How does MSG enhance the flavor of whatever it is added to?
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MSG is a purified version (like salt) of one of five essential flavors, umami. Umami is also present in many foods naturally like certain fish, onions, and garlic. It has the effect of “rounding out” flavors of recipes that don’t have ingredients with natural sources of umami, similar to what salt and sugar do.
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