From the component point of view, chicken essence is a compound seasoning with fresh chicken, chicken bones and fresh eggs as raw materials, which is compounded with salt, sugar, monosodium glutamate (sodium glutamate), chicken powder and other substances after cooking, decompression and juice extraction. It has a fresh and fragrant flavor, and monosodium glutamate is mainly glutamic acid. However, a large part of chicken essence is monosodium glutamate, so there is no other difference between them except in taste. Some people agree with chicken essence, but they avoid monosodium glutamate, which is totally unnecessary.

You know, chicken essence contains 40% monosodium glutamate. Although most of the packages of chicken essence you bought say? Made of fine fat chicken? 、? Really made of fine chicken? However, it is not a natural condiment mainly made of chicken, chicken bones or their concentrated extracts as we imagined. Its main components are monosodium glutamate (sodium glutamate) and salt. Among them, monosodium glutamate accounts for about 40% of the total components, and there are also substances such as sugar, chicken or chicken bone powder, spices, inosinic acid, guanylic acid, chicken flavor essence and starch.

Also, the flavor of chicken essence is very fresh, mainly because of the role of monosodium glutamate. In addition, inosine monophosphate and guanosine monophosphate are both fresh-keeping AIDS, and they also have the effect of seasoning. Moreover, their combination with sodium glutamate can make the umami taste 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 are extracted from fresh chicken and chicken bone. The use of chicken flavor essence can also make chicken essence? Chicken flavor? Thicken; The function of starch is to make chicken essence granular or powdery.

Therefore, there is no difference between chicken essence and monosodium glutamate. They are both condiments. As long as they are used properly, they are harmless to the human body.