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Default Where to buy MSG


"jake" > wrote in message
. nl...
> iarwain wrote:
>
>> I recently wanted to try a recipe containing MSG, but I was unable to
>> find it in any local grocery store. I then looked online and was
>> unable to find a source either. Have they stopped making it? I know
>> some people have reported harmful reactions to it, although I remember
>> my mother using it on occasion and we never had any trouble with it.
>> Is there an online source for it anywhere or has the FDA banned it
>> entirely?
>>

> Sometimes you can find it as Ve Tsin and I believe there are other names,
> too. MSG stands for monosodium glutamate. So maybe reading labels will
> help. It is a white powder.
>
> It is NOT unhealthy, glutamtes are natural. you can find them in stocks,
> for instance. I believe that whole thing about Chinese restaurants and
> feeling sick turned out to have been caused by something other than MSG.




yeah, look out for the "B" or "C" rating card in the window..

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