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That MSG has been used as a scapegoat and isn't actually bad was new to me.
by tedmiston 10y ago
That MSG has been used as a scapegoat and isn't actually bad was new to me.
- Pyxl101 10y agoYep. There was a bunch of unfounded hysteria around it. It has long been classified by the FDA as among the safest of food additives, "generally recognized as safe". https://www.fda.gov/food/ingredientspackaginglabeling/foodadditivesingredients/ucm328728.htm https://www.fda.gov/food/ingredientspackaginglabeling/foodad... MSG is simply the sodium salt of glutamate aka glutamic acid, a common amino acid. Glutamate is naturally contained in a lot of foods like cheese and tomatoes, and is responsible for a taste of umami (the flavor of savory foods). Parmesan cheese in particular has a lot of glutamate. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Umami https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Umami MSG is an isolation of this naturally occurring substance. No research that I'm aware of has found that anyone is "sensitive" to it or that there's anything bad about it when consumed in normal amounts. (I mean, if you tried to consume an entire salt shaker worth of table salt, or an entire bottle of Tabasco sauce, you might have a bad day. Same might be true for MSG, but a dash of all of these is safe.)
- xbmcuser 10y agoFunnily enough this hysteria has spread all over the world even in Singapore ethnic chinese country you will find eateries with no msg advertised as a selling point.