If you've heard that MSG—a popular flavor enhancer—is bad for you, you may have been misinformed, according to a food ...

MSG, a naturally occurring compound in various food items, contains glutamate, or glutamic acid, one of the most common amino acids found in nature and in many natural foods, such as tomatoes ...

Monosodium glutamate is also a salt. The glutamate is the negatively charged form of glutamic acid, an amino acid that is found in nature as a building block of proteins. Commercial MSG is not ...

Umami flavor occurs naturally in foods that are high in the amino acid glutamate (glutamic acid) such as tomatoes, meat, chicken, and mushrooms. Some foods with added monosodium glutamate also taste ...