Monascus Umutuku

Monascus Umutuku ni pigment yumutuku isanzwe isanzwe ikozwe mubintu mbisi byumuceri mwiza hamwe nubwoko bwiza bwa Monascus, mugusembura, kuvanga no gukama byumye hifashishijwe ikoranabuhanga gakondo hamwe na biotechnologiya igezweho.
Ikoreshwa cyane mu nganda zibiribwa nka bombo, inyama zitetse, ibishyimbo byabitswe, ice cream, ibisuguti, béchamel, nibindi.
Culinary Umusemburo utukura ukoreshwa mu gusiga amabara atandukanye y'ibiribwa, harimo tofu yanduye, vinegere y'umuceri utukura, char siu, Peking Duck, hamwe n'ibishishwa by'Ubushinwa bisaba ibara ry'umutuku. Irasanzwe kandi ikoreshwa mugukora ubwoko butandukanye bwa vino yubushinwa, kubuyapani (akaisake), na vino yumuceri yo muri koreya (hongju), itanga ibara ritukura kuri divayi. Nubwo ikoreshwa cyane cyane ku ibara ryayo mu guteka, umuceri utukura utanga uburyohe bworoshye ariko bushimishije ku biryo kandi bikunze gukoreshwa mu biryo byo mu turere twa Fujian mu Bushinwa.
Ubuvuzi gakondo bw'Abashinwa usibye gukoreshwa mu guteka, umuceri w'umusemburo utukura ukoreshwa no mu bimera gakondo by'Abashinwa ndetse n'ubuvuzi gakondo bw'Abashinwa. Imikoreshereze yacyo yanditse kuva kera kugeza ku ngoma ya Tang mu Bushinwa mu 800 nyuma ya Yesu. Bifatwa imbere kugirango imbaraga zumubiri, zifashe mu igogora, no kubyutsa amaraso. Ibisobanuro birambuye biri muri farumasi gakondo yubushinwa, Ben Cao Gang Mu-Dan Shi Bu Yi, kuva ku ngoma ya Ming (1378–1644).