Ingredients of chicken essence and monosodium glutamate (the most authoritative industry standard) Chicken essence is processed from ground chicken or chicken bone or its concentrated extract and other auxiliary materials, and edible spices are allowed to be added, which has the rich umami and fragrance of chicken.
Main ingredients: 40%~60% sodium glutamate (monosodium glutamate), 10%~20% salt and starch 10%~30%.
The ingredients of different manufacturers are slightly different, mainly including flavored disodium nucleotide, edible essence, vitamin B2, edible salt, rice flour, white sugar, chicken, eggs, curry powder, onion, garlic and white dextrin. It can be seen that there are not many ingredients in chicken, accounting for about 8%. According to the industry standard, the total nitrogen content is not less than 1 .75g100g, which corresponds to about 1 1 g in protein (each nitrogen content1g corresponds to about 6.25g of protein).
Monosodium glutamate is sodium glutamate refined from starch and sugar by microbial fermentation, extraction, neutralization and crystallization.
What is the content of sodium glutamate, the main component of ordinary monosodium glutamate? 99%。 What is the content of sodium chloride added to salted monosodium glutamate? 20%), adding flavor enhancer to flavor monosodium glutamate content? 1.5%。
Misunderstanding 1: Chicken essence is healthier. This misunderstanding stems from everyone's panic about monosodium glutamate. Monosodium glutamate is harmless in routine use, but it will be decomposed into sodium pyroglutamate at high temperature (above 120 degrees Celsius), which is a toxin for human body. Chicken essence is processed on the basis of monosodium glutamate, about half of which is sodium glutamate and contains a lot of salt. For health, neither of them should be eaten more.
Myth 2: Chicken essence is more nutritious. Actually, it is not a misunderstanding. From the perspective of ingredients, monosodium glutamate is single, and chicken essence is indeed richer. But people don't rely on chicken essence and monosodium glutamate to supplement their nutrition. They use very little, just condiments.
Myth 3: monosodium glutamate is high in sodium and chicken essence is low in sodium. The amount of sodium chloride in chicken essence is basically around 10~20% (the industry standard stipulates that chicken essence contains sodium chloride? 20%), plus 40~60% sodium glutamate, the total sodium content in chicken essence is no less than that of monosodium glutamate, so chicken essence is also high in sodium, which is not suitable for patients with hypertension to overeat for a long time. Pay attention to reducing the amount of salt added when cooking.
Myth 4: Chicken essence is safer. Chicken essence contains disodium nucleotide, which can metabolize to produce extra purine in the body and aggravate gout. In addition, chicken essence is more likely to increase the intake of salt, because chicken essence is more difficult to dissolve than monosodium glutamate, so it is best to add it after dissolution. If it is not completely dissolved, it will lead to a heavy taste of dishes.
According to the hygienic standard of food additives in China, there is no daily allowable intake standard for monosodium glutamate and chicken essence. Under normal eating conditions, the two are basically harmless to the body. So? Is it tall for children to eat msg? 、? Is eating monosodium glutamate easy to dementia? Such rumors are unfounded. As a flavoring agent, it is appropriate to add about 0.2% to dishes. It should be noted that monosodium glutamate should not be used at high temperature.
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