Subj : MonoSodium Glutamate. Was: Reduced salt
To : Denis Mosko
From : Carol Shenkenberger
Date : Sat Mar 09 2024 15:35:09
Re: MonoSodium Glutamate. Was: Reduced salt
By: Denis Mosko to Dave Drum on Sat Mar 09 2024 06:27 pm
> //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,
> 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;
> 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. Th
> average person consumes about 13 grams of glutamate a day from the foods the
> 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 sympto
> did occur in some sensitive people who consumed 3,000 mg or more of MSG in o
> 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
> or less. In 2017, a report from the European Food Safety Authority noted tha
> 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
> 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
> snack a "pleasant savory flavor." The only downside was that when sprinkled
> rice and eggs, it added a slightly metallic note. Be careful shaking it out
> the container. "The holes were bigger than what you see on a saltshaker, so
> product poured out pretty fast," Keating says. "Pour some into your hand and
> then sprinkle on the food."
>
> Regards,
> Denis Mosko
Yes but warning. Folks have high emotional reaction to the idea that msg is
actually safe. It's hard to get past fears followed for up to 40 years. If
you tell a person with those fears that this dish has msg, they develop an
immediate headache for example.
BTW, the 'pinch' I am using is probably 10mg or less.
On the accent product, better to get the tins of it. The tins are quite pretty
and I got 1 lb of it in a nice tin back in 2003. I've used maybe 1/2 cup in 20
years... Anything with a removable lid so you can get a pinch, works well.
I probably have used most of it with making homemade vegetable broth. There's
no real recipe for it as it's based on the produce we have used in the
preceeding weeks, kept in bags in the freezer. All of it is something no
longer totally 'fresh' but never moldy or nasty. Think rubbery carrots. liimp
lettuce, peels and ends of any vegetables except the potato types (I like a
clear broth). Onion skins, cores of cabbage or cauliflower, turnip peelings,
carrot ends, sliced radishes that are gone rubbery. Wilted bok choy. Ends of
summer squashes, mushroom woody stems, limp celery, etc. Add to 6quart
stockpot then fill with waterto i inch from top and simmer 3-4 hours. 1 tsp
salt needed plus 1/8 ts msg. yield is 1 gallon or just under it. You discard
all veggies and strain though paper towels. Used in all sorts of cooking here.
xxcarol
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