The second generation monosodium glutamate and chicken essence are delicious.

The main component of monosodium glutamate is sodium glutamate (99.9%). Eating monosodium glutamate is harmful to health "is a lie.

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Now that I think about it, it is a big lie to say that eating monosodium glutamate will lead to hair loss, short growth, hemiplegia and dementia! It can be said that "MSG is harmful to health" is the biggest joke in China since this century, because this joke has spread to almost all places where MSG is eaten in China, and me, us and all ordinary people are the protagonists of the biggest joke of this century, which makes people extremely angry!

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On June 7th, 2007 10, CCTV- news channel Weekly Quality Report heard an expert who shocked and surprised me. Nutrition expert Wu Shuo: The main component of monosodium glutamate and chicken essence is sodium glutamate, and the difference between them is less than10%; And clarify that "eating monosodium glutamate is harmless to health" and "the nutritional value of chicken essence is not high". This suddenly reminded me of rumors such as "Eating monosodium glutamate will lead to hair loss", "Children will not grow tall after eating monosodium glutamate" and "The prevalence of hemiplegia after eating monosodium glutamate is high". There is a feeling of being cheated, because I used to believe it like many people.

I'm here to discuss a question with you: Why are there rumors of "eating monosodium glutamate and losing hair" and "chicken essence is nutritious"? In order to study this problem, from 654381October 7 to 654381October 7 +654381October+May, I consulted a lot of materials and combined with Mr. Wu's explanation.

MSG is made of grain, not chemically synthesized.

In the Weekly Quality Report, Mr. Wu said that "monosodium glutamate has absolutely no harm to human health", and his words are affirmative and very powerful. He also deliberately made a multiple-choice question and asked, "How is monosodium glutamate formed?" The audience chose two of the four answers "A through grain fermentation" and "D through chemical reaction", and the correct answer was "A". The guest who chose "D" was A Qiu, the famous host of CCTV's Social Records. Later, I made a small-scale investigation, and it is true that many people think that monosodium glutamate is produced chemically. Some people say they read it in the newspaper, while others say they read it in 100,000 Why. Later, I looked it up on the Internet and found this kind of article.

A fallacy harmed the anti-Japanese hero monosodium glutamate.

In the weekly quality report, Mr. Wu said that "there is no difference between monosodium glutamate and chicken essence" and the nutritional components are the same. But Mr. Wu has always avoided mentioning the company names related to monosodium glutamate and chicken essence as much as possible. However, people in China all know that after the production of chicken essence, the propaganda that monosodium glutamate is harmful to health suddenly increased for a period of time. In the end, people (including our family) chose chicken essence instead of monosodium glutamate.

Then, why didn't a monosodium glutamate enterprise stand up and refute all kinds of remarks that monosodium glutamate is harmful to health? With this curious question, I checked the relevant monosodium glutamate enterprises online, and the top three brands in the national monosodium glutamate industry are:

First place Lotus (a well-known trademark in China) Henan Lotus monosodium glutamate Co., Ltd.

The second place is Ling Hua (China well-known trademark) and Ling Hua Group Company.

Third place Hongmei (China well-known trademark, China well-known trademark) Shenyang Hongmei Enterprise Group

I use my usual accumulated socio-economic knowledge to understand and analyze them. It turns out that most of these enterprises are powerful old state-owned enterprises. After entering this century, most of them are busy with enterprise restructuring and industrial adjustment. They don't seem to care much about the statement that "monosodium glutamate is harmful to health", but the product packaging of Hongmei monosodium glutamate is marked with the words "monosodium glutamate is safe" and "harmless to human body" which have been proved by relevant international authorities.

In the battle between monosodium glutamate and chicken essence, it is worth mentioning that lotus gourmet powder is the leader of monosodium glutamate industry. After 2003, on the one hand, Lotus carried out enterprise reform, on the other hand, it vigorously explored the international market of monosodium glutamate, and its main competitor was Japanese "Wei Su". From the news and comments of some authoritative media on the Internet, we can see that lotus gourmet powder and Japan invested a lot of money, manpower and material resources in the overseas war of Ajisen, and successfully seized the market share of Ajisen (data show that Ajisen was a leader in the international monosodium glutamate industry before, and in the Chow Yun Fat version of "Shanghai Beach", there was a Ajisen warehouse burned by Chow Yun Fat to Japan, specializing in the stock market. However, while winning the "Anti-Japanese War" in the international market, Lotus lost a lot of domestic markets. Personally, I think this has a lot to do with the overwhelming articles about "monosodium glutamate is harmful to health" in various media, including the Internet. Because Ling Hua, Hongmei, Chrysanthemum and other brands are affected by fierce competition in the chicken essence market, their profits are reduced, and even some enterprises are losing money.

In the domestic market, China MSG enterprises, led by Lotus, Ling Hua, Hongmei and other MSG enterprises, have also successfully resisted the Japanese market invasion of "flavor elements". So I say that enterprises like Lotus are "anti-Japanese" heroes in China's monosodium glutamate industry. However, during the short period of 2003-2004, Lotus lost a lot of domestic market share because it was busy competing for the international market. Personally, I agree with the statements that "chicken essence robbed the rice bowl of monosodium glutamate" and "monosodium glutamate harmed China monosodium glutamate". It can also be said that a fallacy ruined the "anti-Japanese" hero of China monosodium glutamate industry!

Of course, I hereby declare that my words have no intention of inciting the national sentiment of "arriving in Japan". Sino-Japanese friendship is the most important! I just think it's too much to fool the professionals of China consumers with an expert tone! Of course, I am not "against the theory of chicken essence", as Teacher Wu said, "Chicken essence, as a kind of compound seasoning, enriches our diet". Chicken essence and sparerib essence are seasonings with a certain meat flavor tendency. I like to eat chicken flavor with chicken essence, and I want to eat pork ribs with pork ribs essence. However, Teacher Wu also reminded me, "Seasoning is just seasoning. Just eat a little at a time. To get the nutrition of chicken, you can only stew chicken, eat chicken and drink chicken soup. " I think what Mr. Wu said is quite right.

Eating monosodium glutamate for foreigners is like eating melon seeds.

Finally, I want to tell you an interesting thing, which is my biggest discovery in the search data these days. Among lotus gourmet powder's export products, there is a kind of monosodium glutamate with particles as big as melon seeds (photos are available online). It is said that this kind of monosodium glutamate is very popular abroad. Eating this large granule of monosodium glutamate abroad is like eating melon seeds as snacks. Moreover, the ingredients of large-particle monosodium glutamate are the same as those of small-particle monosodium glutamate that we usually eat.

There is also a small package as big as the seasoning in our instant noodles, which has never been seen in China. According to the article, it is used by foreigners when traveling, and is often taken directly in warm water. I tasted it yesterday and it was really delicious. It's that monosodium glutamate. I can't taste it Otherwise, the living habits of this foreigner are different from ours. Beer bottles are bigger than ours, bread slices are bigger than ours, and eating monosodium glutamate is bigger than our granules. Of course, China is smart. He can make monosodium glutamate granules to earn money from foreigners! Ha ha!