Monascus Red is an natural food pigment manufactured through fermentation using monascus purpureus or extraction from red yeast rice, available as murrey powder. It’s widely used as colouring agent in food production for its a great colouring agent in food production.

Yes. Monascus Red is gluten free and widely used in gluten free food to provide cool taste to pickled tofu, red rice vinegar, char siu, Peking Duck, and Chinese pastries.

To answer this question, we need to clarify another question: what is gluten. Gluten is protein composite found in wheat and related grains, including barley and rye. (Wikipedia) First, gluten is a protein. Second, gluten is mainly found in wheat and related grains. As we mentioned before, Monascus Redis an natural food pigment which is significantly different from protein. Raw materials used in manufacturing of Monascus Red are Red yeast rice; Monascus Red barely includes gluten impurity. So, Monascus Red is gluten free.

Monascus Red is widely used in food production to provide cool taste to pickled tofu, red rice vinegar, char siu, Peking Duck, and Chinese pastries. Monascus Red is usually used in processed food rather than daily recipe.

Celiac disease: Celiac disease is an autoimmune disease that attacks the small intestine due to the presence of gluten, for which a gluten-free diet is the only medically-accepted treatment. In 2009 research showed between 0.5 and 1.0 percent of people in the US and UK are sensitive to gluten due to celiac disease. So people with Celiac disease have to stick to gluten free diet to avoid unexpected side effect caused by consumption of gluten.

Non-celiac gluten sensitivity: Some people may be sensitive to gluten but do not have celiac disease and feel better on a diet with less gluten. However, there are no specific symptoms confirmed. Non-celiac gluten sensitivity also drives more people to gluten free diet when people believe that they feel better when eating gluten free. As a top supplier of food ingredients, Elsachem has been supplying gluten free Monascus Red for over 10 years. Feel free to contact us if you need gluten free Monascus Red.

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