Is chicken essence better than monosodium glutamate

Introduction: both chicken essence and monosodium glutamate are food seasonings Chicken essence is not extracted from natural chicken Is chicken essence better than monosodium glutamate? Many people have prejudice to monosodium glutamate, but they are fond of chicken essence They think chicken essence is made of chicken as the main raw material, which is not only nutritious, but also safe In fact, monosodium glutamate is also a product made of pure food, and it is an amino acid in itself, which naturally exists in food, beans and fish For most people, a small amount of monosodium glutamate does not cause harm to the human body Is chicken essence better than monosodium glutamate? Chicken essence is a compound seasoning with chicken flavor It has many advantages: no uncomfortable taste when put more; no dry mouth feeling after eating monosodium glutamate; good taste coordination and mellow taste At present, chicken essence is widely used in convenience food, fast food, hotel, food seasoning, and has become one of the most popular family flavor seasoning for consumers The flavor of chicken essence, no matter how lifelike it is, is just a kind of condiment, which cannot be compared with the nutrition of chicken Due to the small amount of use, they have no practical significance for the supply of protein in the diet; because salt, sugar, dextrin and starch are all components with no nutritional value, the content of vitamins and minerals in the product is not high Because chicken essence also contains certain monosodium glutamate, so it is almost as safe as monosodium glutamate It should also be noted not to heat for a long time The nucleotides in chicken essence are also easy to be degraded by nucleotidase, so it's better to put chicken essence when the heat is over and the pot is started Special attention should be paid to the fact that chicken essence itself contains a certain amount of salt If chicken essence is used in cooking and soup making, the amount of salt must be reduced accordingly You might as well put half of the salt first, then chicken essence, taste whether the salt taste is appropriate, if not, then consider adding a little salt If it has been added to the right salty taste, and put another tablespoon of chicken essence, it may be unhealthy for people who need to control the salt In addition, chicken essence also contains nucleotides, and the metabolite of nucleotides is uric acid, so gout patients should eat less In a word, although monosodium glutamate and chicken essence are products to enhance the flavor, there are some differences in the actual ingredients and usage In real life, it depends on everyone's taste requirements to choose monosodium glutamate or chicken essence Generally speaking, the flavor of chicken essence is more natural for plant food, while that of monosodium glutamate for animal food is natural Many people ask that chicken essence is harmful to human body? In fact, chicken essence is harmless to human beings And chicken essence contains sodium glutamate, which can induce the secretion of digestive fluid and promote the digestion and absorption of food However, chicken essence cannot be eaten more, which is harmful Now the country has a food safety detector, which can detect 50 parameters in food on site More knowledge of food additives is in Baibai safety net Editor in charge: Liu Changli