To obtain the characteristic red or pink color of some " bagoong ", a kind of food coloring known as " angkak " is added . " Angkak " is made from rice inoculated with a species of red mold ( " Monascus purpureus " ).
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The'Went'strain of " Monascus purpureus " ( purpureus = dark red in Latin ), when properly fermented and processed, will yield a dried red yeast rice powder that is approximately 0.4 % monacolins, of which roughly half will be monacolin K ( identical to lovastatin ).
