Red Yeast Rice is a red rice powder manufactured through fermentation, available as red-brown to amaranth powder . It’s widely used as colorant in food production for its attractive red color.
Yes. Red Yeast Rice is gluten free and widely used in gluten free food to provide nice red color to Chinese pastries, pickled tofu, red rice vinegar, char siu, and Peking Duck.
To answer this question, we need to clarify another question: what is gluten. Gluten is protein composite found in wheat and related grains, including barley and rye. (Wikipedia) First, gluten is a protein. Second, gluten is mainly found in wheat and related grains. As we mentioned before, Red Yeast Riceis a rice derivative which is significantly different from protein. Raw materials used in manufacturing of Red Yeast Rice are rice; Red Yeast Rice barely includes gluten impurity. So, Red Yeast Rice is gluten free.
Red Yeast Rice is widely used in food production to provide nice red color to Chinese pastries, pickled tofu, red rice vinegar, char siu, and Peking Duck. Red Yeast Rice is also widely used in daily gluten free recipe, such as Chinese pastries and and Peking Duck. Please follow professional instructions to decide the appropriate combination and dosage.
Celiac disease: Celiac disease is an autoimmune disease that attacks the small intestine due to the presence of gluten, for which a gluten-free diet is the only medically-accepted treatment. In 2009 research showed between 0.5 and 1.0 percent of people in the US and UK are sensitive to gluten due to celiac disease. So people with Celiac disease have to stick to gluten free diet to avoid unexpected side effect caused by consumption of gluten.
Non-celiac gluten sensitivity: Some people may be sensitive to gluten but do not have celiac disease and feel better on a diet with less gluten. However, there are no specific symptoms confirmed. Non-celiac gluten sensitivity also drives more people to gluten free diet when people believe that they feel better when eating gluten free.
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