Monascus purpureus is known as the koji mould that makes red-colored Japanese sake. Monascus Yellow is obtained by first drying out cultures of Monascus purpureus, which is then pulverized for extraction with ethanol made mildly acidic by hydrochlori

Monascus purpureus, of phylum Ascomycota, is known as the koji mould that makes red-colored Japanese sake. A pigment called Monascus Color is obtained from Monascus purpureus cultures by solvent extraction wit h hydrous ethanol or hydrous propylene g

Lac is the resinous secretion of Laccifer lacca. This insect, whose habitat is distributed between Thailand and Southern China, colonizes the branches of host trees and coats them with the resinous secretion. The coated branches are called sticklac.

Persimmons are deciduous trees of the Ebenaceae family, endemic to East Asia, especially around the Chang Jiang river basin. Its fruit, called kaki, ripens to an orange color in the autumn. After fermenting and dry roasting the kaki fruit, the color