Subj : MonoSodium Glutamate. Was: Reduced salt
To   : Dave Drum
From : Denis Mosko
Date : Sat Mar 09 2024 18:27:19

//Hello Dave,//

on *09.03.24* at *7:16:06* You wrote in area *COOKING*
to *Carol Shenkenberger* about *"Re: Reduced salt"*.

DD>  https://tinyurl.com/SALT-NO-MORE
MSG (monosodium glutamate) combines sodium with glutamate, an amino acid, a building block of protein found in many foods, such as mushrooms, tomatoes, and Parmesan cheese. Glutamate, and MSG, adds umami to food. Called the fifth taste, umami is a complex, deep savory flavor that's imparted by glutamate; it enhances salt perception. MSG contains two-thirds less sodium than salt, so adding a little can bump up the flavor in lower-sodium foods, says Taylor Wallace, PhD, an adjunct professor of food and nutrition studies at George Mason University.

According to the Food and Drug Administration, the glutamate in MSG is chemically indistinguishable from the glutamate found naturally in foods. The average person consumes about 13 grams of glutamate a day from the foods they eat. There have been reports that MSG can cause headaches, nausea, and other issues, but "studies haven't shown any consistent effects in people who say they're sensitive, even when they consume foods with high levels of MSG," Wallace says.

A review of research conducted by the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology in 1995 (commissioned by the FDA) found that the symptoms did occur in some sensitive people who consumed 3,000 mg or more of MSG in one sitting without food, but the FDA says that consuming that much is unlikely, given that MSG is used on food, and a typical dish seasoned with MSG has 500 mg or less. In 2017, a report from the European Food Safety Authority noted that symptoms are rarely seen at intakes below 3,000 mg and concluded that an acceptable daily intake is 14.5 mg per pound of body weight (2,175 mg for a 150-pound person).

We tried: Ac'cent (480 mg of sodium per teaspoon). A ?-teaspoon serving has 500 mg of MSG and 60 mg of sodium. Testers thought it added a savory, brothlike taste instead of a salty one. They liked it on popcorn, saying that it gave the snack a "pleasant savory flavor." The only downside was that when sprinkled on rice and eggs, it added a slightly metallic note. Be careful shaking it out of the container. "The holes were bigger than what you see on a saltshaker, so the product poured out pretty fast," Keating says. "Pour some into your hand and then sprinkle on the food."

Regards,
Denis Mosko
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