The Consolidated "MSG" thread
Jul 24, 2019 | 5:50 pm
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And McDonalds and Burger King and Wendy's.....they all list nutritional info although I am not sure MSG falls under nutritional info or if it has anything to do with sanitary conditions.
It's very simple...no need to go to a chain. Enjoy a mom and pop ethnic restaurant and ask if they use MSG.
It's very simple...no need to go to a chain. Enjoy a mom and pop ethnic restaurant and ask if they use MSG.
Jul 24, 2019 | 5:58 pm
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And McDonalds and Burger King and Wendy's.....they all list nutritional info although I am not sure MSG falls under nutritional info or if it has anything to do with sanitary conditions.
It's very simple...no need to go to a chain. Enjoy a mom and pop ethnic restaurant and ask if they use MSG.
It's very simple...no need to go to a chain. Enjoy a mom and pop ethnic restaurant and ask if they use MSG.
Ill venture that ians Favorite dishes are perfectly fine if not better at pf Chang or panda. Plus if hes getting MSG hangover, then thats not a great thing.
Jul 24, 2019 | 6:20 pm
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My point is that you don't have to eat at a chain to ask about ingredients. I think Panda and pfChang are fine but I would much rather go to my local Chinese restaurant.
Jul 24, 2019 | 9:42 pm
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Jul 24, 2019 | 11:00 pm
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It seems that some food scares stick around. In 2002 the European Food Information Council said MSGs bad press was unfounded, and that it was a safe and useful taste enhancer for foods. But ten years later, a survey conducted by Leatherhead Food Research in 2012 found 63% of the 1,244 surveyed consumers still said they wanted less MSG in their food and drink.
Despite that, volume consumption for Western Europe has risen over the past five years and will continue to do so according to Euromonitor, which forecasts a 5.3% increase in year on year growth for MSG consumption over the period 2014-2019. However there are significant regional differences Italy will see a 5.6% fall while growth in Norway is tipped to rise 6.7%.
Despite that, volume consumption for Western Europe has risen over the past five years and will continue to do so according to Euromonitor, which forecasts a 5.3% increase in year on year growth for MSG consumption over the period 2014-2019. However there are significant regional differences Italy will see a 5.6% fall while growth in Norway is tipped to rise 6.7%.
Jul 24, 2019 | 11:00 pm
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If the ingredients have "yeast extract, autolyzed yeast, yeast food or yeast nutrient" among others, you're consuming MSG - even hydrolyzed protein.
Lots of Chinese restaurants advertise "No MSG."
Plenty of it in Japanese food. Ever hear of Ajinomoto?
Plenty of it in all the packaged crap on the non-Asian aisles in FaTass USA.
Yet only people seem to get MSG headaches after cheap American-Cantonese food.
Once again, it is probably the 5+ grams of sodium consumed at the place.
Lots of Chinese restaurants advertise "No MSG."
Plenty of it in Japanese food. Ever hear of Ajinomoto?
Plenty of it in all the packaged crap on the non-Asian aisles in FaTass USA.
Yet only people seem to get MSG headaches after cheap American-Cantonese food.
Once again, it is probably the 5+ grams of sodium consumed at the place.
Jul 25, 2019 | 3:26 am
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sulphites. Theyre present in white wine as well but in smaller amounts
Jul 25, 2019 | 8:37 pm
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Moderator's Note....
A thread beginning with this post was in OMNI and then moved by an OMNI moderator to Dining Buzz where it has now joined other threads on the topic of MSG.
A few posts off-topic posts were removed for the sake of readability on the subject of the thread.
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A few posts off-topic posts were removed for the sake of readability on the subject of the thread.
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Jul 25, 2019 | 10:02 pm
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I wrote this article quite a few years ago: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16999713
It gets cited more often than I would have ever imagined.
It gets cited more often than I would have ever imagined.
Jul 26, 2019 | 1:38 pm
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I wrote this article quite a few years ago: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16999713
It gets cited more often than I would have ever imagined.
It gets cited more often than I would have ever imagined.