Monosodium Glutamate (MSG)

Monosodium glutamate (MSG)

"Monosodium glutamate", is also called "gourmet powder", which is a kind of sodium salt. Its major components is sodium glutamate which is a sodium salt of amino acid. The glutamic acid is one of twenty one amino acids which composes all protein. The glutamic acid widely exists in plant and animal protein, such: soybean protein, wheat gluten and common food. The finished product of Monosodium glutamate is white columnar crystalline or crystalline powder. It is a kind of flavor enhancing seasoning widely used domestic and overseas.

Application fields of Monosodium glutamate

Before it combines with other blending flavors, pure sodium glutamate itself does not include enjoyable flavor. As a seasoning, with suitable dosage, sodium glutamate can enhance other active substance of flavor, balance and enrich entirety flavor of some cuisines.

Sodium glutamate can perfectly coordinate with meat, fish, poultry, various kinds of vegetable, seasoning, soup and marinade so that it adds entirety excellent flavor to food. Sodium glutamate also generates interaction with salt (sodium chloride) and other delicate flavor materials (such as nucleotide). In order to create optimum flavor, it should apply proper concentration. Since it is with these characteristics, sodium glutamate can be used for reducing intake of salt (sodium). Even though the amount of salt is reduced by 30%, the flavor of low salt food still can be improved by sodium glutamate.

At present, the market includes more and more kinds of delicate flavor seasonings, such as essence of chicken, mushroom extract, extract of soup-stock and others. The customers have more and more selectivity. Actually, these seasonings all have added Monosodium glutamate with in different extent. They don't have any alternative relationship with Monosodium glutamate. The Monosodium glutamate is suitable for any dishes and soup.

Besides, Monosodium glutamate is a kind of very important food additives, so that it also have very important application in domestic convenient food, meat product, seasoning product and other product.