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 ...

MSG was first prepared in 1908 by the Japanese biochemist Kikunae Ikeda. Ajinomoto means ‘the essence of flavour’ — and it ...

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 ...