I have a vivid memory of being in middle school at a friend’s house and eating seasoned salt straight off of a plate. Eating salt so voraciously isn't wrong, per se, but sadly, the love affair can’t ...

Since it is a food enhancer, experts are now researching whether MSG could become a healthy alternative to table salt to lower high sodium levels in the general population, which could cause heart ...

Lee conducts research on flavor and taste, including a more recent focus on MSG as a salt substitute. With one third the amount of sodium as table salt, she says MSG can reduce sodium content in ...

It isn't always easy to identify sodium content when reading ingredient lists, since it may be listed under another name. Morey says salts under different names include: Monosodium glutamate (MSG ...

When you’re tucking into a bowl of double-boiled chicken soup or biting into some kombu (seaweed), there’s a unique taste sensation that your palate experiences: umami. In Japanese, umami ...

Like it is with adulterated products, many unbranded monosodium glutamate [MSG) are rewrapped and displayed in transparent nylon bags for consumers to buy. The most worrisome is the fact that the ...

By weight, MSG contains two thirds less sodium than salt, and as there’s no chemical difference between the glutamate found in foods and commercially manufactured MSG, the body processes them in ...