FOOD SCIENCE ›› 2011, Vol. 32 ›› Issue (1 ): 108-111.doi: 10.7506/spkx1002-6630-201101026

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Monascus Pigment Staining as A Warning Method for Nitrite in Food

YANG Hui-ping1,HUANG Jie2,LIU Jin-cai1,SONG Wei1   

  1. 1. College of Food Science and Engineering, Nanjing University of Finance and Economics, Nanjing 210003, China;
    2. Nanjing Health Inspection Bureau, Nanjing 210003, China
  • Received:2010-06-30 Online:2011-01-15 Published:2010-12-28
  • Contact: YANG Hui-ping E-mail:songweiy@sina.com

Abstract:

In order to avoid food poisoning for eating nitrite by mistake, Monascus pigment staining was used to provide a warning method for nitrite in food. Monascus pigments and sodium nitrite were homogeneously blended in three different ratios (1:10000, 5:10000 and 10:10000, m/m), and the effects of direct sunlight, illumination light (in a place free from direct sunlight), darkness, temperature, pH and sodium chloride on the stability of the resulting staining products. The staining product with 1:10000 Monascus pigments/sodium nitrite ratio presented the best stability in the dark, and the storage condition for stabilizing the staining product with 5:10000 Monascus pigments/sodium nitrite ratio (m/m) best was free from direct sunlight.

Key words: nitrite, warn, monascus pigment, stability

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