MSG is one of the most popular food additives in the world, but is it bad for you? (Getty images; illustrated by Nathalie Cruz) When you hear the initialism MSG, certain connotations and possible red ...

For more than a century, umami—the fifth basic taste alongside sweet, salty, sour, and bitter—has helped shape how people ...

Monosodium Glutamate (MSG) is a common food additive that enhances the savory taste in foods. MSG is a compound formed by sodium and glutamate (or glutamic acid), a naturally occurring non-essential ...

For more than five decades, MSG has been cast as a food additive that can make you sick, despite repeated studies proving otherwise. Monosodium glutamate, also known as MSG, is in almost every ...

Monosodium glutamate, known as MSG, is a flavor enhancer that consists of sodium, glutamate and water. MSG is typically produced “by the fermentation of starch, sugar beets, sugar cane or molasses,” ...

After years of defensively touting “No MSG” on their menus, many Asians working in the food industry are not only fighting back against stereotyping of this heritage ingredient — they’re proudly ...

If we were giving out awards for the most vilified foods ever made, monosodium glutamate (MSG) would certainly be at the top of the list. This crystalline powder is a food additive that increases ...

COLUMBIA — Monosodium glutamate, known as MSG, is a savory ingredient — with a history of unsavory treatment. Discovered and popularized across East Asia, but now an internationally recognized flavor ...

When you hear the initialism MSG, certain connotations and possible red flags are sure to come to mind. Discovered in Japan in 1908, MSG — monosodium glutamate — is one of the world's most commonly ...