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  2. Monosodium glutamate - Wikipedia

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    Monosodium glutamate (MSG), also known as sodium glutamate, is a sodium salt of glutamic acid. MSG is found naturally in some foods including tomatoes and cheese in this glutamic acid form. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] MSG is used in cooking as a flavor enhancer with a savory taste that intensifies the umami flavor of food, as naturally occurring ...

  3. What Is MSG? This Is Everything You Need to Know About ... - AOL

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    It’s the soothing balance and resounding mmm that you feel whenever your tongue’s taste receptors encounter glutamate. Learn how to create umami flavor when cooking at home. Is MSG Bad for You?

  4. Glutamate flavoring - Wikipedia

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    Under 2003 U.S. Food and Drug Administration regulations, when monosodium glutamate is added to a food, it must be identified as "monosodium glutamate" in the label's ingredient list. Because glutamate is commonly found in food, primarily from protein sources, the FDA does not require foods and ingredients that contain glutamate as an inherent ...

  5. 12 Foods That Can Cause a Headache or Migraine - AOL

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    Here’s yet another of the fine things that make life nice, but is actually bad news. That chocolate bar you had may be the cause of that throbbing headache you have. ... (monosodium glutamate ...

  6. Yeast extract - Wikipedia

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    Yeast extract is a common ingredient in commercially prepared soups (canned, frozen, or deli). [1] [2] It is a flavor enhancer like monosodium glutamate (MSG).Yeast extracts consist of the cell contents of yeast without the cell walls; [3] they are used as food additives or flavorings, or as nutrients for bacterial culture media.

  7. Salt substitute - Wikipedia

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    Monosodium glutamate is often used as a substitute for salt in processed and restaurant food, due to its salty taste and low sodium content compared to table salt, and can also be used effectively in home cooking. [18] [19] Seaweed granules are also marketed as alternatives to salt. [20]

  8. Glutamic acid - Wikipedia

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    Glutamic acid (symbol Glu or E; [4] the anionic form is known as glutamate) is an α-amino acid that is used by almost all living beings in the biosynthesis of proteins.It is a non-essential nutrient for humans, meaning that the human body can synthesize enough for its use.

  9. Disodium ribonucleotides - Wikipedia

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    It is a mixture of disodium inosinate (IMP) and disodium guanylate (GMP) and is often used where a food already contains natural glutamates (as in meat extract) or added monosodium glutamate (MSG). It is primarily used in flavored noodles, snack foods, chips, crackers, sauces and fast foods.