Toxicity: A large number of research data show that regular consumption is harmless to human body. ?
Poisoning symptoms: Some westerners have symptoms such as headache, redness, sweating, facial oppression or swelling, numbness in or around the mouth, burning sensation in the stomach and chest pain within 2 hours after eating food rich in monosodium glutamate. This phenomenon mostly happens after Chinese food, so some westerners call it "China restaurant syndrome", but the relationship between this phenomenon and the consumption of monosodium glutamate has not been confirmed so far. ?
Emergency treatment: No special treatment is required after taking excessive monosodium glutamate by mistake. People with "China restaurant syndrome" can also take vitamin B6 orally, 50mg a day. ?
Prevention of poisoning: monosodium glutamate can be safely eaten, but don't use it too much. Generally, the daily consumption per person does not exceed 20 grams. ?
Monosodium glutamate is a kind of seasoning to enhance flavor, which can be used for cooking, stuffing, cold dishes and soup. Monosodium glutamate has no direct nutritional value to human body, but it can increase the flavor of food, arouse people's appetite and help improve the digestibility of food. In addition, monosodium glutamate, the main component of monosodium glutamate, also has the function of treating chronic hepatitis, hepatic coma, neurasthenia, epilepsy, gastric acid deficiency and other diseases.
Chicken essence is not extracted from chicken, but is made by adding fresh-keeping nucleotides on the basis of monosodium glutamate. Because nucleotide has the delicate flavor of chicken, it is called chicken essence, but chicken essence is fresher than monosodium glutamate.
From the health point of view, chicken essence is harmless to human body, but when cooking, if you add too much chicken essence, it will destroy the original flavor of the dish and affect the taste. Chicken essence contains a variety of flavoring agents, and its taste is comprehensive and coordinated. ?
Monosodium glutamate is a titanium salt of glutamic acid, which has a strong meat flavor. The crystal water contains a part with the molecular formula of C5H8O4 Na H2O. . The salt we eat every day can't feel salty when diluted 400 times with water, and ordinary sucrose can't feel sweet when diluted 200 times with water, but monosodium glutamate can still feel delicious when diluted 300 times with water. Therefore, people call it "monosodium glutamate"