This common flavor enhancer, widely known as MSG, carries a reputation that has made many consumers wary of seeing those three letters on food labels. Yet beneath the controversy lies a more ...

MSG, short for monosodium glutamate, is Japanese in origin and used in many dishes around the world. Despite the rather ...

Preservatives, emulsifiers, and other food additives perform pivotal roles in packaged foods. Here's what you need to know ...

MSG stands for monosodium glutamate. It’s the sodium salt of glutamic acid, a common amino acid naturally found in many foods and our bodies, says Stephani Johnson, D.C.N., R.D.N., a professor ...

Ajinomoto, the Japanese firm behind MSG, is ramping up production of ABF, a key material used in semiconductor packaging.

If I’m making homemade stocks or broths, I’ll add about a quarter-teaspoon of MSG per four cups of liquid before I add salt simply because I might not need as much as I think. Taste the food ...

For decades scientists agreed on four basic food tastes: sweet, salty, sour and bitter. In recent years, scientists also have agreed on a fifth sense, umami, which is evoked by monosodium glutamate ...

and in unexpected places—kind of like how MSG and other glutamates naturally pop up in a lot of our food. Eng uses MSG like any other seasoning in this cookbook, because that’s exactly what it ...

When playwright Keiko Green was in her early teens, she learned that her grandfather — her ojiichan — had worked as a food scientist for Ajinomoto, the Tokyo-based company best known for inventing ...

One the most well-known food additives is MSG, which is used for its flavour-enhancing properties. And it has a bit of a reputation: many people claim that it causes allergies - bringing them out ...

I’m doing ok now and doctors say it was food poisoning,’ Morgan wrote to his 915,000 fans on the platform. “Appreciate my MSG family for taking such good care of me and I need to shout out ...