MSG and chicken essence are healthier.
Monosodium glutamate and chicken essence are commonly used seasonings in our daily life. If used within a reasonable range, neither of them will harm our health, so both of them can be used and are healthy. If I have to compare two flavoring agents which is healthier, I'll choose monosodium glutamate. After all, chicken essence also contains monosodium glutamate, and chicken essence also contains other additives. Relatively speaking, monosodium glutamate is better.
The difference between monosodium glutamate and chicken essence
1. Different functions
The main function of monosodium glutamate is to increase the flavor of food. It is most commonly used in Chinese food, but also in soups and sauces. Chicken essence has the delicate flavor of chicken and is used to increase people's appetite.
2. Different ingredients
Monosodium glutamate is a powdery or crystalline condiment made from wheat, soybean and other raw materials containing more protein through hydrolysis or starch fermentation. Its main component is sodium glutamate, but also contains a small amount of salt, water, fat, sugar, iron, phosphorus and other substances.
Chicken essence is a kind of compound seasoning, which takes sodium glutamate, disodium nucleotide, edible salt, chicken, chicken bone powder or concentrated extract as basic raw materials, with or without essence, through mixing, granulating and drying.
Can monosodium glutamate be heated at high temperature?
MSG can't be heated directly, let alone for a long time. Because some components in monosodium glutamate will produce harmful substances after high temperature cooking, which will affect human health.
Can msg be eaten raw?
MSG can be eaten, but MSG can't be eaten directly. It should be added to food. When cooking, adding monosodium glutamate to the bottom of the pot is the healthiest. Monosodium glutamate is a condiment, and its main component is sodium glutamate. The main function of monosodium glutamate is to increase the flavor of food. It is most commonly used in Chinese food, but also in soups and sauces. Monosodium glutamate has no direct nutritional value to human body, but it can increase the freshness of food, arouse people's appetite and help improve the digestibility of food. Sodium glutamate is the main component of monosodium glutamate, and can also be used to treat chronic hepatitis, hepatic coma, neurasthenia, epilepsy, gastric acid deficiency and other diseases.