http://blog.jklmelton.net Life Travel Japan Mexico U.S. Fun Food Health Thu, 06 Oct 2011 08:21:36 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://blog.jklmelton.net/2008/03/05/msg-is-glutamate-is-umami-is-msg/ http://blog.jklmelton.net/2008/03/05/msg-is-glutamate-is-umami-is-msg/#comments Wed, 05 Mar 2008 10:08:04 +0000 Jay http://blog.jklmelton.net/2008/03/05/msg-is-glutamate-is-umami-is-msg/ Continue reading →]]> The New York Times has an article on the various form of glutamate that are added to food around the world. The one we know and love is known as the chemical monosodium glutamate (MSG) synthesized by Tokyo University’s Kikunae Ikeda in 1908 (yep, one hundred years ago). So go out and celebrate with a bag of nacho cheese flavored Doritos® today. As the author points out, those have FIVE different forms of glumate in every bag!

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