Red yeast rice

Also Known As : Red rice koji, Red fermented rice, Red kojic rice, Red koji rice, Anka, or Angkak, Went Yeast

Descriptions
details

Vegetarian

Usage Tips

Red yeast rice can be used to color a large variety of food products, including pickled tofu, red rice vinegar, char siu, peking duck. It can also be used in traditional Chinese medicine.

Common names and forms

Red Yeast

Description

Red yeast rice is a type of fermented rice that is produced by a type of red yeast (Monascus purpureus). The completely cultured red yeast rice is then either sold as the dried grain, or it is cooked and pasteurized to be sold as a wet paste, or dried and converted into powder form to be sold as a fine powder. It is purplish-red in color. Red yeast rice has been used in China both as a food and medicine.

Health benefits

Red yeast rice helps to lower cholesterol levels.⁽¹⁾
It may help to decrease the levels of oxidative stress and inflammation in the body.⁽¹⁾
It helps in reducing the risk of heart disease.⁽²⁾
It also helps to treat high blood pressure.⁽²⁾

Note

Excess of red yeast rice may cause gastrointestinal problems like bloating, gas and stomach pain.⁽³⁾

Resource & Links

(1,3) https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/red-yeast-rice#side-effects

(2) http://uofmhealth.org/health-library/d04426a1

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