Can the rice cake be eaten when it is red?

Pastry will turn red (or pink) after being left for a long time, which is related to the raw materials for making rice cakes.

We all know that the main raw material of rice cakes is glutinous rice (mainly northern rice cakes).

It is also made of other raw materials:

For example, Shanxi is used to making rice cakes with yellow rice flour.

Shandong rice cakes are steamed with red dates and yellow rice.

Northeast rice cakes are mainly steamed with sticky sorghum rice and beans.

Any rice cake that turns red after a long time is generally made of glutinous rice (in addition, zongzi is the same).

The main reason for redness is that glutinous rice flour for making rice cakes contains less protein, which is easy to be infected by specific bacteria. After mild infection, the rice cake will appear red, and when it is serious, it will smell of alcohol.

If the rice cake is a little red and has no peculiar smell, it can still be eaten, but if the rice cake

There is a strange smell, that is, other miscellaneous bacteria have mixed in, so don't eat any more.

Therefore, it is best to buy rice cakes now, eat them now, and don't leave them for a long time, as are other foods made of glutinous rice.