kitchenkonfessions

[ian]

It originated as a letter to the New England Journal of Medicine, which is mostly accepted as a hoax. But it's an interesting exercise in memetic pathology.

[Mr Larrington]

https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/MSG

[T42]

I just checked the labels on our most-often-used sauces: nary a hint of MSG except on the Maggi, which only exists to add MSG to stuff. Trouble is, it's got lots of other stuff and I don't want my ginger prawns to taste like a Swiss salad.

They don't need to add MSG, most savoury/umami sauces are effectively loaded with it anyway...

I suppose they just have to list added ingredients rather that those that are there naturally.

'Chinese Restaurant Syndrome' was A Thing in the past. Its existence has been debated by some...

Reminiscent of the statin phobia.