I see a lot of articles that defend MSG by saying that it occurs naturally in umami foods and that things like hydrolyzed proteins and yeast extract are just MSG.
Is it possible that while MSG is safe, the overzealous arguments aren’t completely true?
I thought what occurs naturally and what hydrolyzed protein and yeast extract actually is is glutamic acid, while MSG is monosodium glutamate which is the sodium salt of the acid so they technically aren’t the same.
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MSG chemical does actually occur in nature. Meat naturally has msg. Eggs too. mushrooms and seaweed like kelp have plenty of msg and is used in lots of Asian cuisine because of that. Peas corn potatos too.
The primary means of natural (vs artificial produced) produced msg is extracting and distilling from seaweed
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