In article > ,
Christopher Richards > wrote:
>I live in Oakland California. I have been going to a great Vietnamese
>restaurant that has all kinds of textured protien. They make an excellent

Careful -- textured protein products ALWAYS contain MSG as a
consequence of manufacture. This MSG is probably why you like the
flavor so much; MSG makes things taste better but I sure don't want
it in my body.

See http://www.truthinlabeling.org/hiddensources.html

I'd especially be suspicious if you get it from any Asian food
store. And if you ask them, they usually don't know what MSG is,
but call it by something else in their language. I have found this
particularly the case for Korean and Vietnamese places. Chinese
store and restaurant owners typically know the term "MSG" and what
it means.

-A