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    MSG: Debunking rumors and breaking legs

    • Last Update: 2022-11-25
    • Source: Internet
    • Author: User
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    MSG used to be one of the essential condiments for home cooking, along with salt and soy sauce, and in recent years, there has been endless controversy about MSG: "MSG is a chemical synthetic product and causes cancer!" "MSG is toxic when heated!" etc
    .
    So that both young and old people choose to eat less or no MSG
    .
    Is MSG really as rumored? The expert team of Jiangxi Provincial Market Supervision Bureau will chat with you
    .
     
    What is MSG? Chemical synthetic products?
     
    The National Standard for Food Safety MSG (GB 2720-2015) stipulates that monosodium glutamate is a white crystalline or powdered condiment with special umami flavor made by fermentation, extraction, neutralization, crystallization, separation and drying of microorganisms (Corynebacterium glutamate, etc
    .
    ) as raw materials.
     
    From the process, it can be seen that monosodium glutamate is not a chemical synthetic product, but is made of grain as raw material by fermentation and purification, and the manufacturing process of rice wine and aged vinegar is similar, and its own safety substance
    .
     
    The main component of monosodium glutamate is sodium glutamate, and the "Standard for the Use of Food Additives" (GB2760-2014) stipulates that sodium glutamate is a flavor enhancer
    that can be used in various foods according to the needs of production.
     
    Does MSG produce carcinogens when heated? Is it safe or not?
     
    People believed that "delicate cancer of taste" was mainly due to rumors at that time that "sodium pyroglutamate produced after heating MSG is harmful to the human body
    ".
    Studies have shown that MSG heated to more than 120 °C and maintained for a long time may produce sodium pyroglutamate, but this substance is not carcinogenic and will not affect
    human health.
    The long-term high temperature to generate sodium pyroglutamate will only make MSG lose its umami taste and affect the freshness effect, so some product introductions will prompt "put MSG before coming out of the pot"
    .
     
    MSG VS Chicken Essence, which is better?
     
    Under the guidance of long-term "MSG is unhealthy" public opinion, consumers turn to "healthier" chicken essence, but in fact, as a compound condiment, one of the main components of chicken essence is monosodium glutamate (sodium glutamate), and then added salt, sugar, nucleotides and other food additives to make the effect of freshness more obvious
    .
    Therefore, there is no one healthier than whom, and consumers can
    eat it in moderation according to their needs.
     
    The correct way to open MSG
     
    1.
    Add
    in moderation.
    MSG has high freshness, and a small amount of addition can achieve the freshening effect
    .
     
    2.
    Avoid high temperatures
    .
    When cooking, it is best to add MSG before cooking, MSG heating over 120 °C for a long time will generate sodium pyroglutamate without umami, which will affect the freshness effect
    .
     
    3.
    Balance MSG and salt intake
    .
    The Dietary Guidelines for Chinese Residents 2022 recommend "a light diet, eat less high-salt foods, and adults should consume no more than 5 g of salt per day; The reference intake for macronutrient sodium ions was 1.
    5 g/day
    .
    The sodium glutamate in monosodium glutamate contains sodium and has a high sodium content, consumers should adjust the amount of salt and monosodium glutamate according to their own taste to avoid excessive intake of sodium ions to induce cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases
    .
     
    4.
    Special groups should eat
    with caution.
    Patients with kidney disease and high blood pressure should try to eat less or no monosodium glutamate
    .
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