Look at the nutrition label to select flavor materials

Monosodium glutamate, chicken essence, chicken powder, chicken juice and other condiments have always been the main force in making "delicious" In the face of a variety of fresh condiments, how should consumers choose and eat healthy? Nutrition labels can help us understand the true nature of these condiments Monosodium glutamate, mainly composed of sodium glutamate and a small amount of salt, is the most important seasoning Chicken essence and chicken powder are compound condiments, which contain monosodium glutamate, salt, meat extract, delicious nucleotides, spices, flavors and starch components In terms of seasoning, chicken essence mainly gives fresh taste to food, while chicken powder embodies chicken flavor, so the content of monosodium glutamate (35%) in chicken essence is higher than that of chicken powder (10%), while the "other nitrogen" used to reflect chicken content is 0.4%, which is higher than the standard of 0.2% of chicken essence Chicken juice is a juice compound seasoning made from chicken and chicken bone or its concentrated extract and supplemented with other spices, added or not added to food flavors The "other nitrogen" content of chicken juice is 0.25%, which can bring strong chicken flavor and fragrance From the data on the nutrition label, we can know that because of the very small amount of use, fresh seasoning has little nutritional value in providing energy, protein, fat and carbohydrate for the body But they are high in sodium For example, eating 5g monosodium glutamate is about 20% of the sodium we need in a day The NRV of sodium in chicken essence and chicken powder (the percentage of nutrients in the reference value of daily nutrients) is as high as 47% and 48% The chicken juice is relatively low, and the NRV% is only 24% Therefore, through the nutrition label, we know that the important function of fresh seasoning is to increase the delicious taste of food, promote appetite, and do not expect to get more nutrients from it However, the sodium element in it needs to be vigilant Too much addition will be extremely harmful to maintain the stability of blood pressure Do not add this kind of seasoning to the diet of hypertensive patients, pregnant women, nursing mothers and infants When other people use it, they must remember to reduce the amount of salt In addition, gout patients should also eat less or no chicken essence, chicken powder and chicken juice, because the metabolite of nucleotides in the body is uric acid.