MSG is one of the most popular food additives in the world, but is it bad for you? (Getty images; illustrated by Nathalie Cruz) When you hear the initialism MSG, certain connotations and possible red ...

In the 1900s, a Japanese chemist Kikunae Ikeda managed to extract MSG from seaweed broth and declared it “the essence of taste”, describing the savoury flavour as “umami”. It’s now known as one of the ...

For more than five decades, MSG has been cast as a food additive that can make you sick, despite repeated studies proving otherwise. Monosodium glutamate, also known as MSG, is in almost every ...

The myth that MSG is bad for you is like a persistent dark cloud hovering over Chinese food for decades, despite scientific evidence that proves otherwise. For decades, a culinary stigma has lingered ...

Monosodium glutamate, known as MSG, is a flavor enhancer that consists of sodium, glutamate and water. MSG is typically produced “by the fermentation of starch, sugar beets, sugar cane or molasses,” ...

When you hear the initialism MSG, certain connotations and possible red flags are sure to come to mind. Discovered in Japan in 1908, MSG — monosodium glutamate — is one of the world's most commonly ...