Monosodium glutamate is mainly extracted from rice, corn and other grains or molasses by microbial fermentation. Its main component is sodium glutamate, which is an amino acid and the main component of protein. The composition of chicken essence is more complex and nutritious than monosodium glutamate. In addition to sodium glutamate, it also contains many vitamins and minerals.
Second, the nutritional value of chicken essence
1, chicken essence is rich in nutrition, besides sodium glutamate, it also contains a variety of amino acids, protein and vitamins, and its nutritional value is higher than that of monosodium glutamate.
2, chicken essence can supplement the human body's amino acids, which is conducive to improving and maintaining brain function.
Chicken essence can increase people's appetite because of its good umami taste.
Third, the taboo of chicken essence
1, chicken essence is delicious but hardly nutritious. Most of the nutrients in chicken are protein and fat. Eating too much can lead to obesity.
2. Chicken essence is short of calcium, iron, carotene, thiamine, riboflavin, nicotinic acid, vitamins and crude fiber, and long-term consumption is likely to lead to sub-health.
According to scientific investigation, eating chicken essence has a great influence on human health, especially on the health of the elderly and women. In addition, some unscrupulous traders add hormones to chicken feed, which leads to hormone residues in chicken essence and will also affect human health.
4, pregnant women eat chicken essence containing hormones, which will lead to milk return and obesity; Underage can also lead to precocious puberty. Essence will lead to milk return and obesity; Underage can also lead to precocious puberty.
5, chicken essence contains nucleotides, and its metabolite is uric acid, so patients (heart or immune system diseases or skin diseases, liver diseases) should never put chicken essence in cooking. Some people eat too much chicken essence a day, and when they rest at night, they will have symptoms such as dry throat and dreaminess, and even serious symptoms such as stuffy nose and headache. Such people should try to eat less or not.
Four. Matters needing attention in eating chicken essence
1, the best time to invest is when the food is almost cooked. If the dishes need thickening, put monosodium glutamate before thickening.
2. The solubility of chicken essence is worse than that of monosodium glutamate. If it is not soup, it should be dissolved before use.
3. The salt content of chicken essence is about 10%, so the food should be properly salted before adding chicken essence.
4. Chicken essence contains nucleotides, and its metabolite is uric acid, so gout patients should reduce their intake appropriately.
5. The solubility of chicken essence is worse than that of monosodium glutamate. If it is used in soup, it should be dissolved before use. Only in this way can it be better perceived by taste cells.
6. Chicken essence contains salt and has strong hygroscopicity, so it should be sealed after use, otherwise the nutritious chicken essence will breed a large number of microorganisms and pollute food.