The development of Monascus in China
Red yeast rice extract was the competitive products on the international market.In addition to China,Japan, Korea, Singapore, Thailand, France, USA, Germany, Belgium, Britain and other countries had carried out Monascus research work.In recent years,
with the improvement of people's lives and the development of technology,functional red yeast was used in  food processing and health care industries.In 2012,China monascus market scale was more than 158 million yuan,China's red yeast and functional red yeast market will be more than 270 million yuan.
Wuhan Jiacheng told herbridge media,in recent years,some domestic enterprises that produced red pigment turned to the functional red yeast.However,the domestic production scale of functional red yeast was not up to the level of market demand,the stability of ordinary liquid fermentation product was another existing poblem can not be solved.As high-tech products,the production process of functional red yeast was special,there were only a few companies can produce and the output was limited.In China, red yeast lipid-lowering health care products market has been basically formed,As the market continued to expand, functional red yeast industry was showing a strong development.
 Since the first quarter of 2013, pigments and functional red yeast had significantly dropped because of the improper use and high expectations of customers.while there were also some technical reasons and health requirements of food for different regions.The main specifications of pigment red yeast was color value of 2000,domestic was more about 1000 color value.Functional red yeast was general 0.4% in domestic, 0.4%, 1.0%, 1.5%, 3.0% in foreign.Among them, 0.4%, 1.5%, 3.0%,were the main specifications.
Accoring to herbridge media,some enterprises had developed organic red yeast on the international market,It's just a testing period,but there will be a very good market prospects,the market of pigment red yeast, functional red yeast and organic red were different due to the respective applications.
With the open of monascus pigment on the market,it will be understanded and accepted by more people.Currently,pigment red yeast temporarily in pre-market,customers need to deepen the impression gradually .People's health awareness of functional red yeast generally strengthened,various supermarkets manufacturers will think of ways to develop health care products to meet the different needs of populations .It's expected the effect of functional monascus still can not be invaluable.
International Analysis
As a drug and food products,red yeast has a long history.In recent years, peopele pay more attention on the natural pigment,Since the monascus had been found to produce cholesterol synthesis inhibitor in 1979,the effect of lowering blood sugar and cholesterol, blood fat had been widely concerned.Furthermore, Monascus also contained many essential amino acids, unsaturated fatty acids, various active enzymes and sugar.Red yeast has become fine food additive on international market,its huge application potential has attracted world attention.
①red pigment
The red pigment is the red natural pigment produced during the growth and metabolism of monascus. Because synthetic red pigment has its safety problem, natural red pigment got more international market attention.The stability of most natural pigment is poor and the cost was high.However,the red pigment can be subjected to microbial fermentation, large-scale production and low cost and have a strong market competitiveness.
With production and expanding of the red yeast, its applications are more and more widespread.It is mainly used in wine, vinegar, food coloring and meat preservation, making bean curd and so on. The international has developed more than 100 kinds of natural pigments.The production and application was mainly in China, Japan and Southeast Asia.
②functional red yeast
Functional red yeast has an effect of "promoting blood circulation and helping to digest ",furthermore,it can also lower cholesterol, regulate blood fat and improve cardiovascular.
Major countries and regions
The United States developed a new generation of lowering cholesterol drugs in 1987,it entered into China in 1989,following the United States developed a vastatin series of lowering cholesterol drugs, the main ingredient is Monacolin K or J,the sales of lovostatin was up to $ 2 billion.
Japan has also invested a lot of manpower and resources for the development of red yeast, the products are various, including red yeast,red yeast extract capsules and oral liquid.the enterprises of red yeast are more than 50,the products quality is good and the price is also very expensive in Japan.
Korean enterprises also used the sophisticated equipment,the production of red yeast rice meet the requirements of GDH.There were several factories engaged in research as well as a few universities,red yeast rice is becoming the country's emerging biotechnology industry.

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