MSG

What is Monosodium Glutamate?

How is MSG Made?

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Monosodium glutamate was invented and patented in 1909, after Kikunae Ikeda observed that glutamic acid in seaweed gave seaweed its flavor-enhancing characteristics. Monosodium glutamate is composed of processed/manufactured free glutamic acid, the unwanted by-products of manufacture (impurities) that invariably accompany its production, sodium, and possibly moisture.