The Truth in Labeling Campaign website is getting a facelift. References to monosodium glutamate (MSG), the flavor-enhancing food additive that causes adverse reactions and brain damage are being replaced with references to free glutamate, the excitotoxic amino acid component of MSG that actually does the damage.
What’s the big deal?
Those who have noticed having “MSG reactions” after eating processed foods containing yeast extract, corn starch, soy protein, maltodextrin, or natural flavor, for example, and nothing listed as “MSG” on ingredient labels will understand right away. There’s a tremendous amount of manufactured free glutamate out there just waiting to do damage to unsuspecting consumers. Avoiding the one product/ingredient called MSG isn’t enough.
Take a look – www.truthinlabeling.org