All those rumors about MSG

Author:Zhantong company Date:2021.07.14 Views:721

· Does MSG cause cancer? (false)


The current rumor is that "sodium glutamate, when heated to more than 100 degrees, produces sodium pyroglutamate, which is the cause of MSG cancer." In fact, sodium pyroglutamate is not carcinogenic, and there is no evidence that sodium pyroglutamate is harmful to human body. Secondly, monosodium glutamate will only produce pyroglutamate at 120℃, and the amount produced is very small, the impact on the human body is minimal.


Too high temperature will only lose the original taste of MSG, so it is best to add MSG before the pot.

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· Does MSG cause hair loss? (don't)


The ingredient of MSG is sodium glutamate, and when eaten in moderation, it doesn't do you any harm. Mainly monosodium glutamate contains sodium, the human body can not take in too much sodium, so the harm of monosodium glutamate and salt eat too much harm is about the same.



· Chicken extract is healthier than MSG? (Not really)


Chicken essence comes from MSG. If you look at the ingredient list of your chicken essence, it will definitely contain sodium glutamate. It also adds nucleotides, flavours and other substances to MSG. The metabolite of nucleotides is uric acid, which gout sufferers should eat less. Incidentally, the "chicken essence causes cancer" spread on the Internet is also unreliable, the reason is similar to monosodium glutamate, is invented.



We should also pay attention to the packaging, but the packaging is basically some transparent packaging, packaging manufacturing at the same time as long as some of its functions, such as transparency, colorless, tasteless, etc., so the packaging to add some color masterbatch of the same function to increase toughness and so on.