Food safety risk assessment refers to the scientific assessment of the possible adverse effects of biological, chemical and physical hazards in fo
Food safety risk assessment refers to the scientific assessment of the possible adverse effects of biological, chemical and physical hazards in food and food additives on human health, including hazard identification, hazard characterization, exposure assessment and risk characterization. This is what I want to bring you.
: chicken essence Vs monosodium glutamate! Who is more nutritious and safer?
Many consumers think that monosodium glutamate is a chemical synthetic substance, which is not only nutritious, but also harmful to the body if eaten frequently. Chicken essence is mainly made of chicken, which is not only nutritious, but also safe. As a result, we can often see that some people are afraid of avoiding monosodium glutamate when cooking, but they feel that they can put as much chicken essence as they want and whenever they want. In fact, there is little difference between chicken essence and monosodium glutamate.
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Chicken essence contains monosodium glutamate 40%.
Although most of the packages of chicken essence say "made from first-class fat chicken" and "really made from first-class chicken", it is not a natural condiment with chicken, chicken bones or its concentrated extract as the main raw materials. Its main components are monosodium glutamate and sodium glutamate. Among them, monosodium glutamate accounts for about 40% of the total components, as well as sugar, chicken or chicken bone powder, spices, inosinic acid, guanylic acid, chicken essence, starch and other substances.
The reason why chicken essence tastes fresh is mainly the function of monosodium glutamate. In addition, inosine monophosphate and guanosine monophosphate are both fresh-keeping additives and also have the function of seasoning. Moreover, the combination of them with sodium glutamate can make the umami flavor of chicken essence softer, the taste more rounded and full, and the fragrance more intense. As for the realistic chicken flavor in chicken essence, it mainly comes from chicken and chicken bone powder, which is extracted from fresh chicken and chicken bone. The use of chicken flavor essence can also make the "chicken flavor" of chicken essence stronger; The function of starch is to make chicken essence granular or powdery.
Which is more nutritious, chicken essence or monosodium glutamate?
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.
However, chicken essence, no matter how nutritious it is, is only a condiment and cannot be compared with chicken. Moreover, according to the investigation of Guangdong Consumer Council, the content of protein in different brands of chicken essence on the market is different, which is mainly related to the content of chicken powder or chicken bone powder.
Safety is similar to monosodium glutamate.
Many people are afraid to eat monosodium glutamate, mainly because they are worried that it will produce some carcinogens. However, experts in food additives from FAO and WHO believe that in general, monosodium glutamate is completely safe and safe to eat, just don't heat it above 120℃, otherwise the sodium glutamate in it will lose water and become sodium pyroglutamate, which will produce carcinogens. Because chicken essence also contains a certain amount of sodium glutamate, its safety is similar to that of monosodium glutamate, and attention should be paid not to heat it at high temperature for a long time.
In addition, because chicken essence itself contains about 10% salt, if chicken essence is used in cooking and soup, the amount of salt used must be reduced. Chicken essence also contains nucleotides, and the metabolite of nucleotides is uric acid, so gout patients should eat less.