Monascus ʻulaʻula

ʻO Monascus Red kahi puaʻa ʻulaʻula kūlohelohe maoli i hana ʻia mai ka laiki maikaʻi loa a me nā kānana Monascus maikaʻi, ma ka fermenting, lixiviating a me ka sponging maloʻo ma o ka ʻenehana kuʻuna a me ka biotechnology hou.
Hoʻohana nui ʻia ia i ka ʻoihana meaʻai e like me ka candy, ka ʻiʻo i kuke ʻia, mālama ʻia ka beancurd, ice cream, cookies, béchamel, etc.
Hoʻohana ʻia ka laiki hū ʻulaʻula no ka kala ʻana i nā ʻano meaʻai like ʻole, me ka tofu pickled, ka vīnega laiki ʻulaʻula, char siu, Peking Duck, a me nā mea ʻai Pākē e pono ai ke kala ʻulaʻula. Hoʻohana maʻamau ia i ka hana ʻana i kekahi mau ʻano waina Kina, sake Kepani (akaisake), a me ka waina laiki Korea (hongju), e hāʻawi ana i kahi ʻulaʻula i kēia mau waina. ʻOiai ua hoʻohana nui ʻia no kona kala i ka meaʻai, hāʻawi ka laiki hū ʻulaʻula i kahi ʻono maʻalahi akā ʻoluʻolu i ka meaʻai a hoʻohana mau ʻia i ka meaʻai o nā ʻāina Fujian o Kina.
ʻO ka lāʻau lapaʻau Kina ma waho aʻe o kāna hoʻohana ʻana i ka meaʻai, hoʻohana ʻia ka laiki hū ʻulaʻula i ka herbology kuʻuna Kina a me ka lāʻau lapaʻau Kina. Ua kākau ʻia kona hoʻohana ʻana a hiki i ka Tang Dynasty ma Kina i 800 AD. Lawe ʻia i loko e hoʻoikaika i ke kino, kōkua i ka ʻai ʻana, a hoʻōla hou i ke koko. Aia ka wehewehe piha ʻana i ka lāʻau lapaʻau Kina kahiko, ʻo Ben Cao Gang Mu-Dan Shi Bu Yi, mai ka Ming Dynasty (1378–1644).