, food colorant (Red Yeast Rice is responsible for the red color of Peking duck), spice, and ingredient in rice wine. Red yeast rice continues to be a dietary staple in China, Japan, and Asian communities in the United States, with an estimated average consumption of 14 to 55 grams of red yeast rice per day per person.