Monosodium glutamate, or MSG — a food additive that is often found in Asian cuisine — has had something of a negative reputation over the last 60 years. Some food experts insist that's unfair. "To ...

Sarah Hays Coomer is a Mayo Clinic and National Board Certified Health and Wellness Coach, certified personal trainer and author based in Nashville, Tennessee. She has spent nearly 20 years helping ...

Monosodium glutamate (MSG) is a salt form of glutamic acid, an amino acid naturally found in the body and many foods. It is used as an ingredient to make foods taste umami or savory, one of the five ...

If you’ve ever eaten sauteed mushrooms, fresh tomatoes or Parmesan cheese, then your taste buds have experienced the wonderful taste known as umami. This unique taste is due to the amounts of MSG ...

Few ingredients inspire as much fear as MSG, or monosodium glutamate. While an overtly chemical name and a similarity in appearance to salt certainly don’t help its case, the food additive is ...

Americans LOVE Chinese food; at one point on election night in 2020, Google searches to find some outnumbered searches for who had won the Presidency. But you'll still see signs around reading "No MSG ...

For years, advertising and media connected the ingredient to “Chinese Restaurant Syndrome.” Here’s what led to the misconception—and how MSG is being reclaimed today. Monosodium glutamate, or MSG, is ...

Glutamate is an amino acid that is produced in the body and also occurs naturally in many foods. Monosodium glutamate (MSG) is the sodium salt of glutamic acid and is a common food additive. MSG is ...

This series of Special Features takes an in-depth look at the science behind some of the most debated nutrition-related topics, weighing in on the facts and debunking the myths. Glutamate was ...

Calvin Eng, the owner of New York-based Cantonese-American restaurant Bonnie’s, isn’t shy about his love for monosodium glutamate. Case in point – he has the letters “MSG” tattooed on his arm, and his ...

It’s a common food additive that delivers umami flavor. You can find MSG in plenty of common items: bottled sauces, packaged snacks, a crinkly bag of instant noodles, fast-food items. But MSG isn’t ...