A report from Taibei revealed that the researchers from the Institute of Microorganism and Biochemistry, Taiwan University in Taiwan Region has used red yeast feed in feeding egg layers, the eggs produced by these egg layers have a 14% lower cholesterol content than normal eggs, which can reduce the opportunity of human beings in suffering from cardiovascular diseases. First, the researchers had developed red yeast rice from yeast bacteria, and then formulated corn meal feed with different proportions. The research finding is that the best dosage of red yeast rice in feed was 2%~5%. As compared with general chicken egg, low cholesterol egg is a little dark yellow in color and the cost of producing such eggs has increased by 2%, but the actual price is 2~3 times higher than normal eggs, with very high economic benefits. This research achievement is now applying patent in the U.S. and Taiwan

Source: Guide to Chinese Poultry, Vol. 21 (1), 2004, p. 46