There are many differences between red rice red color and monasccus red color.The former is extracted from red rice or black rice.The later is extracted from red yeast rice which is ordinary rice ferment.In addition,the price for the two products is of great difference.
The main ingredient of red rice red color is cyanidin 3-O-glucoside.The product is in raspberry-red liquid or powder form.E200 red rice red color powder is available presently in China.Owing to widely use of olive red color and beet red color in international market,the demand for red rice red color is so small that even powerful suppliers rarely export this product.Moreover,the material cost is relatively high.Consequently,there are only a few manufacturers supplying red rice red color.For example, Hebei Chenguang Natural Pigment Co., Ltd., Qianjiang GreenSea Treasure Biological Technology CO.,Ltd., Yunnan Rainbow Bio-tech Co., Ltd., Zhuhai Jinghao Biological-tech Co.,Ltd.This product is mainly for interior markets presently.

Monasccus red color is of deep purple or blackish purple powder.The specification varies from E60 to E150.The demand for this product is great in Japan,USA and Europe,but the home market is also huge.It is applied in the filed of food,pharmceutical and cosmetics,especially for food industry.It is worth mentioning that Fujian Nanpingsen Natural Pigment Co.,Ltd. has been specialized in red kojic rice products for nearly ten years,the annual output of 100 tons.

According to herbridge.com,the price for red rice red color and monasccus red color is stable currently.

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