The crimson malt pigment which improves light resistance, being the crimson malt and the crimson malt

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain a monascus color composition having suppressed discoloration by a light and improved light resistance by including histidine-containing peptide. SOLUTION: This monascus color contains a histidine-containing peptide such as carnosin and anserine. Preferably, monascus color coexistes with a histidine-containing peptide. Monascus anka can be produced by either of a solid culturing and a liquid culturing, and generally, monascus anka is aerobically cultured at 20-40 deg.C for 2-14 days.