1, meat coloring agent. Monascus powder is a traditional edible pigment in China and a natural red pigment.

2. Cooking and coloring. When cooking, a small amount of monascus powder will be used to enhance color and fragrance, such as braised pork and cherry meat.

3. Brew yellow rice wine. In Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Fujian provinces, it is a tradition to brew yellow rice wine with red koji, which has a good health preserving function, and is also called red koji wine.

4, baking and coloring. In some bakeries, vendors, such as Qifeng cake, can eat a small amount of monascus powder if they need bright red color.

5. Medical major. The ancient medical work Compendium of Materia Medica recorded the medicinal use of monascus. In modern times, monascus powder is widely used in drugs for lowering blood lipid and cholesterol.