| FDA Consumer: MSG: A Common Flavor Enhancer (651 words) |
 | The flavor enhancer is commonly added to Asian cuisine, canned vegetables, soups, and processed meats. |
| Made by a fermentation process using starch, beet sugar, cane sugar, or molasses, MSG is sold as a white crystal substance that resembles salt and sugar. |
| Other salts of glutamic acid--such as monopotassium glutamate and monoammonium glutamate--also have to be declared on labels and can't be lumped together under "spices," "natural flavoring" or other general terms. |
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