According to the website for Aji-no-moto, a leading producer of MSG, it’s produced through fermentation of plant-based ingredients including sugar cane, sugar beets, cassava or corn. But that ...

sugar cane, and molasses. There’s no chemical difference between the glutamic acid found naturally in some foods and that found in MSG. This means your body can’t differentiate between the two ...

He then partnered with a company to commercialise the seasoning. These days, MSG is made by fermenting starch, corn sugar or molasses from sugarcane or sugar beets. Since it intensifies meaty ...

Perhaps the best part is that this DIY Kewpie mayo only requires six ingredients: sugar, salt, rice vinegar, egg yolks, vegetable oil, and (of course) MSG. Due to its once-unsavory reputation, some ...