Red Yeast Rice is manufactured by the fermentation of a strain of yeast, Monascus purpureus, on rice. Red Yeast Rice is a substance native to China. Red Yeast Rice is a fermentation by-product of cooked non-glutinous rice on which red yeast has been grown. The dried, powdered red yeast rice is used medicinally.

Helps maintain cholesterol levels.
Supports cardiovascular health.
Rice that has been fermented by the yeast Monascus purpureus has been used in Asia for centuries as a food preservative, food colorant and flavoring as well as in traditional herbal formulas.