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    Red yeast rice or red rice koji is a bright reddish purple fermented rice, which acquires its color from being cultivated with the mold Monascus purpureus...
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    The Kobayashi red yeast rice scandal (Japanese: 紅麹サプリ事件) is an ongoing widespread supplement contamination that was first noted on 22 March 2024, resulting...
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    aromatic brown rice developed in the late 20th century Red yeast rice, white rice fermented with a red mold, used in East Asian cuisine and Chinese traditional...
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    counterparts. The FDA letter stated, “Because Red Yeast Rice and Red Yeast Rice/Policosanol Complex contain red yeast rice with enhanced or added lovastatin and...
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    Monascus purpureus (redirect from Red koji)
    pinyin: hóng qū méi, lit. "red yeast") is a species of mold that is purplish-red in color. It is also known by the names ang-khak rice mold, corn silage mold...
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  • capable of producing 70 mg lovastatin per kilogram of substrate. The red yeast rice fungus, Monascus purpureus, can synthesize lovastatin, mevastatin, and...
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    cuisine which is made from braising chicken in wine lees made from red yeast rice (see lees (fermentation)). This dish is traditionally served to celebrate...
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    sweeteners are used as a glaze, and the characteristic red color comes from the red yeast rice when made traditionally. It is classified as a type of...
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    naturally occurring, and can be found in such foods as oyster mushrooms and red yeast rice. Randomized controlled trials have found these foodstuffs to reduce...
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    the FDA placed a ban on the sale of dietary supplements derived from red yeast rice, which naturally contains lovastatin, arguing that products containing...
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    added and mixed with the rice. The primary functions of jiuqu are to supply enzymes to convert starch to sugar and to supply yeast for ethanol production...
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    Sake (redirect from Saki rice wine)
    itself. Akaisake (赤い酒), literally "red sake", is produced by using red yeast rice kōji Monascus purpureus (紅麹, benikōji), giving the sake a pink-tinted...
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    preparation of Katsuobushi. Red rice yeast is a product of the mold Monascus purpureus grown on rice, and is common in Asian diets. The yeast contains several compounds...
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    Huangjiu (redirect from Yellow rice wine)
    (红曲 / 紅麴; pinyin: hóng qū, "red yeast"): Wines that are flavoured and coloured with Monascus purpureus or other red rice molds of the genus Monascus....
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  • substantial pesticide contamination in many products. In 2008, they found 12 red yeast rice product samples to contain widely varying amounts of active ingredients...
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  • July – Kobayashi red yeast rice scandal: 76 more deaths and at least 500 hospitalizations in Japan are linked to use of red yeast rice supplements distributed...
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    cooked rice and whole raw shrimp (esp. Alamang) fermented with salt and angkak (red yeast rice). Once stir-fried, it can be eaten as is with rice or used...
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  • tomatoes. It is usually light pink in color due to the use of angkak (red yeast rice) coloring agent from the bagoong. It is eaten paired with meat and seafood...
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  • with a very modest increase in LDL (~5%). Choline Pycnogenol Berberine Red yeast rice is the natural source from which statins were discovered, but the FDA...
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    list of ingredients on the same product lists 紅糟 (literally "red lees", i.e. red yeast rice). "History of tofu". Soya.be. 29 November 2015. Archived from...
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    and is most associated with Shanxi province. Red rice vinegar has a distinctive red color from red yeast rice (红曲米), which is cultivated with the mold Monascus...
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    bright red colour is derived from red yeast rice. In unsophisticated establishments, the sauce is commonly made with ketchup, soy sauce and rice vinegar...
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    a Filipino dish consisting of cooked rice and raw filleted fish fermented with salt and angkak (red yeast rice) for around a week. The dish is common...
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    Wine lees from the production of rice wine is also commonly used in all aspects of the region's cuisine. Red yeast rice (红麴/红糟酱; 紅麴/紅糟醬; hóngqū/hóngzāojiàng;...
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    which are then sold in paper cartons. Red fermented bean curd (紅腐乳; hóngfǔrǔ, or 南乳; nánrǔ) incorporates red yeast rice (cultivated with Monascus purpureus)...
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    Jiuqu (category Rice wine)
    type of yeast (曲; 麴; qū) used to make alcohol (酒; jiǔ) such as huangjiu (cereal wine), baijiu (distilled spirits) and jiuniang (alcoholic rice pudding)...
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    Vinegar (redirect from Red wine vinegar)
    rice vinegar traditionally is colored with red yeast rice. Black rice vinegar (made with black glutinous rice) is most popular in China, and it is also...
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    brown. In the Philippines, they are commonly bright red or pink, due to the use of angkak (red yeast rice) as a colouring agent. While all shrimp paste has...
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    Lovastatin occurs naturally in low concentrations in oyster mushrooms, red yeast rice, and Pu-erh. Lovastatin's mode of action is competitive inhibition of...
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  • can be explained by the exposure to natural sources of statin such as red yeast rice, which is statin rich. This theory is supported by the higher prevalence...
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