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Red yeast rice
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How much does Red yeast rice cost?
The best-value Red yeast rice right now is about $0.06 per dose — across the 27 we can price per dose the median is $0.208/dose, so shopping on cost-per-dose can cut your cost several-fold. Every Red yeast rice deal here is ranked by cost per dose — what you actually pay per serving, not the sticker price — because forms and absorption differ, so the cheapest bottle isn’t always the cheapest dose.
Prices checked · live from the Amazon US catalog.
Right now the best value across our full Red yeast rice catalog is at $0.06 per serving.
Median $0.208/servingCheapest quartile under $0.110across 27 tracked Red yeast rice deals
What Red yeast rice does
Red yeast rice is produced by fermenting the mold Monascus purpureus on rice, a process that can produce monacolins including monacolin K, which is structurally identical to the medicine lovastatin. NCCIH states that products containing substantial amounts of monacolin K may effectively lower blood cholesterol, blood glucose, and blood pressure, and may reduce cardiovascular risk in people with metabolic syndrome — but that the FDA considers such products to be unapproved drugs, which cannot legally be sold as dietary supplements in the United States. The effectiveness of products containing little or no monacolin K is unknown. — per the NIH National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health; not medical advice.
Forms & absorption
NCCIH reports that the amount of monacolin K in red yeast rice products varies widely: a 2017 analysis found it ranged more than 60-fold, from 0.09 to 5.48 mg per 1,200 mg, and most labels do not state the monacolin K content. Because monacolin K is chemically the same as lovastatin, products can cause the same side effects as statin drugs, including muscle, kidney, and liver damage, as well as digestive complaints, and they can interact with statin medications. Contamination is also a concern: a 2021 analysis found only one of 37 products was below European safety limits for the toxin citrinin, and four products labeled citrinin-free were in fact contaminated. Red yeast rice is not recommended in pregnancy, where no safety studies exist. — per the NIH National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health.
Source: NIH National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health — Red yeast rice
NaturesPlus Red Yeast Rice & Gugulipid - 60 Capsules - 900 mg…
NaturesPlusAmazon.com
$0.69/serving
$20.780°
DOCTORSMED Cholesterin Komplex | 30 Vegan Tablets | Supplement…
DOCTORSMEDAmazon.com
$0.99/serving
$29.800°
ForestLeaf Red Yeast Rice with CoQ10 Supplement - 1215mg Extra…
ForestLeafAmazon.com
$0.22/serving
$39.950°
Arazo Nutrition Red Yeast Rice Extract 1200 MG Per Serving…
Arazo NutritionAmazon.com
$0.15/serving
$17.950°
Natural Choice Botanicals Organic Red Yeast Rice Supplement
Natural Choice BotanicalsAmazon.com
$0.21/serving
$24.990°
NOW Supplements, Red Yeast Rice (Monascus purpureus) 1,200 mg…
NOW FoodsAmazon.com
$0.22/serving
$25.880°
NOW Foods Supplements, Red Yeast Rice with CoQ10, plus Milk…
NOW FoodsAmazon.com
$0.21/serving
$25.280°
NOW Supplements, Red Yeast Rice 600 mg, Made with Organic Red…
NOW FoodsAmazon.com
$0.12/serving
$27.800°
Red Yeast Rice 1215 mg. Capsules - Extra Strength Red Rice…
ForestLeafAmazon.com
$0.24/serving
$21.950°
Every Red yeast rice deal above is ranked by real cost per dose with no paid placement — see our and .
Independent testing
1 of 20 tracked Red yeast rice brands here are flagged as carrying independent third-party testing — a voluntary check of a product's identity, potency and contaminants by an outside lab. It's a quality signal, not a value or efficacy claim. Confirm any brand's current status on the official registries:
Testing status is self-reported by the brand or drawn from public certification and may change — always verify on the official registry before purchase.
Red yeast rice deals — FAQ
- How much does Red yeast rice cost?
The cheapest red yeast rice we track works out to $0.06 , against a typical $0.21 across the 27 we can price per dose — about $1.87 a month at the cheapest. That is real from live Amazon US prices, not the sticker price. The full ranking is on the Best Red yeast rice page.
- What is the best-value Red yeast rice per dose?
Vitamatic Red Yeast Rice 1200 mg - 240 Veg - Made in… at $0.06 per serving — the lowest cost-per-dose red yeast rice in our catalog. See the full ranking on the Best Red yeast rice page.
- How many Red yeast rice deals are live right now?
We're tracking 27 active Red yeast rice deals across Amazon US and partner retailers, ranked by community votes and cost-per-dose — not paid placement.
- What's a good price for Red yeast rice per dose?
Across the 27 Red yeast rice deals we can price per dose (combination products are left out — their single label dose belongs to whichever ingredient the product is built around) the median cost-per-dose is $0.208; the cheapest quartile comes in under $0.110 . Anything below the median is a solid deal for the same molecule.
- How does VitaminDB rank Red yeast rice deals?
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References & sources
- Red Yeast Rice — NIH National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health
- USP Verified product participants — U.S. Pharmacopeia
- NSF certified products — NSF
We link primary sources and paraphrase their findings — never copy their text, tables, or images. Cost-per-dose figures are our own first-party catalog data.