{"id":760,"date":"2020-02-15T14:24:10","date_gmt":"2020-02-15T14:24:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.truthinlabeling.org\/blog\/?p=760"},"modified":"2020-02-15T14:24:17","modified_gmt":"2020-02-15T14:24:17","slug":"msg-is-great-for-masking-rancid-flavors-in-forgotten-food","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/truthinlabeling.org\/blog\/2020\/02\/15\/msg-is-great-for-masking-rancid-flavors-in-forgotten-food\/","title":{"rendered":"MSG is great for masking rancid flavors in forgotten food"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

If you\u2019re not opposed to a little brain damage caused by excitotoxins like MSG, hydrolyzed protein products and autolyzed yeast extract, and you don\u2019t suffer any of the side effects of manufactured free glutamate (MfG) like migraine headache, irritable bowel, atrial fibrillation, and seizures<\/a>, you might be tempted to use MSG or one of its analogs<\/a> to mask the rancid flavors of food you\u2019ve left in the fridge too long.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While historically the Chinese have sprinkled a little MSG on their fresh-picked grains and vegetables to give them an exaggerated taste, today MSG is being used in the United States primarily to give flavor to food of inferior quality and poor nutritive value, and to provide flavor to the chemicals that are used liberally in ultra-processed foods.  MSG is also used to mask rancidity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you have questions or comments, we\u2019d love to hear from you. If you have hints for others on how to avoid exposure to MfG, send them along, too, and we\u2019ll put them up on <\/em>Facebook<\/em><\/a>. Or you can reach us at questionsaboutmsg@gmail.com and follow us on <\/em>Twitter @truthlabeling<\/em><\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

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If you\u2019re not opposed to a little brain damage caused by excitotoxins like MSG, hydrolyzed protein products and autolyzed yeast extract, and you don\u2019t suffer any of the side effects of manufactured free glutamate (MfG) like migraine headache, irritable bowel, atrial fibrillation, and seizures, you might be tempted to use MSG or one of its … <\/p>\n

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