Red yeast rice is Chinese traditional herbal medicine and food. It is fermented in
steamed rice with monascus purpureus sp. It has more than a thousand years of
using history in China.
This product  can lower  cholesterol in human body.
Functional red yeast rice (Latin name: Monascus purpureus, Other names: Hong Qu,
red rice, red yeast) is a substance by fermenting a type of red yeast called Monascus
purpureus over organic rice, used for the dietary nutritional supplement. This product
contain naturally-occurring substances called Monacolin-K, it is a kind of inhibitor for
HMG CoA-reductase, an enzyme in the cholesterol synthesized way. So functional
red rice yeast can reduce cholesterol and regulate the fat of blood.
Specification
Appearance: Red powder
Monacolin K: 1.0-30.0mg/g(HPLC)
Moisture : 8%max
Heavy metals
Lead(Pb):5ppm max
Arsenic (As):1ppm max
Mercury (Hg):1 ppm max
Total Aerobic Count: 1,000cfu/g Max.
Yeast & Mold: 100cfu/g Max
E. coli: Negative
Salmonella: Negative